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NewsClarity for Crown court over trade mark offences
New sentencing guidelines could result in longer jail sentences for the most serious counterfeit cases.
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NewsLawyers pledge to boycott extended court hours
Almost 400 solicitors and barristers will not attend ‘a single court listing’ outside of regular hours.
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News‘Protecting our people’: US firms insist on staff vaccination
Reed Smith among those declaring that unvaccinated staff in the US will have to work from home.
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News‘Pingdemic’: Criminal bar calls for self-isolation exemption
Crown court trials are being seriously disrupted by lawyers forced to isolate, says Criminal Bar Association.
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NewsAcademics call for probe into Post Office lawyers
Conduct of litigation was a 'scandal within a scandal', research team alleges.
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NewsBar refuses to back down on sexual misconduct sanctions
Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn said the proposed penalties were 'disproportionate' for some types of behaviour.
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NewsCrown court clogged by low value fraud cases
Total value of alleged fraud reaching UK courts fell by 70% year-on-year, despite rise in the volume of cases.
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NewsMoJ seeks views on expanding mediation
Responses to eight-week consultation are expected to shape future reforms to civil, family and administrative justice.
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NewsJudge warns of 'hypersensitivity' in lawyer's harassment claim
Courts should not ‘impose legal liability to every unfortunate phrase’, rules employment tribunal.
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NewsTetraplegic pupil was no publicity stunt, tribunal rules
Hilary Meredith Solicitors faced accusations of harassment related to disability following pupillage row.
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NewsWork where you want, Womble Bond Dickinson tells staff
Transatlantic firm says working from home has not affected productivity or client service.
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NewsCosts judge concerned by 'exceptionally large' rise in firm's hourly rates
Firm to appeal master's decision which 'raises an important issue for the profession'.
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NewsPanasonic GC ups the ante on compliance
Consumer electronics giant Panasonic has embedded compliance questions into its annual employee survey to help benchmark the impact of its legal and compliance activities against other corporations, its general counsel has revealed.
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NewsPM's attack endangers lawyers and clients, Society warns
Boris Johnson suggested 'left wing criminal justice lawyers' act against the public interest.
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NewsFreshfields reports solid growth after US expansion
Partner profits at magic circle firm rose by 5% in the past financial year to over £1.9m.
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NewsVaccine passports ‘a possibility’ for judges
HMCTS rules out vaccine status checks on jurors and non-professional court users.
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NewsNGO based at London firm praised for death penalty victory
MPs in Sierra Leone voted unanimously to abolish capital punishment last week.
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NewsPolice spent millions to support HMCTS during Covid-19
Government has no plans to reimburse costs for operating video remand hearings from custody suites.
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NewsRomeward bound: Law Society strikes deal with Italian bar body
Memorandum of understanding aims to strengthen ties with Italian firms following Brexit.
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NewsCovid insurance caseload boosts Clyde & Co profits
Global profits rose by 7.6% after the City firm made a range of operational changes during lockdown.