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NewsSRA must pay Carter-Ruck partner costs in failed 'SLAPP' case
Practitioner subject to ‘legally flawed’ SRA proceedings is claiming around £1 million from regulator.
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NewsTaylor Wessing's highest earner nets £200,000 a week
Top-paid LLP member has been paid £23.6m in the last three years, newly filed accounts show.
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NewsClient's emails accusing firm of fraud were defamatory
Client sent six emails in a month in response to an invoice for £34,500 from London firm.
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NewsSolicitor appeals 'disproportionate' SDT sanction
Suspended practitioner tells court there was no clear link between his conduct and tribunal's finding of breach of integrity.
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NewsNorthern giant targets London
Brabners embarks on next phase of expansion as revenues surpass £60m.
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NewsPartners approve transatlantic merger
Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing will combine officially as Winston Taylor in May.
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NewsUK Finance drops £50 fee for Mortgage Lenders' Handbook
Law Society commends banking trade body for reacting swiftly to the strength of opposition over annual charge.
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NewsReform of inflated clinical negligence damages 'long overdue', say MPs
Public Accounts Committee says government cannot continue to ignore escalating costs of clinical negligence.
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NewsCCRC refers former City trader convictions to Court of Appeal
After the Supreme Court quashed the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, commission says ‘jury misdirection and legal errors have undermined the safety of all the [rate-rigging] convictions’.
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NewsSQE cohort more diverse than working-age population, progress report finds
Study by Solicitors Regulation Authority finds Solicitors Qualifying Examination has been more successful than many of its critics claim.
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NewsRegulator eases practising rights rules amid post-Mazur delays
Practising rights entry rules relaxed as more groups join upcoming Court of Appeal proceedings.
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NewsSolicitor 'motivated by resentment' banned for deceiving friend
Property specialist had falsely messaged to say that sale of jointly owned property had not yet been completed.
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NewsCourt makes triple whammy ruling on key fixed costs disputes
Costs judge rules on the scope, timing and provisions of fixed recoverable costs regime.
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NewsMail fail: SDT dismisses allegation against third immigration sting solicitor
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds allegations not proved in latest prosecution setback for SRA.
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NewsPre-Mazur advice 'not always articulated with sufficient precision', LSB concludes
Super-regulator says professional bodies should have been working together to arrive at a shared position.
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NewsCourt upholds £50,000 ombudsman award to complaining clients
Judge says solicitor was not entitled to court-style disclosure in the ombudsman process.
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NewsConveyancers outraged by £50 fee to access Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
Solicitors acting for lenders in residential property transactions will have to pay £50 plus VAT from June to access handbook.
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NewsClaims firm fined £120,000 for sending millions of unsolicited texts
Barrage of text messages prompted 46,000 complaints from recipients.
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NewsOver a third of magistrates' hearings delayed or adjourned, report finds
More than 2,300 hearings in various London courts were observed by volunteer ‘courtwatchers’ over a five-month period.
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NewsExtending criminal contempt to foreign proceedings would open floodgates, BHP warns
Judgment reserved by the lady chief justice, Lord Justice Popplewell and Lord Justice Phillips in latest Mariana dam collapse litigation.