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NewsCourt campaigners refuse to give up fight against closure
Court users in Chichester begin protest movement at last year’s decision.
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NewsExclusive: Turkish police storm international lawyers’ protest
Society’s human rights chair reports violence towards delegation attending Istanbul terrorism trial of defence lawyers.
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NewsCourts IT upgrade complete by 2020, says HMCTS chief
Chief executive spells out plans for incremental changes but says it will be finished within four years.
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NewsWhitehall clears change for insolvency practitioners
SRA relinquishes responsibility for regulation of insolvency practitioners on 14 April.
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NewsBudget 2016: MoJ to relocate staff outside London
Ministry of Justice will create ‘substantial centres of expertise’ by the middle of this parliament.
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NewsBudget 2016: Osborne backs ‘fit and proper test’ for CMCs
Chancellor also wants regulation of sector transferred to the Financial Conduct Authority.
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'Misleading' claims ads fall foul of watchdog
ASA unhappy with claims about average compensation payments.
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NewsThird-party complaints back on LeO’s agenda
Ombudsman sets out strategy and priorities for 2016/17.
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NewsDon’t let lawyers’ reputation go the way of politicians’ – Woolf
Former lord chief justice urges the profession to take care to retain standards.
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NewsCity backs online courts for claims up to £25k
An online court would be a ‘major step’ towards enhancing access to justice, the City of London Law Society says.
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NewsBar warns against ‘lawyerless’ online court
Briggs LJ’s blueprint would entrench a two-tier justice system, the Bar Council claims.
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NewsCrime rise fear stymies giving of e-evidence
Free smartphone app developed to collect on-the-spot reports of crimes.
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NewsCommunity spirit lauded
Solicitors and magistrates have praised a London advice service which helped more than 600 people in its first year.
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NewsDoctors launch £25k crowdfund for contract challenge
CrowdJustice fundraising mission seeks to raise enough for a judicial review.
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NewsRaising aptitude test pass mark ‘inadequate’, bar warns
Bar Council says the regulator’s plans to raise the pass mark for its aptitude test do not go far enough.
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NewsExperiences of online justice raise concerns
Association of Costs Lawyers says more research is needed before pushing on with online courts.
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NewsLawyers and public divided over data breaches
SRA starts to go through estimated 5,000 responses to Question of Trust survey.
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NewsMinister hints at flexibility over £250k clin neg costs limit
Government 'wants to hear the full range of views about where the limit should be placed'.
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NewsMoJ backs away from Gove’s big-firm levy
The chief executive of the City of London Law Society said that the idea of a levy has ‘receded’ but has not been dropped.
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NewsTribunals president outlines vision for ‘one-stop shop’ justice
Sir Ernest Ryder says the justice system of the future should resolve multiple problems through a single access point.