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NewsCampaigners warn PI reforms will cost 60,000 legal jobs
Reaction starts to come in to government’s announcement of a crackdown on claims.
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British Virgin Islands enters arbitration market
Islands hope to rival London as centre for worldwide business.
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NewsLabour would oppose small claims limit rise
Shadow justice minister speaks out as lawyers prepare for imminent publication of consultation.
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NewsCleared solicitor can take malicious prosecution case to trial
Phillip Rudall alleges the Crown Prosecution Service and South Wales Police mounted a campaign against him
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BME groups report less trust in their lawyer
Consumer panel survey also finds certain minority groups far less likely to take out a will.
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NewsCJC call for public education on online court
Civil Justice Council says the government's plan should give greater consideration to those who cannot access services.
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Barrister permanently banned from public access work
Second disciplinary hearing in two weeks for barrister ‘named and shamed’ by the Legal Ombudsman.
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NewsSolicitor ‘gave veneer of respectability’ to £2.8m fraud
Leeds practitioner Stephen Pickard jailed for eight years.
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NewsCA ruling on fixed fees to have ‘substantial’ effect
Listing for disposal counts as listing for trial for purposes of costs.
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NewsFunder secures £100m of fresh capital
Calunius Capital investment a sign of the growing flow of funds into the litigation funding industry.
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NewsWill-writer fined £30k after complaints over nuisance calls
Assist Law boasted on its website that it wants to move on from ‘outdated’ traditional methods.
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NewsExclusive: barristers face fee hike to plug Bar Council’s pension deficit
Levy imposed in 2010 to meet ‘very significant’ deficit in employee pension scheme has not proved sufficient to meet a growing funding shortfall.
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NewsPro bono boost for Whitehall lawyers
Government Legal Department has estabished a network to support pro bono and volunteering efforts.
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News‘Viewing centres’ to preserve open justice in online age
‘Justice must not disappear down an Alice-style rabbit hole,’ says senior presiding judge.
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NewsDiversity champion Okoro is new World Bank GC
Sandie Okoro has held a string of high-profile in-house roles.
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NewsMedCo suspends 134 shell companies as new rules kick in
From now on medical reporting organisations must show they are independent and solely responsible for work received.
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NewsOpen thread: What will a Trump presidency mean for legal business and the rule of law?
A Conservative US Supreme Court; reform of the libel laws; and the last rites for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. What else will a Trump presidency mean for the rule of law and the legal profession? Your comments and social media reaction.
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NewsOmbudsman staff pocket £434k in one-off bonus compromise
Special payments despite consistently missing key performance targets.
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Dozens probed over referral fee ban breaches
Warning notices issued to 13 claims management companies in last quarter.