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NewsPost Office live: Key solicitor called sub-postmasters 'liars and criminals'
Andrew Parsons, a solicitor and partner with Womble Bond Dickinson, faces questions on his role in defending the Post Office during the Horizon scandal.
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NewsLaw firm drinking culture 'excluding British Muslims'
British Bangladeshi and Pakistani lawyers often unable to attend work gatherings because they are held in bars or pubs.
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NewsStowe continues to build family law empire
Latest deal is family specialist's fourth acquisition in two years.
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NewsNeuberger stands by recusal advice in Post Office trial
Former Supreme Court president tells inquiry that he was ‘comfortable’ with his stance on removing trial judge in 2019.
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NewsJudge who inadvertently liked offensive post formally warned
Deputy senior district judge Tanweer Ikram accepted that liking the post had raised concerns about impartiality.
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News£715m costs battle in warm-up to 'Dieselgate' claim
Three-day costs management hearing will alone run up legal bill of £3.65m.
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NewsStrasbourg ruling prompts calls for 'fairer' miscarriage of justice compensation
European Court of Human Rights dismisses, in split decision, legal challenge brought by two wrongfully convicted men.
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NewsSolicitor LiP hit with £11,000 costs bill in possession claim
Conduct 'sufficiently far out of the norm and unreasonable' to make indemnity costs order appropriate.
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NewsTrainee tried to cover up discontinuing client’s claim
Employee misled client and her firm in the aftermath of her initial mistake.
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NewsDuncan Lewis takes government to court over legal aid fees
National firm says thousands of vulnerable individuals are eligible for legal aid but struggling to find a lawyer to represent them.
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NewsHarman to head bar bullying probe
Former long-serving MP will chair independent review following report finding shocking levels of bullying, harassment or discrimination.
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NewsConservatives 'will quit ECtHR if necessary', Sunak declares
Conservative leader tells manifesto launch he will choose nation's security over the jurisdiction of a 'foreign court'.
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NewsSurvey reveals caution about regulation of legal AI
Half of lawyers polled say legal profession should self-regulate its use of artificial intelligence.
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NewsPost Office live: Lawyer admitted providing 'political cover' for Post Office
In a week where the Post Office Inquiry focuses on litigation strategy, KCs Anthony de Garr Robinson and Lord Grabiner are first up to explain their role.
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NewsCourt orders costs budget in £10m injured child claim
Master expresses 'real apprehension' about the way that costs have escalated in RTA case.
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NewsMel B's family courts petition nears 25,000 signatures
Spice Girl wants judges to receive training designed and delivered by specialist organisations such as Women's Aid.
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NewsNeuberger defies calls to quit Hong Kong court
Former Supreme Court president says he will continue to sit for ‘as long as I can do good by being there’.
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NewsLib Dems pledge reduced backlogs and ‘more generous’ legal aid
Party also says crime victims should have free transcripts of court proceedings.
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NewsBarrister fined £5,000 for not reporting SRA order
Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service also orders practitioner to pay £2,670 in costs.
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NewsAxiom Fund adviser sentenced to eight years
Sentencing at Southwark Crown Court follows conviction for taking more than £5.8m from Axiom Legal Finance Fund.