Latest news – Page 549
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NewsMoJ confirms new levy charge for court claims
Government introduces new levy but drops plans for divorce fee increase and higher commercial case fees.
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NewsTTIP talks expose 'dark arts' of corporate lawyers
EU-US trade deal ’flouts contract law and common law’ and will ‘undermine UK courts’, say MPs.
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NewsMore ‘respect and dignity’ for mental health patients
Department of Health published revised code of practice for the Mental Health Act.
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NewsJudges' fury at 'Dickensian litigation' over 'toxic' dispute
Court of Appeal judges use boundary dispute to rage against cost and time of case.
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NewsEducation specialist and AIDS adviser dies at 68
Tributes paid to former Eversheds and Wedlake Saint solicitor Timothy Costello.
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NewsSaudi lawyer given five more years in jail for sedition
Court says Walid Abu al-Khair 'refused to show remorse'.
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NewsSRA outlines response to Al-Sweady concerns
Regulator 'will be urgently concluding existing strands of investigation and reviewing the other concerns raised in the ministerial statement’.
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News‘Named and shamed’ barrister can continue to practise
Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service stops Tariq Rehman from taking on new clients – but he can still practise.
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NewsEx-justice minister earns £60k for legal consultancy
Jonathan Djanogly continues work for former firm, while Jack Straw earns £100,000 for speaking and consultancy.
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NewsCentralised assessment of aspiring solicitors ‘unthinkable’
People ‘should not be able to walk in off the street and take the exams’, Law Society tells the SRA.
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NewsTribute to ‘shop front’ solicitor pioneer
Kasturi Kalra fought against regulations restricting lawyers to premises disconnected from the public.
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City solicitor appointed commissioner
Stephen Lewis of multinational firm Clyde & Co has been appointed a law commissioner for commercial and common law.
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NewsSociety warns of CMC compensation shortfall
Differences between law firms and claims management companies mean enforcement will be difficult, says Chancery Lane.
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NewsPPI complaints stabilise but ‘scandal to last’
The financial ombudsman has received more than 1.25m complaints about payment protection insurance.
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News‘Weak’ appraisal of magistrates harming courts – report
Charity calls for improvements in assessment and training of magistrates.
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NewsCity and civil service top legal honours list
City and Government Legal Service figure strongly in new year’s honours.
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NewsLeO to publish full internal expenses report
Details of the background to a dispute over expenses that led to the resignation of the chief executive set to be made public.
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NewsAl-Sweady lawyer denouncement ‘breaches UN code’
European bar chief raises concerns about defence secretary’s statement to parliament.
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NewsEuropean leaders urged to complete EU-US deal
PMs invited to roundtable with CBI to hear of deal’s importance.