All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 20
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National Conveyancing Week: upfront information 'myths' debunked
Conveyancing chief says those providing upfront information are averaging transaction times of 12 weeks.
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National Conveyancing Week: Panel managers 'slowing conveyancers down'
Practitioners attending event say they are bombarded with calls and emails.
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Time is 'opportune' for new review of divorce law
Law Commission expected to conduct review of Matrimonial Causes Act - but potential reforms at least two years away.
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Formal warning for magistrate who accused colleagues of discrimination
Conduct advisory committee found the allegations of prejudice and victimisation 'wholly unjustified'.
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News focus: Counsel of woe - in-house solicitors under pressure on ethics
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s latest review of the in‑house sector explores urgent ethical questions also made topical by the Post Office Horizon Inquiry.
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Magistrate 'spoke to colleagues listed to hear relative's case'
Conduct panel found JP's actions risked undermining public confidence in judicial impartiality.
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Tribunal right to strike out judge's grievance claims
Crown court judge argued summary determination of her claims was not appropriate, but the Employment Appeal Tribunal demurred.
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One in 20 in-house solicitors 'pressured to suppress information'
SRA thematic review reveals tension between regulatory obligations and business priorities.
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Blavo boss struck off after offering no defence to fraud
Solicitors Regulation Authority's allegations against former Blavo & Co director, including dishonesty, proven.
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News focus: Litigation funder announces social change agenda
Law for Change is a litigation funder with a difference: it has been set up to bring clarity to the laws affecting under-represented people.
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Hospitals 'had no record' of Blavo & Co clients, SRA tells tribunal
Regulator accuses former legal aid boss of 'directing operations' in which documents were allegedly falsified.
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MoJ expecting sevenfold rise in mediation workload
Compulsory dispute resolution 'at the forefront of our minds', says senior civil servant, as Lady Justice Asplin calls for 'change of attitude'.
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SRA accuses former legal aid boss of 'utterly brazen fraud'
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal begins hearing allegations, which are denied, against Blavo & Co director.
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Diversity study reignites 'reputation laundering' debate
Research paper co-authored by Cambridge professor questioned diversity claims made by US firms.
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Teachers invited to join landmark public legal education campaign
The Big Legal Lesson aims to equip schools with resources to confidently introduce the law to students.
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Magistrates' sentencing powers scaled back
Government pauses measure that enabled magistrates to jail people for up to a year.
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Pay dispute between government and judges rumbles on
Appeal tribunal remits case after overturning lower court's finding that judges were part-time workers in their 'sitting up' capacity.
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SQE added to routes for becoming a government lawyer
Government Legal Department will recruit its first cohort of SQE trainees this summer. They will join the department in 2025.
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High Court ruling expected to widen scope of legal aid for parents
Public Law Project represented domestic abuse complainant whose child was not treated as part of her household.
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Sunak criticised for 'startling ignorance' over 'lefty lawyer' attack
Bar chief says prime minister's comments and Conservative party email betray ignorance of role of lawyers in society.