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NewsPI claimants face £12,000 bill after fundamental dishonesty finding
Whiplash claims by bus passengers after low-speed collision thrown out by court.
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NewsNew chief coroner appointed
HHJ Mark Lucraft QC will become the second chief coroner on 1 October.
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NewsSolicitors face 100% penalty for unsuccessful tax avoidance advice
Lawyers could be penalised for advice deemed to 'contribute to the tax advantage element' of a scheme.
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NewsCMC rapped by watchdog over misleading ads
Lloyds Bank complained that Stanton Fisher made claims about PPI compensation that were not substantiated.
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NewsSociety backs reform of 'distracting' e-conveyancing law
Chancery Lane responds in detail to proposals for reform of Land Registration Act 2002.
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NewsPublic Interest Lawyers to close
Iraq War claims firm reveals decision following loss of legal aid contract. Daily Mail reports the closure as a 'victory'.
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NewsRepossession court orders continue to fall
Low interest rates and falling proportion of owner-occupiers cited as factors in drop in second quarter this year.
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NewsProfessor Alexis Jay appointed new chair of child abuse inquiry
Three previous incumbents, including former Law Society president Dame Fiona Woolf, have stepped down.
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NewsRights groups hail Caribbean gay sex ruling
Supreme court in Belize rules 'against the order of nature' law unconstitutional.
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NewsAward for trainee solicitor’s injury to feelings not excessive
Employment appeal upholds £14,000 compensation for woman treated 'in a demeaning and disrespectful manner'.
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News55 lawyers killed in Pakistan bomb attack
Suicide bomber targets hospital in Quetta where mourners were gathering after a bar chief’s assassination.
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NewsInquiry to ask why BAME lawyers don’t make judiciary
Evidence-gathering period of David Lammy's review into racial bias in criminal justice system is now complete.
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NewsPolice release fraud video to deter false claimants
Footage shows man who claimed £5,000 for injuries was not even in his car.
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NewsComplaints about one rogue chambers plague BSB
Unnamed chambers also accounted for 77% of the 46 referrals from the Legal Ombudsman.
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NewsLand Registry claims progress towards digital mortgage
Pilot under way of all-digital process to create, sign and register mortgage deeds.
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NewsPress regulator IPSO sets up arbitration scheme
Bespoke ADR pilot will cap costs at £2,800 plus VAT.
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NewsInjury lawyers slam plans to delete company records
Claimant representatives say access to data is vital for pursuing cases against negligent former employers.
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NewsNew MedCo warning on multiple registration
Government efforts to curb poor behaviour imminent, but some companies continue to flout the rules.
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NewsJudicial pension scheme delayed again
New scheme for fee-paid judges now on course to be implemented a year late.
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News‘Support programme’ to boost diversity of High Court bench
Thirty places set to be made available to women, BME candidates and the ‘less advantaged’.