News in focus – Page 26
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NewsNews focus: Wish you weren't here
Travel operators are deploying strong-arm tactics to deter holiday sickness claims, but many solicitors accept there is a legitimate problem that needs to be tackled.
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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews 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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NewsNews focus: SFO ‘blockbuster’ living up to hype?
The Serious Fraud Office has again gone cap-in-hand to ministers for cash. Solicitors and MPs are divided over whether this gives the authority the flexibility to do its job.
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NewsNews focus: autumn statement point by point
Chancellor Philip Hammond dealt a blow to motorists hoping for a whiplash premium ‘premium’, but gave welcome clarification on the future status of Land Registry.
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NewsNews focus: my McKenzie friend nightmare
One man’s experience of being ‘dragged through the mud’ by a McKenzie friend highlights why this ‘grey area in the law’ is troubling the legal profession.
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NewsNews focus: lord chancellor’s identity agenda
Last week’s Spark21 conference heard Liz Truss call for more women and ethnic minorities in senior law firm positions – and more solicitors in the higher judiciary.