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NewsMemory lane
Solicitor-general Harriet Harman said it was ‘downright offensive’ for judges to imply that appointing more women to the judiciary would dilute quality.
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LIVE: The International Bar Association Conference in Tokyo
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NewsJudicial review plans prompt parliamentary alarm
Lords will debate Criminal Justice and Courts Bill next week.
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NewsMergers push DWF to £51.5m profit
Accounts, taking the firm up to April 2014, are the first reported since the acquisitions of 2012-13.
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NewsBroadcast: post-incident procedures plea
The family of Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police sparked the 2011 London riots, ask the appeal court to judicially review police post-incident procedures.
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NewsMunby urges radical reform of family courts
The president of the Family Division says the child arrangement programme, which came into effect in April, requires a new approach to private law cases.
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NewsInsolvency litigation plea to PM
Business groups estimate that changes to be ushered in under LASPO by next April will cost HMRC £160m a year.
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NewsNHS litigation spend shows poor care, Hunt
The health secretary targets better care to bring down costs of compensation.
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Practice note on trust corporation set-up
The Law Society has published a practice note aimed at firms considering establishing a trust corporation.
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NewsWills complaint scheme ‘bare minimum’, says ombudsman
Chief ombudsman Adam Sampson today suggests a voluntary scheme for unregulated providers.
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NewsSolicitors welcome plan to limit pre-charge bail
Home secretary proposes statutory time limits to prevent innocent people spending months or even years on bail.
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NewsNon-lawyer lord chancellor is a ‘benefit’ – Grayling
Justice secretary rejects as ‘misplaced’ the idea that a lawyer would have chosen to retain legal aid as it was before LASPO.
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NewsCo-op announces volume conveyancing tie-up
Alternative business structure plans to broaden its offering in conveyancing market.
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NewsECHR ‘no guarantee’ of rights respect – attorney general
Jeremy Wright outlines UK’s limited options in renegotiating human rights position.
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As it happened: Chris Grayling on role of lord chancellor
Live blogging from Chris Grayling’s appearance before the House of Lords Constitution Committee. The subject? The thorny issue of the role of the Lord Chancellor.