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NewsSolicitors brace for landmark judgments
Conveyancing and personal injury lawyers face a month of reckoning as judges grapple with issues that could make or break their business models.
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NewsCrumbling courts: shut-down buildings left to 'fall into ruins'
Commons environmental audit committee says derelict court premises pose risks to society.
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NewsGovernment to look at clin neg damages as part of costs review
Minister sets deadline for responding to National Audit Office call for claims costs to be addressed.
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NewsMP alleges firm 'illegally' hid records in negligence cover up
Constituent reports problems of disclosure and transparency in dispute lasting more than a decade.
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NewsSaudi arrests put spotlight on UN human rights membership
Kingdom accused of 'arbitrary and unlawful' arrests in breach of treaty commitments and international law.
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NewsCarillion provided helpline service to Legal Aid Agency under £15k-a-month contract
Lord chancellor David Gauke says the risk assessment for the contract is 'minimal' following construction giant's collapse.
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NewsNoel Edmonds secures 'seven-figure' funding for HBOS claim
Litigation can begin after presenter announces deal which includes ATE insurance.
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NewsLawyers' mental health charity reports growing call numbers in 2017
LawCare says figures are a sign that more people are willing to seek help for their problems.
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NewsJustice stalwart Sir Henry Brooke dies at 81
Tributes are pouring in from the profession after the retired judge passed away following heart surgery.
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NewsChallenges over costs ‘not going to go away’
Claimant lawyers warned not to expect any let-up in litigation from former clients demanding to know why their damages have been reduced.
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NewsLeasehold extension cost appeal quashed
Campaigners had hoped that legal challenge would slash costs of extending a lease.
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NewsEuropean backing for agreement to protect rights of lawyers
Council of Europe body approves recommendation to draft a convention.
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NewsStock market-listed firms no riskier than any other, says SRA chief
Crispin Passmore says he would like to reduce barriers for new entrants to legal profession.
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Endangered lawyers: Climate of intimidation 're-emerging' in Northern Ireland
Death threats, and abuse on the streets and online, follow hostile press and parliamentary comment.
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NewsQuindell's former auditors fined £750k for misconduct
Auditor failed to obtain appropriate audit evidence or exercise professional scepticism.
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NewsGovernment sends mixed messages on cold call ban prospects
Widespread support for ban, but minister appears to dodge question on details.
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NewsThousands of military personnel express interest in Lariam claims
Ministry of Defence changed the way it prescribed controversial drug after damning report in 2016.
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NewsDeceitful claimant ordered to pay back £20k damages
Facebook searches uncovered that ‘victim’ was friend of other driver in collision at centre of road traffic accident claim.