All News articles – Page 34
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NewsSolicitors plead with Treasury to rethink extra AML burden
Proposed amendments to pooled client account will heap extra delays and costs, practitioners warn
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NewsFirm swoops on rival to recruit team of 28 lawyers
Entire team of major injury and casualty specialists follows partners to DWF in Leeds and London.
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NewsLammy opens legal year with promise of more sitting days
Deputy prime minister and lord chancellor announces an extra 1,250 Crown court days.
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NewsLabour conference: PM opens speech with Hillsborough Law
Keir Starmer says legislation is wider recognition of injustice faced by victims of other tragedies and scandals.
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NewsOmbudsman exposes 10 more 'public interest decisions' - but denies naming and shaming
Latest set of outcomes involves firms of various sizes and financial redress orders ranging up to more than £40,000.
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NewsNational bars convene in London to discuss threats to lawyers
Barristers have faced ‘death threats and rape threats’ and lawyers are 'traduced in some parts of the media’.
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NewsCall for consistency on unclaimed damages in collective actions
Access to Justice Foundation says there are no rules for unclaimed funds in settlement agreements.
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NewsLaw Society wades in on Mazur - but SRA still silent
Profession needs clarity on statutory boundaries for conducting litigation, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsSFO’s largest forfeiture order under appeal following acquittal
Hearing over seizure of more than $8 million is listed for two weeks at Southwark Crown court.
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NewsLabour conference: Lammy attacks 'destructive myth' of ‘fat cat’ lawyers
Justice secretary used first major speech in new role to talk about what legal aid lawyers actually earn.
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NewsMagistrate who accessed colleague’s medical records sanctioned
Office holder, a retired medical practitioner, issued with formal advice for misconduct.
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NewsLondon lawyer fined £17,000 for bad property investment advice
City solicitor also admitted failing to supervise staff member advising on investments.
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NewsLegal aid lawyers spend quarter of day on unpaid work
Landmark research reveals hidden and non-chargeable cost of managing cases and contracts.
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NewsLegal executives given wrong advice about litigation rights
CILEX was wrongly telling members that law firm employees could conduct litigation as recently as December 2023.
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NewsLawyers reject ‘high risk’ rating for money laundering
Home Office and HM Treasury assessment has repeatedly ranked legal services providers as highly attractive to criminals.
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NewsLabour conference: Tory attacks 'putting judges at personal risk'
Attorney general and justice minister say attacks are putting lives in danger and threatening UK prosperity.
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NewsIn case of an emergency
Regular Gazette readers will recall that the SRA went all ‘Edith Piaf’ over Axiom Ince and the missing millions.
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NewsMemory lane
Law Society Gazette, 28 September 2015 VW emissions scandal Revelations that motor giant Volkswagen fitted diesel cars with software that would manipulate the results of US emissions tests are set to prompt a global wave of litigation and possible criminal charges in Germany. In the UK, national firm Slater and ...
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News'English Law Panel' to promote legal services sector
Justice secretary wants to reinforce Britain's position as a global leader.
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NewsConveyancing lawyers urged to reject requests for tax advice
Tax specialist says conveyancers are uninsured and unqualified to offer stamp duty advice.