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News in focus – Page 4
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NewsNews focus: CMA probes will-writers
Complaints about costs and unfair contract terms have prompted competition watchdogs to investigate will-writing. Shoddy service by unregulated providers is back under the spotlight.
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NewsNews focus: ClientEarth rebuff
The High Court scotched ClientEarth’s attempts to bring Shell’s directors to account for alleged breaches of duty over environmental strategy. Will this keep management decisions out of the courtroom?
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NewsNews focus: SQE has disrupted the training market - but confused it, too
A conference heard last week that many aspiring solicitors who complete the new SQE are unsure about next steps.
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NewsNews focus: BBC presenter saga – a crisis that got out of control
Libel, privacy, criminal and employment law issues jostled for prominence in the scandal that arose over the alleged behaviour of a BBC presenter. Lawyers assess the likely fallout from a crisis that spiralled out of control.
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NewsNews focus: trends in professional indemnity insurance 2023 - main findings
New Law Society research on PII trends is required reading for law firms that want to keep premiums in check. The market has eased, but small firms in particular still find the process difficult.
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NewsNews focus: As Inflexion targets DWF, is it 'game on' for private equity?
Will the proposed buyout of DWF be the catalyst for further private equity interest in quoted legal businesses? According to one M&A adviser, it could be ‘game on’ for the corporate and commercial sector.
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NewsNews focus: AML supervision - HM Treasury ponders new state regulator
Consolidating the fractured anti-money laundering system under a single regulator is one of four proposals put forward by a new consultation. But who would pay for it?
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NewsNews focus: Lawyers in the crosshairs at Post Office Inquiry
Phase four of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is turning its attention to the role of lawyers in civil and criminal proceedings, investigations and disclosure. This could be a seminal moment.
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NewsNews focus: Early advice pilot was a missed opportunity
A Ministry of Justice scheme promoting early social welfare advice in Manchester and Middlesbrough has received bad reviews from practitioners, who claim it was deeply flawed from the outset.
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NewsNews focus: Law's big bang 'being stymied by regulators'
As a secondary legal finance market evolves, leading industry figures have warned about the potential loss of legal privilege. They also cast doubt on the ability of secondary investors to offer better terms.
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NewsNews focus: Compulsory mediation is no panacea
Lawyers back the government’s aspiration to get more family disputes resolved out of court, but many have serious doubts about compulsory mediation.
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NewsNews focus: Customer reviews are catching on - but where's the data?
Lawyers appear to be warming to the use of online reviews as a means of attracting clients, but a pilot run by the legal regulators highlighted the glaring absence of meaningful comparators.
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NewsNews focus: How not to regulate artificial intelligence
The EU is adopting a prescriptive approach to policing artificial intelligence, aiming to ‘set the tone worldwide’. But lawyers point to the downsides of a detailed legal framework.
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NewsNews focus: SDT draws a line on sexual misconduct
The case of former Gowlings director Oliver Bretherton is a benchmark against which all similar cases will be measured.
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NewsNews focus: Holistic vision for online dispute resolution
In outlining his ‘funnel’ plan of online dispute resolution to MPs, Sir Geoffrey Vos envisages a streamlined system whereby only disputes of high value and complexity would reach court.
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NewsNews focus: Mesh implant scandal victims search for new lawyer
News that the SRA is intervening into a practitioner who represents women over mesh implants claims has highlighted shortcomings in a redress system where obtaining compensation ‘feels like a battle’.
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NewsNews focus: Big Tech's rare victory on data protection
With the strike-out of a claim against Google UK over alleged misuses of private information relating to medical records, and following the ruling in Lloyd, action against Big Tech just got tougher.
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NewsNews focus: Employment law is changing fast
A Brexit bonfire of employment laws has been narrowly averted for now. But battle has been joined on the streets and in the courts over far-reaching new legislation designed to undermine and curtail strikes.
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NewsNews focus: Law Commission seeks to bust rape myths
The Law Commission has unveiled a raft of proposals on the use of evidence in sexual offence prosecutions – but will they end the ‘pervasive rape myths’ that continue to beset these cases?
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NewsNews focus: London International Disputes Week - in-house keeping
The repercussions of the Online Safety Bill and the need to educate colleagues on their role were front of mind for in-house disputes lawyers at London International Disputes Week.