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NewsLawyers step in as Manchester students locked down
Orders issued to students to self-isolate come under legal scrutiny.
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Half of City partners attended private schools
Consultancy says City career pipeline ‘still disproportionately narrow’ for state educated lawyers.
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Hybrid hearings 'increase risk of unfairness'
PI leader says that 'lawyers and courts are so pleased to have a hearing at all that they overlook fairness issues'.
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Crisis navigator to help criminal firm provide holistic support
Not-for-profit outfit Commons says service will address clients' underlying social needs.
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QC who accused prosecution of bad faith cleared of professional misconduct
Defence counsel made 'misjudgment', tribunal finds.
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Hundreds of students register for bar re-sits
BSB says August exam performance appears to be in line with last year despite technical difficulties.
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Birmingham solicitor elected as future president of Law Society
Lubna Shuja will take up position in 2022 after serving as deputy vice and then vice president.
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Barrister blames online trolls after trying to mislead Google
Unregistered barrister also found to have conducted litigation when not entitled to do so.
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Remote hearings fail most vulnerable clients, say solicitors
People with mental health issues, learning disabilities and language barriers believed to be at particular disadvantage.
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Freshfields elects first female senior partner in management revamp
Georgia Dawson will lead new senior leadership team.
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Firm required to disclose client advice in dishonesty claim
Law firm, which did not specifically object to the disclosure application, expects the documents to absolve it from liability.
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SQE could halve cost of qualification, says consultancy
Legal training provider Barbri announces £6,000 SQE prep course.
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Sunak offers new incentives to keep on ‘viable’ jobs over winter
Chancellor says that as economy reopens it is 'fundamentally wrong' to hold people in jobs that only exist inside furlough.
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Investigation launched after black barrister mistaken for defendant
Alexandra Wilson says she should not expect to have to constantly justify her existence at work.
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Coronavirus a ‘catalyst’ for cross-border mediation
More than 50 countries have signed up to Singapore Convention on Mediation so far.
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Barrister fined for ‘positive discrimination’ comment about judge
Lawyer suggested that female Asian judge benefited from ‘positive discrimination’.
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Wales 'more conscious' of devolution due to Covid-19 laws
Former lord chief justice says people are having to grapple with Welsh law in their day-to-day lives.
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Remote family lawyers 'feeling isolated' during lockdown
Family law group chief says remote working has taken away important water-cooler conversations.
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Overseas Operations Bill a ‘gross injustice’ to veterans, say lawyers
Government legislating for new six-year limit to claims made against it by injured ex-service personnel.
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Litigators frustrated by ‘hopelessly laborious’ disclosure pilot
Elements of pilot branded ‘monstrously difficult’ and ‘hopelessly laborious’, with costs ‘triplicated’.
