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NewsSpending review: Osborne raises PI small claims limit to £5k
Chancellor says savings will be passed on to motorists in lower insurance premiums.
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NewsSpending review: green light for £700m courts upgrade
Chancellor reveals funding will be found from the programme to close 91 courts across England and Wales.
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NewsTreasury defends £500k magic circle bill for Eurostar transfer
MP says government was paying for ‘Rolls-Royce service’ and questions tender process.
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Call to make electronic filing mandatory in Rolls Building
CPRC advised that electronic filing should become mandatory if not enough parties take it up voluntarily
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Lead cases test for criminal legal aid contracts
Wave of litigation over award of contracts to begin with eight cases, High Court rules
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International firms given opportunity to host Brazilian lawyers
2016 Brazilian British Lawyers exchange programme aims to develop Anglo-Brazil relations
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NewsSilence for Paris victims
Lawyers in Brussels among those across Europe who held minutes of silence for the victims of Paris terrorist attacks.
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Association of Lawyers for Children outstanding newcomer award
Fisher Meredith associate Rachel Benett has been named Outstanding Newcomer in the Field of Children Law at the Association of Lawyers for Children’s annual conference in Manchester.
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Indonesia executions on hold
Indonesia has temporarily halted executions, the government announced, saying it needed to focus on fixing its economy after growth fell below 5% for two consecutive quarters. Fourteen people have been executed by firing squad in Indonesia this year.
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Consumers in Wales less likely to trust lawyers
Consumers in Wales are less likely to trust lawyers than those in England, though feel equally confident in their ability to complain and that their rights are protected, the annual tracker research by the Legal Services Consumer Panel revealed.
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Transgender practice note
Working with transgender employees is the subject of a Law Society practice note published last week, covering obligations under the Equalities Act 2010 among other issues.
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Civil Procedure Rule Committee sub-group
The Civil Procedure Rule Committee has formed a sub-group including a Welsh-speaking judge to consider the impact of the gradual divergence of laws covering England and Wales. Members believe the likelihood of different sets of procedural rules is increasing.
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Regulators live at Leeds
Leaders of three regulatory bodies will meet lawyers in Leeds this week to ask for help in shaping the future of the profession. The Legal Services Board, Legal Ombudsman and Legal Services Consumer Panel will stage their first meeting outside London on Thursday for an open debate on the future ...
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NewsCourt of Protection to be opened to public
A six-month pilot scheme will open the court to the public and the media from next year.
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NewsLitigation funder pulls plug on new investments
Chairman says Juridica lacked the ‘scale and diversity’ to invest successfully.
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NewsLand Registry privatisation back on – reports
A £1bn-plus sale of Land Registry was shelved last year but chancellor George Osborne is understood to have revived the plan.
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NewsCourts charge has ‘not gone correctly’ – lord chief justice
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd hopes the government will soon look at financial penalties ‘in the round’.
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Half of experts vow not to work with certain solicitors again
Survey also finds many experts enjoying increasing number of instructions.
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NewsLaw Society launches new strategy
Chancery Lane vows to support solicitors amid ‘unprecedented change’ resulting from more competition, public spending cuts and regulatory reform.
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NewsHogan Lovells pays tribute to lawyer killed in Paris attack
Valentin Ribet, a 26-year-old associate at Hogan Lovells, was killed at the Bataclan theatre.