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NewsImmigration appeal hearings delayed up to nine months
A courts service chief admitted the delays were ‘unacceptable’.
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NewsFixed costs looming in commercial litigation
Commercial litigation is heading towards fixed costs, the judge in charge of the Commercial Court warned last week.
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Unified court a ‘mugger’s charter’?
Europe’s first federal court could turn into a ‘mugger’s charter’ with litigants forum-shopping for the most advantageous tier and language to hear their case, the conference heard.
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Hungary threat
Judicial independence is still under threat in Hungary, the IBA’s Human Rights Institute reported. Nick Stanage of Doughty Street Chambers condemned what he called the ‘emasculation’ of the country’s constitutional court, once held up as a model for ex-communist states.
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Google jurisdiction
Web giant Google has received 320,000 requests to ‘de-link’ web pages following last year’s Google Spain judgment in the CJEU. About 40% of requests lead to a removal. A session on ‘online platforms as the new nation states’ heard that handling the responsibility amounted to Google becoming ‘the world’s largest ...
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Nearshoring fear
The president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland expressed concerns about the impact of the ‘nearshoring’ of legal services to the province. Arleen Elliott said that while she was grateful that young people had been given work ‘my concern in the long-term is how committed these firms are to ...
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NewsJustice system must adapt to life without lawyers – LCJ
Lord Thomas also heralds increasing possibility of online courts to resolve disputes.
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NewsLaw school to expand advice centre with ABS status
Intellectual property law service to open at Nottingham Law School centre.
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NewsSociety tells Gove: you must save 59 courts from closure
Solicitors report major flaws with consultation and fear clients will be unable to access courts.
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NewsCosts denied over lack of CFA retainer
Firm that took on Barnetts’ personal injury book was not successfully assigned CFA.
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NewsIBA 2015: war crime? There’s an app for that
Mobile video system helps witnesses collect court-admissible evidence.
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NewsIBA 2015: go beyond your client duty, Annan tells lawyers
Former UN secretary general urges corporate advisers not to wait for black-letter law.
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NewsConservatives: Gove to bring ‘reforming zeal’ to prison system
Party conference speech focuses on rehabilitation of offenders – but includes praise for lawyers.
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NewsIBA 2015: migration needs international rule – former Commission chief
Jose Manuel Barroso tells bar conference ‘common principles’ needed to tackle crisis.
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News‘Reserved powers’ model of Welsh devolution unworkable – report
Review commissioned by the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University and the Constitution Unit at University College London.
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NewsSeeing in the new legal year
A series of events took place last week to mark the Opening of the Legal Year, one of the most celebrated days in the legal calendar.
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NewsOmbudsman enjoying easier CMC caseload
Only 648 cases accepted in first six months of new scheme.
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NewsSRA: tell us what bad behaviour by lawyers matters most
Consultation open on how to maintain trust in the legal profession.
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NewsGovernment drops plan to extend corporate criminal liability
Decision to abandon new economic crime offence a 'slap in the face' for SFO director David Green, says leading QC.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman to miss more time targets – LSB
Complaints-handler met 90-day target just 52% of the time in July.