All News focus articles – Page 20
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News focus: Jurisdictions across Europe are seeking to usurp London’s pre-eminence in commercial law
With the UK preoccupied by post-Brexit business, jurisdictions across Europe are scenting opportunities in commercial law. Now the High Court has rebranded to stay in the game.
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News focus: LASPO four years on
A damning report from the Law Society addresses the devastating consequences of civil legal aid cuts and calls on the government to implement a string of reforms.
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News focus: What made it into the Queen's speech - and what didn't
A hung parliament resulted in a predicted cull of Conservative manifesto pledges. We take a look at legislation affecting solicitors which survived in last week’s Queen’s speech.
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News focus: Solicitors set free - but at what price?
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has backed the idea of practitioners working in unauthorised entities and dismisses fears this will create a ‘wild west’ for consumers
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News focus: Three years on, has Denton brought civil obedience?
Denton was intended to provide much-needed clarity for civil litigation lawyers in the uncertain aftermath of Mitchell – it appears to have succeeded.
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News focus: Funders helped the RBS fight
Royal Bank of Scotland’s defence of an action brought by aggrieved shareholders may be remembered for more than its £129m legal bill, City solicitors say.
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News focus: What the manifestos say about law and justice
The general election manifestos are in – again. Here is a quick-fire summary of the three main parties’ headline pledges on law and justice.
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News focus: GCs fear heavy-touch regulation
Financial institutions warn that including general counsel in the City watchdog’s Senior Managers Regime could jeopardise a centuries-old fundamental principle of law
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News focus: Algorithms and 'Schrödinger’s justice'
Proprietary algorithms are already being used to make legal decisions, but can we trust a ‘black box’ to make the right call? Whatever the answer, lawyers will be needed
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News focus: SQE grand design needs work
Centralised assessment for all aspiring solicitors will be introduced from 2020 by means of a new ‘super exam’. But the Solicitors Regulation Authority still has plenty to do
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News focus: Five years on, did ABS really change anything?
Five years ago last month three legal businesses, including the Co-op, heralded a new era in the provision of consumer-friendly legal services. But how much has really changed?
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News focus: Councils in need of counselling
Local government lawyers gathered for their annual weekend school shared tips on coping with unprecedented budget cuts – and the post-Brexit loss of European grant funding
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News focus: Loose circuit in judicial drive
Many City firms purport to be pleased when they discover a partner has applied for the bench, but the reality is that their aspiring judge risks being frozen out
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News focus: 'Virtual justice' and the IT panacea
By embracing ‘virtual justice’ as a technological panacea, the government is turning to a big IT project to get it out of a policy hole. We have been here before
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News focus: probate 'band' aid for hard-up courts
Administering another ‘death tax’ will create problems for solicitors, who also question whether it is right for the bereaved to subsidise the courts and tribunal service.
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News focus: Prison and Courts Bill
The Prisons and Courts Bill could have been worse for personal injury firms, but this didn’t stop them accusing ministers of ‘cravenly capitulating’ to the insurance lobby.
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News focus: E-conveyancing: 15 years on
Digital optimists have welcomed a long overdue development that could make paperless conveyancing a reality after many false starts. But there are reasons to be sceptical.
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News focus: UK failing ‘open justice’ tests
British justice ranks behind even the poorest US states when it comes to secrecy. A new charter aims to address this at a time when transparency is under renewed attack.
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News focus: from billion-dollar firm to administration – what went wrong at KWM
Firm slipped into administration yesterday following months of uncertainty.
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News focus: what now for the council of European bars?
Refugees, the future of the profession and confidentiality of information are on the radar of the CCBE’s new British president – but does the organisation need a name change?