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NewsSolicitor was involved in laying misleading paper trail for betting company
Mrs Justice Dias said it was ‘surprising and disheartening’ that London solicitor took a ‘proactive role’.
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NewsMet Police unlawfully used withdrawal of vetting to dismiss officers
Mrs Justice Lang says the procedure being used was not compliant with the right to a fair trial.
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News‘Arrogant, progressive fool’: Labour colleague joins attacks on AG
Role of Lord Hermer KC has come under particular scrutiny over the proposed Chagos Islands deal.
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NewsGive us proper work, say lawyers returning from maternity leave
Law firm leaders wrongly believe that returning women want to be 'eased back' into law.
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NewsJustice spending 'set to be no higher than it was in early 2000s'
Day-to-day justice spending in 2025-26 will be 16% lower in per-person terms than it was two decades ago.
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NewsMagistrate’s 'sweet dreams' comment to defendant leads to sanction
Magistrate apologised for his ‘inappropriate’ comment which placed prison officer ‘at unnecessary risk of injury’.
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NewsDismissal of Afghan judge’s application to relocate to UK was ‘correct’
'Plight weighed heavily upon me,' High Court judge acknowledges.
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NewsSSB administration set to run into 2026
Debts of more than £200m set to be largely unpaid, say administrators.
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NewsTeam of 25 rescued from RBG wreckage by City firm
Fladgate says it is pleased to offer job security for those affected by the collapse of listed business RBG Holdings.
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NewsConveyancing: Government leaps back on the digital bandwagon
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says it will 'modernise the way the process works to bring down current delays of almost five months'.
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NewsHear my trial a comin’: appeal dismissed in Jimi Hendrix dispute
Keystone Law, which represents Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell’s estates, said it hopes to ‘now obtain justice’ for the musicians’ families.
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NewsDistrict judge sanctioned over 11-month court order delay
Judge believed she had sent order but her failure to respond to chaser emails ‘contributed materially’ to the delay, JCIO says.
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NewsPartner misled clients for two years about claim progress
Solicitor put problem down to his poor communication rather than any intention to deceive.
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NewsCourt interpreter pay could rise under new MoJ contract
Minister says Consumer Price Index will be applied to the new language services contract on an annual basis.
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NewsNew bar statistics expose 'differential outcomes' by race
Black students 'slightly less likely' to pass bar training course, BSB reports.
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NewsFirm urges government to keep apprenticeship levy
Firm says it has relied on government funding to bring through more than 100 apprentices.
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NewsVexatious litigant barred from civil courts
Adrian Badita brought multiple claims in an 'abusive and threatening manner' which included calling a judge a 'crook'.
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News'Tin-eared' and 'arrogant' SRA must be reined in, says regulation specialist silk
Gregory Treverton-Jones KC accuses the regulator of being ‘generally unsympathetic to the realities of practice as a solicitor’.
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NewsPersonal injury portal claims taking more than a year
Portal, set up in 2021 for RTA claims valued at less than £5,000, was intended to be a simpler way of settling claims.
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NewsSDT to hear solicitor's 'SLAPP' charge seven years after alleged misconduct
Allegations against Hamlins solicitor dating from 2018 will be the subject of substantive hearing in October.