Latest news – Page 285
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NewsAssange supporters block road outside RCJ
A grey BMW with a dog in the back seat was left parked across one side of the Strand on Thursday afternoon.
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NewsLaw Society unveils climate resolution
I. Stephanie Boyce said solicitors can play ‘a crucial role’ in tackling climate change.
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NewsBarrister sanctioned over his own 'dishonest' RTA claim
Nine-month practising certificate bar 'reflects the expectation that barristers are not only honest but seen to act honestly'.
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NewsEarly users warned HMCTS about Common Platform problem
Practitioners repeatedly struggling to access cases due to error-free requirement, Gazette can reveal.
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NewsConcerns raised over JR bill’s court reforms
Lord chancellor says bill will ‘streamline procedures’ and help tackle backlog.
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NewsBudget 21: Tax advisers in line for new sanctions
Finance bill will allow HMRC to freeze assets of ’promoters’ until penalties are paid.
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NewsJR bill cruises through Commons vote as rebellion fails to materialise
Justice secretary Dominic Raab says allowing so many flawed challenges to upper tribunal rulings ‘skews the system’.
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News'The government has listened' - Chancery Lane welcomes budget boost
Chancellor announces billion-pound investment to increase capacity and efficiency across the courts system.
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NewsKiller of retired CPS solicitor gets 33-year term
Martin Decker, a former senior lawyer, was murdered in his Wirral home in March.
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NewsBudget 21: MoJ set for windfall with 4.1% real terms increase by 2025
Commitments for this year include £324m to increase court capacity and more people eligible for legal aid.
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NewsBudget 21: Backlog funding ‘window dressing’
Criminal Bar Association said the budget shows ‘lack of joined-up thinking’.
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NewsNorth-west PI firm goes under with all staff made redundant
Administrators appointed last week at Hampson Hughes after efforts to rescue business failed.
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NewsWorkers win Supreme Court ruling on union rights
Kostal UK Ltd was found to have ‘dishonoured’ a non-legally binding recognition agreement with trade union Unite.
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NewsInce makes bid for listed corporate adviser
£10m takeover of Arden partners would create a one-stop shop for professional services and investment banking.
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NewsUK ‘washing hands’ of Britons in Syria - former DPP
Lord Macdonald said it was ‘demeaning to the British state to be washing its hands of its own citizens’.
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NewsUS private equity moves in to snap up biggest PI firm
Management clear-out of north-west firm as Sun Capital Partners moves in.
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NewsSRA to look again at advocacy standards
New business plan also includes plans for continuing competency and a further AML crackdown.
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NewsJR bill back in Commons as Davis threatens to rebel
Former cabinet minister says legislation is an 'obvious attempt’ to avoid accountability.
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NewsSerial LiP with conspiracy claims against 13 lawyers is ordered to stop
Judge says civil restraint order is necessary to protect both the claimant and the solicitors, and firms he pursues.
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NewsBarrister who deceived wife for divorce loses disbarral challenge
High Court finds there was no procedural error or unfair finding in bar tribunal’s decision.