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Don’t ‘stifle’ consumers with libel threats, lawyers warned
Defamation Act, intended to shift the balance towards freedom of expression ‘is being used to the opposite effect’.
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NewsBaird to inspire students
Vera Baird QC one of 13 ‘inspirational women’ featured in an exhibition of portraits at Newcastle Law School.
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Nominations open for legal aid awards
There are 12 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards, including new categories of children’s rights, public law and access to justice.
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NewsOnline motoring pleas go national
Nearly one-third of people accused of low-level traffic offences have taken up the opportunity to plead online, the Ministry of Justice says.
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NewsSummit: do the right thing, Neuberger tells lawyers
Danger is that events such as the GLS can be held in a ‘self-congratulatory bubble’, president of the Supreme Court tells attendees.
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NewsSummit: top companies’ rule of law concerns in China and Brazil
China, Bangladesh and Brazil lead the list of countries where $1bn companies report concerns about the rule of law.
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NewsSummit: Boris Johnson leaves them wanting more
‘A lawyer-driven ecstasy of namby-pambyness.’ Mayor of London justifies his headline billing by remaining entirely in character.
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NewsSummit: lawyers vital in sporting successes
GLS told that extraordinary amount of behind-the-scenes work by lawyers helps major events triumph.
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NewsSummit: targeted sanctions ‘a problem for the rule of law’
Former attorney general warns well-meaning governments about ‘making a rod for their own back’.
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NewsSummit: arbitration threat ‘illusory’
Magic circle partner decries ‘cultish’ attitudes to arbitration.
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NewsLegendary Scottish solicitor dies
Criminal defence lawyer Joe Beltrami, who became a household name in Scotland, has died aged 83.
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NewsSummit: midmarket firms told to cede power to non-lawyers
Firms in the ‘squeezed middle’ must deploy wider expertise to boost profits, conference told.
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NewsSummit: rights should apply online as well as off – EU justice chief
New legislation should give consumers ‘more control and more choice’ EU justice commissioner tells Global Law Summit.
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NewsSummit: actor calls on delegates to support charity
Oscar-nominated actor Carey Mulligan closed the opening session of the Global Law Summit.
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NewsSummit: justice system has duty to break poverty cycle, says US attorney general
Eric Holder recalls Kennedys setting out to bend the arc of history.
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NewsSummit: ‘inconvenience’ a threat to rule of law – LCJ
Lord Thomas challenges delegates to consider how clauses 39 and 50 of Magna Carta should apply to modern challenges.
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NewsLPC graduates toil to find training contracts
Junior Lawyers Division calls difference in numbers of registered trainees and LPC course finishers ‘very discouraging’.
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Views wanted on legal innovation
Law firms asked to participate in the next phase of a study by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsArgentina’s silent march for Alberto Nisman
State prosecutor had accused the country’s president and foreign minister of covering up Iran’s role in a 1994 terrorist bombing.
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NewsSRA apologises for trainee ‘confusion’
Regulator had released figures suggesting a sharp increase in the number of trainee solicitors.