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News'Clever' tactics by Post Office lawyers fuelled scandal, academics report
University of Exeter experts find that case of LiP sub-postmaster shows justice and the desire to win became misaligned.
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NewsSolicitor struck off over ‘misleading’ time records
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said the lawyer was ‘dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people’.
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NewsCourt of Appeal delivers boost for claimant lawyers on costs principle
Judges rule that costs of rehabilitation case management meetings can in principle be recovered.
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NewsJury wrongly directed in former trader’s LIBOR rigging case, CoA told
Ex-traders Tom Hayes’ and Carlo Palombo’s appeals are being heard by Lord Justice Bean, Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Bryan.
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NewsSolicitor suspended for drunken behaviour at Christmas party
Male practitioner approached colleague as she was leaving and asked to sleep with her.
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NewsLaw Society's fury at legal aid means test reform delay
Ministry of Justice has announced certain reforms will be delayed until 2026.
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NewsEx-barrister sentenced over antisemitic posts
Police trawled through a year of social media and found persistent comments about former lawyer’s hatred of Jewish people.
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NewsJudge dashes bitcoin entrepreneur’s ‘Satoshi’ claim
Ruling ahead of written judgment ends six-week case - and Dr Craig Wright’s claim to be ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’.
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NewsFunders confident that PACCAR will be 'just a footnote'
Potential for long-term damage should be eased by government intervention, says litigation funding industry.
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NewsBurford hails 'record year' as income surges
CEO describes 2023 as ‘extraordinary’, after listed litigation funder reports a near-2,000% rise in net income.
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NewsRestrictions on national firm staff following principles breaches
Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decisions related to ‘discrete episodes of individual misbehaviour’, Irwin Mitchell says.
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NewsCourt of Appeal hears traders’ cases against rate rigging convictions
Lord Justice Bean, Lord Justice Popplewell and Mr Justice Bryan will be hearing the three-day appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice.
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NewsClarke Willmott pays tribute to 'widely respected' planning lawyer
Colleagues 'devastated' to learn that Neil Baker, who join the firm in 1999, has died.
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NewsJury discharged in Duncan Lewis knife threat trial
The jury sitting in the trial at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court was discharged today.
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NewsClaims firm which reported £1m loss bought out by rival
Deal agreed on Tuesday for Simpson Millar to take on the assets and trading name of Novum Law.
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News‘Bitcoin inventor’ using courts ‘as a vehicle for fraud’
High Court hears closing submissions in month-long trial over the identity of ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’.
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NewsCancer charity unable to fund 44 projects due to probate delays, MPs told
Justice committee takes evidence from charities on financial impact of delays in granting probate.
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NewsSolicitor's jail sentence for stealing client money was 'merciful', appeal court rules
Hugh Lansdell had ‘considerable’ mitigation but Crown court was entitled to impose lengthy sentence.
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NewsConveyancing week: upfront information at heart of new protocol
Parties acting for seller and buyer given 11 recommendations each to speed up transaction and reduce fall-through rates.