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NewsHomes, pets and an Aldi: ultimate fate of court buildings revealed
Justice minister reveals details as campaigners enter last week to oppose latest proposed sell-offs.
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NewsLaw Society hits out at regulator's 'demolition' of client protections
Chancery Lane says plans outlined in SRA consultation on indemnity insurance and the compensation fund are ‘utterly misguided’.
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NewsWales bill set to overhaul legislation
A legal obligation on Welsh governments to draft legislation in a radically different way to England could be passed as early next year.
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NewsClaimant lawyers will lose £81m a year as insurers pocket huge windfall - MoJ
Impact assessment estimates that civil liability reforms will see insurers bank hundreds of millions - as claimant lawyers are told to look elsewhere for work.
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NewsFirm denies wrongdoing after failed sickness claim prompts report to SRA
Tour operator says case ‘raises serious and obvious ethical and legal questions’, but north west firm denies any wrongdoing.
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News'Clear and convincing' case for discount rate change - MoJ
Response to sceptical justice committee shows commitment to reform.
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NewsMoJ unveils sweeping PI reform in expanded Civil Liability Bill
Legislation will include whiplash reforms and changes to the discount rate.
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NewsScotland bids to regulate cross-border firms and attract legal business
Law Society of Scotland considering applying to the Legal Services Board to be an authorised regulator.
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NewsSolicitor fined after merger uncovered colleagues' misconduct
Former principal Sheldon Leaman had no idea that improper transfers were taking place.
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NewsLiPs portal going public in online justice push
The civil money claims project is to progress from a pilot, involving invited claimants only, to so-called ‘public beta’ phase as soon as next Monday.
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NewsCodification bill would make Welsh law ‘accessible’
Wales would become the first part of the UK to have a codified corpus of law under proposals to be discussed by the Welsh government this week.
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NewsMagic circle feels the heat on gender pay
The Big Four accountancy firms have ratcheted up pressure on their elite counterparts in the law over gender pay by including equity partners in their comparisons.
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NewsNew justice charter to be unveiled
It will set out key principles that criminal law practitioners can unite behind
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NewsRussia crackdown
The government has hinted at passing a British version of the Magnitsky Act, a US law that freezes assets and imposes travel bans on Russians suspected of human rights violations, following the nerve agent poisonings in Salisbury.
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Philippines seeks exit from Hague court
International Criminal Court probe into thousands of deaths prompts backlash from president.
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NewsCrumbling courts: Sheffield shuts after strip lights fall on counsel's row
HMCTS closes building until further notice for urgent safety checks.
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News'Explosion of demand' fuels litigation funder's 132% profit leap
Burford Capital's share price jumps as shareholders toast 20% expected increase in dividends.