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NewsVeteran solicitor lied to hospital to find out about client’s condition
Tribunal ends 50-year career of practitioner who admitted acting dishonestly.
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NewsBid to sink Mastercard settlement opens at Competition Appeal Tribunal
Tribunal is hearing an application for a £200 million collective settlement approval order in long-running case.
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NewsCouncil to pay costs for 'improper' private prosecution
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council offered no evidence in case adjourned three times.
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NewsEmployment tribunal’s miscalculated remedy leads to cut in payout
Oldham-based firm Inaaya Solicitors has now been ordered to pay its former paralegal £39,564 rather than £41,411.78.
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NewsLaw professor with 'profound sense of grievance' banned from courts
Academic had an 'inability to accept defeat' in her long-running dispute with the University of Warwick.
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NewsCMS's head cashier sent money to her own account disguised as 'interest'
Employee stole a 'considerable amount of money' on 124 occasions and took steps to conceal the payments.
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NewsThames Water £3bn loan deal did not breach competition law, High Court rules
A group of creditors argued that a competing group was involved in ‘bid rigging’, an allegation dismissed in court.
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NewsConcerns about judicial security at 'all-time high' - LCJ
Lady chief justice reveals she has written to prime minister over 'unacceptable' exchange in parliament.
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NewsTreasury shut out of Supreme Court motor finance hearing
Two parties allowed to intervene but government and consumer champion are not among them.
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News'Tough on crime' narrative failing victims
Sentencing review chief David Gauke criticises politicians for increasing tariffs without considering wider impact on justice system.
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NewsTrainee barred for inappropriate behaviour toward colleague at social event
SRA says behaviour that included touching colleague without consent has had lasting impact.
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News‘Intensified assault’ on lawyers in Iran
Lawyers who have defended protesters or criticised government policies on social media are among the targets, human rights group says.
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NewsCoroner recuses herself over ‘perceived bias’ in Covid vaccine death case
Assistant coroner for Derby strenuously denies allegations about her conduct.
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NewsSRA will not enforce £120,000 fine because firm has gone bust
Regulator says there are exceptional circumstances in the public interest to reduce the financial penalty levied against UK arm of US-based firm to zero.
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NewsParties contest points of Nigerian law as High Court hears preliminary issues in oil spill case
Claimants in London seek injunctive relief and unspecified damages from oil giant Shell, which denies liability for pollution.
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NewsSociety warns against cuts to apprenticeship funding
Some 3,000 people have begun legal apprenticeships so far - but the government plans to exclude level 7 scheme from the levy.
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NewsMoJ hails further progress on probate delays
Ministry of Justice says recruitment of extra staff has helped halve waiting times in six months.
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NewsLegal centre and barrister cleared of negligence after five-year fight
Claimant had been advised to sell her home but said this was negligence on the part of lawyers.
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NewsSRA to bear costs of failed prosecution 'shambles'
SRA officer admitted that she had not carried out ‘wide-ranging investigation’ following firm's self-report.
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NewsLaw firm consultant jailed for GBH barred from profession
Non-solicitor was convicted over incident outside a pub in 2018.