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NewsSRA tells firms: Check exactly where your client’s money came from
Regulator suggests current checks being made by some firms are not enough.
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British Red Cross reveals ‘human cost’ of LASPO on refugee family reunions
Report calls for legal aid to be reinstated to acknowledge complexity of applications and value of early legal advice.
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Legal Choices website records 3m visits in three years
Regulators running site say consumers are increasingly engaging with it.
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Property head banned for repeated failings on transactions
Tribunal strikes off solicitor at the centre of £15m claims against Liverpool firm EAD Solicitors.
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Pre-recorded evidence now an option across England and Wales
More than 350 victims and witnesses have used the technology since regional rollouts began this year.
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Lammy demands answers over judicial race ‘anomalies’
Shadow justice secretary refuses to rule out judicial diversity quotas in speech to bar conference.
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Mishcon aims for cutting-edge data science service
Top-30 firm's chief strategy officer says ‘this is what any business, never mind a law firm, should be doing’.
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Students raise stakes after law school refuses lockdown refunds
Legal educator BPP threatened with being reported to Competition and Markets Authority.
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BAILII gets MoJ lifeline
Most widely used free public online database of court judgments has five-year contract renewed for one year.
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Second part of legal aid review will begin this year, Buckland pledges
Lord chancellor says he wants to get chair of the criminal legal aid review ‘absolutely right’.
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President's guidance for immigration appeals during Covid-19 'unlawful'
Note issued on 23 March stated that appeals should normally be decided on the papers.
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Solicitor who caused £885,000 client account shortfall struck off
Sole practitioner showed ‘complete contempt’ for account rules, tribunal finds.
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JR has improved consumer rights, Which? tells Faulks review
Any changes to judicial review should relate to extending the window to issue proceedings.
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IBA 2020: Litigation funding could create conflicts of interest
' A lot of third-party funders are becoming quite close to law firms,' says ex-president of the Law Society of Ireland.
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Not enough black men doing family legal aid, Westminster inquiry hears
Solicitor says male role models would be helpful for teenagers coming through the justice system.
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Irish rebuff raises new questions
Law Society of Ireland will cease to issue practising certificates to members based outside the republic.
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New master of the rolls promises civil justice shake-up
Profession ‘needs to be ambitious in terms of digitalisation if it is to retain and enhance its status’, says Sir Geoffrey Vos.
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McFarlane alarmed by weekend demand for skeleton arguments
Family division president says wellbeing protocols should be revisited.
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Solicitors reassured over PC renewal as extended deadline looms
'If members or firms have already submitted a renewal application no further action is required,' Law Society says.
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Quarter of black barristers feel race negatively impacts solicitor relationships
Survey by minority ethnic group suggests women reporting more negative experiences than men.
