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Firm wins challenge to out-of-time legal aid cut
Costs judge finds impact of Covid-19 pandemic was greater than legal aid extension allowed.
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Profitable firm ruined by Covid loans burden, say directors
Administrators’ report plots rapid descent from profitable business to collapse.
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Boris Johnson 'ignored lawyers' over Partygate explanation
Prime minister relied on assurances from media advisers before addressing parliament, MPs conclude.
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Magistrate warned over 'politically sensitive' radio interview
Office-holders should ensure they are not described by their judicial role when taking part in media interviews.
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Law firms sustain pandemic profits rise – but WFH hurting productivity
Law Society’s annual benchmarking survey also shows SME practices remain cautiously optimistic for 2023.
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More law students join class action
High Court will be asked to make group litigation order in relation to claims against UCL this week.
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News focus: Claims hurdles remain after landmark Covid case
In a landmark inquest ruling on the deaths of two nurses, a coroner cited for the first time the link between Covid and industrial disease. But lawyers are ruling out a flood of civil claims.
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Covid loans secrecy is in the public interest, tribunal rules
Appeals by anti-corruption campaigners dismissed.
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Magistrate sacked for public campaigning over Covid response
London magistrate also sent 'highly inappropriate' reply to court bosses after safety message.
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Bundles being done badly, judge tells housing lawyers
County court judge highlights court frustrations as he urges practitioners to sharpen up and refocus.
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Funder eyes Covid loan claims after half-year losses
Pilot scheme with bank to recover misued loans shows ‘impressive’ early results.
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Are you a lucky winner?
Dozens of readers got in touch to request a copy of Emergency State, Adam Wagner’s account of how democracy was subverted during the pandemic.
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Insurers claim win in landmark Covid cases - but so does Greggs
High Court rejects argument that payouts should be limited to 'single occurence' of pandemic disruption. But insurers remain bullish over compensation for aggregate losses.
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How we lost our freedoms – read all about it
We have five copies of Adam Wagner's new book 'Emergency State' to give away to Gazette readers.
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Good Law Project asks Boris Johnson to cover six-figure legal bill
Campaign group claims former PM ‘acted for an improper purpose’ over Partygate advice.
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Asthmatic solicitor unfairly treated by Starling bank, tribunal rules
Gulnaz Raja, who represented herself in the employment tribunal, told she 'was not a Starling person' before being sacked.
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Irwin Mitchell profits plunge as Covid dividend ends
National firm reports ‘expected’ drop in group turnover after exit from volume PI market.
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Ince delays annual report until November
Listed firm cites the impact of Covid-19 on the preparation of its accounts.
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Crown courts back to ‘business as normal’, senior judge says
Lady Justice Macur allows challenge to extension of custody time limit.
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Firms to make millions from Covid inquiry contracts
National firm Burges Salmon secures £9.8m contract with the Cabinet Office for Covid-19 inquiry.