Latest news – Page 128
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NewsFirm wins legal aid fee for stayed indictment in 'swings and roundabouts' case
‘Solicitors entitled to enjoy the roundabout of two fees for two indictments’ in the nature of graduated schemes.
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NewsManchester no longer needs priority protocol in family court
Cafcass announces ending of scheme aimed at helping to ease system-wide pressures - though it remains in London and southeast.
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NewsEnergy giant Octopus buys lawyer-free divorce company
Group says deal to buy amicable continues its mission to ‘challenge convention’.
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NewsSRA hailed as ‘most sophisticated, mature’ regulator by overseer
Strong indication from Legal Services Board that it would approve merging of professions.
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NewsLSB plans independent review of Axiom Ince disaster
Law Society says solicitors should not pay a penny more until causes of shortage are known.
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NewsNew Rwanda treaty - but Society remains concerned
Chancery Lane says it is unclear how new agreement overcomes last month's Supreme Court ruling.
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NewsFirm entitled to dismiss trainee solicitor over emails, tribunal finds
Trainee failed to argue that dismissal was down to making protect disclosure and/or her pregnancy.
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NewsLaw lecturers' Twitter libel spat reaches court
Facebook post which was republished years later in a Twitter thread is at the centre of the High Court claim.
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NewsLadbrokes and Coral owner to pay £615m in deferred prosecution agreement
The DPA with Entain plc, the first in which the CPS is acting as a prosecutor, includes a £465m fine, £10m costs and a donation to charity.
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NewsExclusive: Liverpool solicitor Makin named as ‘AB/X’ in anonymity case
Judge throws out appeal, allowing Robin Makin to be named in connection with misconduct allegations referred to SRA.
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NewsEx-Eversheds employee banned for sexual touching on staff away day
Senior client development manager receives section 43 order for repeatedly grabbing colleague.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for keeping firm afloat with legal aid payments
The SDT said at the time of the firm’s administration, experts and counsel were owed almost £650,000.
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News‘Dereliction of your duties’: Post Office solicitor lambasted over conduct
Solicitor Jarnail Singh accused of ’rewriting history’ over his treatment of key witness.
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NewsProfessional negligence claim against international firm struck out
Judge finds ‘no reasonable ground’ for retired footballer’s claim against Charles Russell Speechlys.
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NewsLiP assault on judge in court was no isolated incident, say insiders
HMCTS had stressed following the Milton Keynes assault that such events are 'extremely rare'.
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NewsEY reveals redundancies as legal ‘disruptor’ set to close
Riverview Law was acquired with great fanfare but will be wound down.
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NewsNew guideline hourly rates published
Rates rise as high as £546 an hour after master of the rolls accepted need for an increase.
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NewsAxiom executive offers £1m guarantee to help plug Ince deal gap
Almost half the money agreed as part of the Ince acquisition remains outstanding, administrator reveals.
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NewsCPS chief inspector 'disappointed' on custody time limit progress
Latest inspection finds only 15% of case progression logs are being kept up to date, down from 40% in 2021.
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NewsGroup order in rugby injury litigation 'premature', High Court rules
Counsel for claimants say claims against rugby's governing bodies now cover 295 players and more are coming forward.