Latest news – Page 61
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NewsCompany behind online legal advice service appoints administrators
Lawbit Ltd’s subscription service, LawBite, continues to operate through SRA-regulated firm Lawbriefs.
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NewsSolicitors denied more time to obtain documents in orange cartel case
Pogust Goodhead made only three applications for grants of representation a year and a half after claims struck out.
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NewsNew call for free legal advice for state scandal victims
Academic report says lawyers are needed to support victims to make decisions in emotionally charged circumstances.
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NewsAmazon sellers launch legal action against US e-commerce giant
Sellers claim Amazon has unlawfully frozen sales proceeds amounting to tens of millions of pounds.
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NewsPost Office chair 'abusive' to general counsel, inquiry hears
Further revelations emerge about deep divisions from this year at senior level.
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NewsPI firm expanding after losses turned into £1.2m profit
HCC Solicitors reported losses for two years running but says finances now healthy again.
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News£1.3m negligence claim against Birmingham firm out of time
High Court judge finds divorcee would have had knowledge of limitation period and her claim against Martineau Johnson was time-barred.
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NewsBar bullying: some barristers 'believe they are always right'
Criminal Bar Association calls for all practising barristers to receive mandatory training on bullying, harassment and sexual harassment.
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News'Mega trial' over jets stranded in Russia reaches the High Court
Battle between aircraft lessor and insurers expected to be one of Rolls’ most complex and costly ever
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NewsBurial and cremation live issues for law reform
Law Commission seeks views on proposals to reopen old burial spaces - and deal with a quarter of a million sets of unclaimed ashes.
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NewsTribunal goes into battle with SRA over fining powers
Richest firms will regard agreeing fines with the regulator as a 'transactional event', says SDT.
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NewsRestrictions imposed on former international firm employee over exam lie
Solicitors Regulation Authority finds it ‘undesirable’ for assistant accountant to be involved in a legal practice.
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NewsFormer DWF partner struck off over sexual communication with minor
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders convicted former solicitor to pay £3,000 costs.
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NewsSDT pays tribute to solicitor restored to roll 22 years after strike-off
Practitioner had been victim of ‘unrelenting’ domestic abuse at the time of her misconduct.
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NewsLord chancellor pledges to defend judiciary's independence
‘Enemies of the people’ headlines will not go unchallenged, Shabana Mahmood tells judges.
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NewsSRA says higher levies on solicitors 'possible' to combat new risks
Regulator prepared to make ‘tough choices’ over its available resources.
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NewsSRA works up thirst for transparency as hundreds hit with warnings
Regulator launches new voluntary code for comparison websites.
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NewsPost Office lawyers still ‘defending the indefensible’, says former chair
One victim of the Horizon scandal claiming compensation felt that lawyers ‘demonstrated brutality’.
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News75 years of women silks in England and Wales
First women in England and Wales to take silk did so in 1949 - and 57 years later their ranks were joined by a woman solicitor QC.
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NewsArgument with neighbour over dog leads to formal warning for magistrate
Magistrate’s repeated emphasis of her knowledge of the law was ‘inappropriate’, JCIO rules.