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News'Secret negotiations': discontent over criminal legal aid fees deal
Practitioner group says solicitors' representatives should have been involved in talks.
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NewsInsurers warned CMCs will run riot in new claims regime
Government also confirms how claimants will get medical reports where liability denied.
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NewsLeveson welcomes progress to avert one-day criminal bar walkout
Interim deal between the Criminal Bar Association and government was announced yesterday.
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NewsProbate applications suffer further delays as government battles with backlog
Solicitors are waiting for up to 13 weeks for grants of probate after a government IT glitch.
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NewsEU withdrawal agreement has dangerous implications, Brexiteer lawyers warn
Martin Howe QC says Theresa May is leaving behind ‘what amounts to a political Chernobyl disaster’.
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NewsSolicitor under no duty to flag up opponents' mistake, rules CoA
Judgment makes clear that defendant firm was not guilty of technical game playing.
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NewsFirm promotion: New head of private practice area at Simpson Millar
Head of conveyancing at the firm, Sarah Ryan, also joins its senior management team.
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NewsCriminal bar strikes deal on higher fees
The CBA is set to abandon its planned walkout on 1 July after agreeing to interim measures that will see prosecution and defence fees rise.
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NewsTop firms commit to improve social diversity with recruitment tool
Four magic circle firms among those pledging to double the number of applicants from 'low participation' schools by 2022.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency audit triggered by £6.40 error
Report highlights multiple issues that have created immigration advice 'droughts'.
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NewsEverton fan Steve doesn't walk alone in Reds shirt
The annual Liverpool legal walk featured one particularly red-faced, and red-shirted, entrant.
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NewsTop-50 firm in international merger
Thomas Cooper deal gives Penningtons Manches access to international arbitration hubs.
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NewsSC dismisses newspapers' 'serious harm' libel appeal
Landmark ruling backs High Court's interpretation of 2013 Defamation Act.
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NewsFirms boost online presence - but who's best at content sharing?
Legal profession rapidly improving the rate of thought pieces shared online.
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NewsOnline courts legislation 'intentionally broad' - justice minister
Paper channel 'will remain open' in online era, Lord Keen of Elie tells peers - but no need to put that in law.
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NewsCourt closures: travel benchmark 'discriminates against disabled people'
MPs told 7.30am-7.30pm window will also disproportionately affect parents of children with special educational needs.
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NewsFirm hire: Mishcon de Reya welcomes new senior counsel
Stephanie Liston will lead the cross-disciplinary regulatory practice.
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NewsCity worker reports firm over 'aggressive and intimidating' behaviour
Herbert Smith Freehills says it is aware of complaint and will fully cooperate with the SRA.
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NewsCorrie courts favour with the nitpicking lawyers
ITV’s longest running soap drafts in Irwin Mitchell to check a legal storyline.