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NewsClaimant's bid 'to defer the inevitable' in legal fees fails in court
A former client accused by a law firm of a cynical attempt to get out of paying legal bills has lost his attempted High Court challenge. Source: Michael Cross In Biggar v Howard Kennedy costs judge Leonard ruled that claimant Alan Biggar, who faced charges of ...
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NewsFormer coroner struck off for downplaying rape allegation
Criminal allegations were not pursued but tribunal finds phone call to explain them was dishonest.
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NewsVictims' right-to-review scheme expands
Under the scheme, complainants can ask for an independent review before a final decision on dropping a case is made.
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NewsDefence solicitor jailed for sexually abusing 13-year-old girls
Police say Suleman Baig groomed two girls, offering them up to £100 for explicit photographs.
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NewsMissed promotions and stranded jobseekers: practitioners sitting in post-Mazur limbo
Practitioners tell the Gazette of feeling humiliated and demoralised by their diminished status - and how it is damaging their careers.
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NewsCourt of Appeal criticises 'staggering' £44m costs in Nigeria arbitration row
Lord Justice Males suggests 'sampling' approach to assess fraction of the 95,000 items claimed for in long-running litigation.
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NewsTwo out of three firms approached by private equity investors
Nearly a quarter of mid-sized firms are actively considering a share offering, research suggests.
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NewsSRA hit with £50,000 costs order after botched prosecution
Tribunal says SRA investigator was ‘evasive’ and ‘combative’ at times during cross-examination.
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NewsNightingale era over, says Sackman as four sites go permanent
Former court buildings in Fleetwood, Telford, Chichester and Cirencester – used as Nightingale Courts since the pandemic - will now become permanent fixtures.
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NewsAction needed to save City, says lobby group
UK cannot afford to be complacent amid falling output and productivity and fundamental global changes.
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NewsThird solicitor faces SDT over Mail sting
Immigration practitioner denies telling undercover reporter that marriage would help asylum claim.
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NewsIn-house lawyers say whistleblowing guidance is 'unworkable'
Advice issued last October 'falls short in a number of areas and risks exacerbating current problems'.
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NewsLAA cyber attack: MPs demand answers on compensation
Concerns were raised about clarity and adequacy of emergency funding arrangements in submissions to justice committee's access to justice inquiry.
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News'Impecunious' former Fieldfisher clients must pay £1.5m in fees
International firm was instructed by siblings to provide legal services on a contentious probate claim over an eight-month period.
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NewsMagistrate 'aggressively criticised' judicial training course
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the office-holder’s behaviour amounted to misconduct.
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NewsHigh Court splits ex-postmaster Castleton’s fraud claim
Former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton alleges that 2019 group settlement was agreed based on ‘untrue’ statements.
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NewsNo solicitors in latest annual silk round
Law Society says it is ‘extremely disappointed’ with latest KC list.
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NewsLaw lecturer brings action against student over 'sex-for-marks' defamation
Case will proceed to trial following High Court ruling on meaning of email to university staff.
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NewsDay of the Endangered Lawyer focuses on United States
'Novel convergence of pressures' on US legal profession 'merits sustained scrutiny,' says coalition.
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NewsWheelchair user inspired by his own case to pursue law career
Sammy Rehman told his lawyers as a child he wanted to follow them into the legal profession.