All News articles – Page 136
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NewsCivil legal aid: raise fees by 20% to 'stabilise vital public service'
Deputy managing partner says his firm would be able to take on a greater volume of legal aid cases.
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NewsPump Court Chambers loses High Court bid to keep £2.75m fraud secret
Prominent London set feared adverse publicity could cause 'high-earning barristers' to leave and solicitors to delay payments.
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NewsSRA lambasted by biggest local law society over fining power plans
Birmingham Law Society committee says there is no independence built into SRA proposals.
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News‘I grew up with war’: Lebanon lawyer says work goes on as bombs drop
Lawyers in Lebanon avoiding travel as conflict between Hezbollah and Israel intensifies.
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NewsGulf private equity swoops on top family firm
Investor with background in luxury and technology-enabled businesses moves into legal services.
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NewsIn depth: Hosting IBA 2024 did not protect Mexico from heavy criticism
As the IBA annual conference began amid a chorus of opposition to the government’s reforms of the judiciary, a former president of Mexico railed against this threat to the country’s ‘fragile rule of law’.
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NewsSuper-regulator approves PC fee freeze
Law Society's share of the annual levy to rise 1 percentage point, Chancery Lane reveals.
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NewsCriminal legal aid procurement timetable 'unfair and irrational'
London practitioner group says firms lack necessary information to decide whether or not to bid for new 10-year crime contracts.
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NewsParrado perspective
Nando Parrado, a survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash, speaks at the IBA.
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NewsFresh face for Freshfields
Shortened name 'embraces the reality of what people call us in the market'.
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NewsLawyers’ delight as ‘Hillsborough Law’ set to go before parliament
Campaigners say they will not give up until changes to impose a legal duty of candour are on the statute book.
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News9 Stone Buildings closes as barristers move to other chambers
Members of the historic chambers in Lincoln’s Inn will continue to practise in Tanfield Chambers and Selborne Chambers.
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NewsAML super regulator finds legal sector lacking in effective supervision
No legal regulator fully effective in all areas of anti-money laundering supervision.
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NewsIn depth: Challenges and opportunities faced by junior lawyers
The pace of technological change and the inexorable rise of generative AI, mental health and financial wellbeing were all prominent topics at this year’s Junior Solicitors Network Summit.
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NewsDisgruntled court interpreters withdraw services
Interpreters say new booking system is causing havoc and they are struggling to earn a sustainable income.
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NewsCity solicitors say SRA fining powers plan may be unlawful
City of London Law Society says proposals appear to have been badly thought through.
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NewsRescuing legal aid a ‘top priority’ for new government
Heidi Alexander says Labour inherited a legal aid system ‘on life support’.
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NewsJudge criticises ‘overworked’ solicitor who missed email from court
‘It might seem harsh to be critical of a solicitor for missing one email, but I am satisfied that such criticism is appropriate,’ Mrs Justice Hill said.
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NewsOmbudsman report fuels call for Windrush Compensation Scheme reform
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman secured £432,592 for people wrongly denied compensation.
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