Latest news – Page 560
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NewsCriminal finances bill to boost National Crime Agency powers
Bill would increase the regulatory burden on financial services businesses - though lawyers warn of inadequate resources.
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NewsInsurers lament 'delay' to whiplash reform
Justice minister pulls out of speaking engagement at Association of British Insurers.
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NewsJackson urges ‘culture change’ on ‘profitable' disclosure
Civil Justice Council chair presses for action on damages-based agreements.
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News‘Dumbing down’ fears over legal super-exam
The Solicitors Regulation Authority last week began its second consultation on the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
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NewsNews focus: ECHR comes under Tory fire
Plans to protect service personnel from ‘vexatious’ claims enthused the party conference. But the lord chancellor had little to add to grand rhetoric on prison reform.
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UK judges better paid and more male than Europe norm
Among 47 nations surveyed, the UK was fifth from bottom in the proportion of female professional judges.
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NewsChambers chief vows to defy ‘abhorrent’ foreign workers plan
Home secretary has floated the idea of forcing companies to list their foreign workers – but is it workable?
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NewsChancery Lane event remembers Casement
President of Immigration & Asylum Chamber to speak at event marking 100 years since human rights pioneer’s execution.
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NewsSRA to renew battle over central legal examination plans
Second consultation due out, explaining detail of controversial proposal.
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NewsSolicitor who fleeced elderly clients jailed for four years
Giles Scott, 63, was a ‘pillar of the local community’ in Stearsby, North Yorkshire.
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NewsNew alarm over role of McKenzie advisers
Paid McKenzie friend and his accomplice both guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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NewsNews focus: Labour’s charm offensive
Abolishing employment tribunal fees and beefing up the legal aid budget were among the shadow justice secretary’s pledges at last week’s party conference.
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NewsFormer Parabis trainee lied to clients about struck-out claims
Jack Patrick Walker told it would be undesirable for him to be involved in a legal practice.
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NewsMexico investors bypass London, lawyers warned
The City is failing to capitalise on strong investor interest in Mexico, with New York remaining the dominant securities market for inward investment, London conference told.
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NewsOne-third of family court cases have no representative at all
Workload of the family courts also showing significant increases.
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NewsChild abuse inquiry counsel Emmerson suspended
Matrix Chambers QC’s suspension raises new questions over future of Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
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NewsLabour promises manifesto pledge on legal aid
'Queues are snaking out of MPs' surgeries of people who don't need to see their MP, they need to see a lawyer.'
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NewsLabour delays justice review until summer 2017
Party’s justice spokesman commits to abolition of employment tribunal fees.
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NewsIBA conference: as it happened
Read Michael Cross’s dispatches from the International Bar Association conference in Washington.