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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.
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NewsLegal charity sits on £200m cash pile
Legal Education Foundation was established when College of Law became a university.
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Veyo begins marketing campaign
Online conveyancing system developed through Law Society joint venture.
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Schillings internet framework
London-based media specialist to build charter for children and young people.
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NewsSupreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge
Decisions open another chapter in a long-running fight between regulators and advocates.
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NewsSFO told to pay costs of ‘flawed’ prosecution
Costs bill presented by wrongly accused group of solicitors is expected to be around £7m.
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NewsIreland claims world first for women solicitors
Women outnumber men 92 years after first admission.
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NewsNHS whistleblowing inquiry accuses lawyers of ‘cover-ups’
Report calls for an extension to legal protection for workers coming forward with disclosure.
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NewsLegal aid savings ‘no economy at all’ – CoA judge
Judges lament time and expense taken to help litigant in person through court procedures.
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NewsWant a London hearing? Prove it is needed, litigants told
Civil Procedure Rule Committee amends regulations to require reasons for cases to be diverted from local courts.