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NewsLaw Society hosts EU chief
Jonathan Smithers welcomed EU commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality Vera Jourová to Chancery Lane last week.
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NewsWhiplash reform campaigner reveals £400m insurance income
Revenues rose by 12% partly through increased rates, says AXA UK chief executive.
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NewsOnline courts ‘won’t remove need for specialist legal advice’
Law Society's response to Briggs review of civil justice says online court suitable only for straightforward low-value disputes.
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NewsJudge labels clin neg fixed costs ‘profoundly worrying’
Change ‘should not be driven on the basis of out-of-date statistics and the short-term financial interest of the NHS’.
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NewsImmigration judges leave in droves as caseload piles up
Outstanding caseload in the immigration and asylum chamber grew from 43,643 in June 2014 to 52,991 last summer.
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News‘Named and shamed’ barrister in breach of conduct code
Disciplinary tribunal rules public access barrister Tariq Rehman failed to make sure his chambers were administered competently.
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NewsJudge lodges sole complaint about court closure process
Ministry of Justice has admitted to several errors in its original consultation document.
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NewsRape cases fear over ‘tainted’ DNA risk
A Lincolnshire police doctor told the Gazette that he was asked on two occasions last year to take DNA samples from both the suspect and victim in the same case.
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Video-link plan aims to speed up justice
Holding court hearings by video could speed up justice and make the system more accessible.
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NewsProbate fees soar to £20k to fund courts
MoJ accused of 'stealing money from grannies' properties' with 129-fold rise in maximum fee.
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NewsHead of closed firm convicted of VAT fraud
Caroline Joseph, formerly of London firm Hanover Property Lawyers, given a suspended prison sentence.
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NewsCall for level playing field over legal aid ‘goodwill gesture’
LAA tells firms that successfully bid for contracts that they are eligible to join additional duty schemes from 1 April.
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Ethics and compliance key issues for in-house
Regulatory challenges are also keeping chief legal officers ‘up at night’.
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NewsTorture ‘rampant’ in Syria
Massive and systematised violence’ against detainees is a routine part of Syria’s civil war, the UN Human Rights Council reported last week.
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NewsSQE could place solicitors at disadvantage to bar, academic warns
Professor says proposals for central exam would damage the solicitor brand and allow barristers to advertise themselves as better qualified than solicitors.
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NewsCourt closures open way to less stressful justice, says charity
Details also emerge about the savings the MoJ expects to make from closing 86 courts.
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NewsLSB demands transparency around PC fees setting
Existing practising certificate rules have been in place for six years, super-regulator points out.
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NewsMoJ confirms 86 out of 91 threatened courts will close
St Helens County Court among five sites to be reprieved.