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NewsSolicitor fined over late payment of invoice
Solicitors Regulation Authority said the lawyer had shown ‘little [or] no insight into his conduct’.
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NewsJuror who researched law on child neglect gets suspended sentence
Police search of devices revealed search terms such as the word ‘cretin’, ‘how do jurors reach a verdict?’ and ‘does a jury have to be unanimous?’.
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NewsLaw school 'not sufficiently preparing Gen-Z lawyers for work' - US survey
US students want to see legal education include more practical skills and greater focus on transactional work.
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NewsTop chambers stops sending pupils to Stratford following ‘serious assault’
Garden Court Chambers is first set to make such an announcement, stating it would ‘risk breaching obligations to keep pupils safe’ if it required them to attend the court.
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NewsSpecialist regulator raises red flag over SRA takeover plan
CILEx Regulation raises concerns over scope, cost and continuing professional development in consultation response.
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NewsChief coroner calls on government to consider ‘fundamental problem of resourcing’
Chief coroner judge Thomas Teague KC’s last annual report before his term of office ends says increase in delays is ‘disappointing’.
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NewsPost Office live: Key lawyer says Post Office 'watered down' his advice
Today's witness is barrister Simon Clarke, who joined Cartwright King in 2010 and started working with the Post Office in 2013.
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NewsJudge's statutory consultation battle heads to Court of Appeal
District judge’s legal challenge over a controversial Judicial Appointments Commission recruitment tool will be heard next month.
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NewsFormer Bar Council member disbarred over false allegations
Bar Standards Board says ‘dishonesty and deliberately making false allegations to a regulator is…wholly incompatible with membership’.
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NewsCouncil not liable for 'residual' knotweed damage, Supreme Court rules
'Diminution in value had occurred long before any breach by the defendant of the relevant duty in private nuisance,' judges find.
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NewsParties driven out of court by block listing backlogs
Litigants give up pursuing their claim to the full because of frustration with courts.
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NewsCarter-Ruck made a muck of Kevin Spacey defence deadline
Default judgment handed down after a defence was not filed has now been set aside and civil proceedings will continue to trial.
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NewsLAA to introduce 10-year flexible criminal legal aid contracts
Law Society says change will cut down on stress endured by solicitors during procurement process.
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NewsPost Office live: Top KC asked whether he was 'set up' by organisation
Brian Altman KC, who advised the Post Office between 2013 and 2021, is questioned on his role in the organisation's response to the emerging Horizon scandal.
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NewsTwo SLAPP cases bound for SDT
SRA chief executive tells peers that, of 71 investigations into alleged strategic litigation against public participation, 48 ‘remain live’.
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NewsJuror pilot will provide free counselling after distressing trials
Ministry of Justice will fund ‘first of its kind’ pilot which will also include a 24/7 telephone helpline providing support, advice and information.
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NewsFormer City solicitor jailed for 15 years for role in £30m Ponzi scheme
Jonathan Denton’s misconduct led to his firm being fined £500,000 by the SDT.
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NewsBanned solicitor jailed for false immigration claims
Flora Mendes was struck off nine years ago but continued to make money from immigration work.
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News‘Sarcastic’ judge warned for shouting at legal representative in family hearing
Investigation following a complaint from a litigant in family proceedings found the district judge had been ‘sarcastic and condescending’.
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NewsNew firm owners shun billable hour for all-round service
Former colleagues go into business together seeking to provide holistic approach.