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NewsHomeworking putting billable hours under pressure, firms told
Distribution of work ‘very uneven’ in some firms as partners hang on to work normally given to juniors.
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NewsCriminal barristers earning less than minimum wage, Bar Council claims
The justice sector in a ‘dire state’ and plagued by ‘outrageously long delays’, according to representative body.
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NewsSociety alarmed by Covid-19 exemption for lawyers
Chancery Lane has raised its concerns about the latest regulations with the courts minister.
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NewsLitigation funding giant's profits slip but ‘pipeline is rebuilding’
Burford says it has passed the test of lockdown despite profit and revenue figures heading downwards.
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NewsDWF to replace training contracts with SQE apprenticeship scheme
Graduate entry-level apprenticeship programme will be introduced in January 2022.
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NewsIranian human rights lawyer wins ‘alternative Nobel prize’ from cell
Nasrin Sotoudeh recognised for ‘unrelenting commitment to justice’.
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NewsTransparency rules not bringing down prices, reports LSB
Super-regulator tells competition watchdog that more action is needed to help consumers.
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NewsCovid-19 creates new difficulties accessing legal aid safety net scheme
New research highlights challenges that explain 23% drop in exceptional case funding applications.
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NewsFCA to return to court over business interruption insurance
Regulator and insurers have failed to reach agreement over business interruption insurance judgment.
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NewsOnline probate forms mandatory for solicitors from next month
Statutory instrument laid today will apply to majority of probate cases.
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NewsQualified solicitor, 41, loses battle for financial support from parents
Claimant had urged court not to abandon him to the ‘capricious’ decisions of his parents.
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NewsLawyers can break new self-isolation rules to go to court
People participating in legal proceedings are exempt from new legal duty to self-isolate.
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NewsBar sets could move online post-coronavirus, says QC
Lockdown has ‘made people realise how little they in fact used or needed the traditional chambers model’.
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NewsCourt service tackles jump in probate applications
Around 2,000 more applications for grants of probate were received in August than pre-coronavirus.
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NewsSeparated parents from deprived areas going to court in Wales
Landmark research sheds light on families involved in private law proceedings.
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NewsManchester lawyers on alert after positive Covid-19 test
Court staff member contracts coronavirus, prompting message for anyone in the building in the past two weeks.
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NewsJudge tells lawyers: Stop wasting our time with trivial applications
Bristol family judge says parties not adhering to his warning will be criticised and sanctioned.
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NewsInce lays off 50 staff and suspends dividend payments
Listed firm also considering scaling back its office space, according to trading update.
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NewsCriminal lawyers vote overwhelmingly against extended operating hours
Women in Criminal Law says practitioners have no more hours left to give.
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NewsGateley profits slip in year of uncertainty
Swift action allowed the business to continue trading profitably through the pandemic.