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NewsTA6 forms 'will not change overnight', Society assures conveyancers
Law Society vice-president says property information forms will first be user tested to ensure they are simple and easy to use.
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NewsWhiplash tariff increase date confirmed
New rates will be in place until 2027 when tariff will be reviewed again.
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NewsRemote working curbs are deterring City job applicants, survey reveals
Employers increasingly say the lack of hybrid working options is a barrier to recruitment, as vacancies soar.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for faking client letters and misleading SRA
Sussex practitioner struck off after dishonest attempts to avoid regulatory sanction.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills fined £465,000 over sanctions breach
Fine is the first sanctions enforcement action brought against a law firm since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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NewsMore redundancies at EY legal practice
Big Four firm could let go around 30 people from its law business.
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NewsBar disciplinary system 'stacked against' misconduct victims, says Harman
Bar speaks out following tribunal's order for Jo Sidhu KC to be disbarred over sexual misconduct.
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NewsSociety unveils 'two-form' approach to TA6
Separate 'before and after offer' forms designed to make process of gathering property information straightforward.
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NewsCouncil’s costs threat ‘not coercive’, High Court rules
Ashford Borough Council found a ‘pragmatic solution’ by pledging to withdraw its claim if two landowners signed undertakings.
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NewsMoR 'very disappointed' at reform programme
Nine-year courts reform programme is nearing its end with only 23% of civil cases fully handled digitally.
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NewsFormer criminal bar chair Sidhu disbarred for sexual misconduct
'Serious sexual misconduct in this case was overwhelmingly likely to have caused long term harm,' tribunal hears.
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NewsEx-postmaster sues Post Office and Fujitsu over Horizon scandal
Lawyers for Lee Castleton say he was intentionally wronged by a lack of disclosure.
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NewsNational Conveyancing Week: Conveyancers 'exhausted and undervalued'
Chief executive of mental health charity suggests conveyancers need support on how best to respond to frustrated clients.
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NewsUK in top five of nations implementing ECtHR rulings
Only four of 46 states have a better record of respecting Strasbourg court decisions, annual report reveals.
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NewsLondon firm faces negligence trial over £453m divorce award
Claimant alleges firm should have advised her on financial remedy order against superyacht in her divorce from oligarch.
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NewsLawyers revolt: 500 associates slam Trump’s crackdown
Firms targeted for representing political opponents and pursuing diversity policies.
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NewsCouncil and legal advice service clash over proposed rent rise of 562,000%
Council says Waterloo Action Centre, which pays a peppercorn rent, is ineligible for further cash until it signs a new lease.
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NewsEmailing judgments without formal hand-down ‘unsatisfactory’
A judge at Wolverhampton family court emailed her judgment to a father, but fears it may have got lost in ‘junk’.
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NewsThree-and-a-half-year wait for machete trial sets new record
A 31-year-old man will have to wait until 16 October 2028 for his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
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NewsBig firms under fire as Trump's diversity purge takes aim at legal sector
Third firm made subject to executive order and accused of conspiring against Donald Trump.