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NewsSRA plans will force firms into financial ruin, warns Law Society
Society says new fining powers do not have proper safeguards and monitoring.
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NewsSolicitor ordered to pay £8,700 costs for late tribunal claim withdrawal
Employment judge finds that by not withdrawing his claim earlier, lawyer showed ‘unreasonable conduct of litigation’.
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NewsFirm avoids wasted costs order over dishonest PI claim
Judge says solicitors cannot be expected to trawl claimants’ social media accounts.
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NewsCivil legal aid: raise fees by 20% to 'stabilise vital public service'
Deputy managing partner says his firm would be able to take on a greater volume of legal aid cases.
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NewsPump Court Chambers loses High Court bid to keep £2.75m fraud secret
Prominent London set feared adverse publicity could cause 'high-earning barristers' to leave and solicitors to delay payments.
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NewsSRA lambasted by biggest local law society over fining power plans
Birmingham Law Society committee says there is no independence built into SRA proposals.
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News‘I grew up with war’: Lebanon lawyer says work goes on as bombs drop
Lawyers in Lebanon avoiding travel as conflict between Hezbollah and Israel intensifies.
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NewsGulf private equity swoops on top family firm
Investor with background in luxury and technology-enabled businesses moves into legal services.
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NewsSuper-regulator approves PC fee freeze
Law Society's share of the annual levy to rise 1 percentage point, Chancery Lane reveals.
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NewsCriminal legal aid procurement timetable 'unfair and irrational'
London practitioner group says firms lack necessary information to decide whether or not to bid for new 10-year crime contracts.
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NewsLawyers’ delight as ‘Hillsborough Law’ set to go before parliament
Campaigners say they will not give up until changes to impose a legal duty of candour are on the statute book.
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News9 Stone Buildings closes as barristers move to other chambers
Members of the historic chambers in Lincoln’s Inn will continue to practise in Tanfield Chambers and Selborne Chambers.
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NewsAML super regulator finds legal sector lacking in effective supervision
No legal regulator fully effective in all areas of anti-money laundering supervision.
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NewsDisgruntled court interpreters withdraw services
Interpreters say new booking system is causing havoc and they are struggling to earn a sustainable income.
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NewsCity solicitors say SRA fining powers plan may be unlawful
City of London Law Society says proposals appear to have been badly thought through.
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NewsRescuing legal aid a ‘top priority’ for new government
Heidi Alexander says Labour inherited a legal aid system ‘on life support’.
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NewsJudge criticises ‘overworked’ solicitor who missed email from court
‘It might seem harsh to be critical of a solicitor for missing one email, but I am satisfied that such criticism is appropriate,’ Mrs Justice Hill said.
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NewsOmbudsman report fuels call for Windrush Compensation Scheme reform
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman secured £432,592 for people wrongly denied compensation.
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NewsSerial litigant’s history does not make claim vexatious, rules tribunal
Claimant accepted he had brought multiple claims after failing with previous job applications.
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NewsLandlord’s appeal dismissed despite ‘serious procedural irregularity’
First-Tier Tribunal’s approach was ‘flawed’ but not possible it would have reached a different conclusion.