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NewsDefendants made to disclose nationality fear bias – report
Not-for-profit specialist criminal firm calls on government to review policy urgently or face legal action.
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Summer recess could be cancelled in bid to battle backlog
Magistrates may also be asked to sit in the evening and at weekends, it has been reported today.
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Accounts reveal £100k black hole for legal bills after Flybe collapse
Five law firms appear among the creditors of the Exeter-based airline.
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'Completely exhausted': women in law highlight Covid-19 struggles
Survey attracts 900 responses highlighting pressures faced by those with and without children.
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Woman owing firm unpaid fees loses final ‘hopeless’ appeal
Firm has been trying for almost two years to enforce fees for professional services.
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Tribunal under fire for protecting solicitors through non-disclosure
SDT says non-parties to cases cannot have an automatic right to see documents used in prosecutions.
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Law centres invited to apply for grants from £5m coronavirus pot
Community Justice Fund set up to help social welfare specialists includes £2.4m from the government.
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LCJ: ‘No going back’ to pre-Covid ways
Lord Burnett sounds positive message about the rapid introduction of technology to courts.
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£14bn Mastercard claim not suitable for collective action, Supreme Court hears
Mastercard stresses the enormous scope of the claim, which spans ‘all the sectors of the UK economy’.
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Probate applications halve during lockdown
HMCTS is preparing for a surge in applications for grants of probate once government restrictions are eased.
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Jury trials to resume in up to eight courts next week
The Old Bailey, Cardiff, Bristol, Reading, Warwick, Winchester, Manchester Minshull St. and Nottingham are considered suitable.
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Mastercard appeal goes before Supreme Court
Five judges will decide whether the biggest damages claim in UK legal history can proceed.
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Taylor Wessing cuts hours and pay
City firm says it is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about future operations.
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Back to work? New advice for office social distancing
Government issues advice for businesses that require people to come into the office.
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Law school creates coronavirus master’s course
The law and health programme is aimed at both lawyers and doctors.
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'Justice will collapse': Barristers urged to lobby MPs
‘ We need you to help us make the case to government,’ Bar Council tells members.
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Freed Chinese lawyer plans to take on Beijing in court
Wang Quanzhang says courts violated criminal procedure law following his arrest in 2015.
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HMCTS to test 'block listing' in magistrates' court
Firms would be given dedicated amount of time for their cases to be heard in one go.
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Solicitor banned for running £8m banking facility through firm
Barbara Gribbin said she was ‘stupid enough’ to agree to the scheme as she struggled to run practice.
