All News articles – Page 690
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NewsSolicitors warned about acting as 'hired guns' for dubious clients
SRA makes public plea to practitioners to prioritise their wider professional obligations.
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News‘No jurisdiction for English court’ in billion-pound oligarch row
Lawyers for Ukranian bank indicate it will appeal against finding.
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NewsClaim restored after court rejects implied sanction for 'trivial' rule breach
Judge said mistakes represented a ‘flagrant disregard’ for the rules, but his decision to strike out claim was overturned.
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NewsAsia Bibi: Lawyer defies death threats over Christian's case
Saif ul-Malook tells international secular conference that people must step up when no one else does.
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NewsProtest over spate of lawyer killings in Philippines
LAWASIA calls on government to ensure 'the security and safety of legal professionals and human rights defenders'.
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NewsBar Conference: Take back bar training from 'profiteers', urges Chakrabarti
Labour peer says Inns should take greater role.
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NewsBar Conference: HMCTS defends intrusive security after 5,000 knives seized
Susan Acland-Hood tells barristers that security officers cannot pick and choose who to search.
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NewsBar Conference: Civil legal aid 'not fundamental', says Sumption
Supreme Court justice says relationship between barristers and solicitors now based on ‘mutual respect’.
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NewsJudge loses unwanted record
‘Until a few years ago, I was the world’s least successful competition lawyer’
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NewsTom Robinson keeps it in the family
Campaigning singer’s latest gig was at the opening of a new office for North Lincolnshire firm Mason Baggott & Garton
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NewsLitigant disappears into the jungle
Noel Edmonds has been given special permission to view a pre-action letter to Lloyds Banking Group
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NewsNews focus: Is the Royal Courts of Justice still fit for purpose?
The Royal Courts of Justice is one of London’s iconic sights but its outdated facilities cost millions to maintain. More needs to be done to turn this Gothic showpiece into a legal hub for the modern age
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NewsCourt of Protection opens door to robes at hearings
Mr Justice Hayden stressed the importance of transparency
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NewsGovernment called on to extend ‘failure to prevent’
Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky tell peers all-encompassing act would be in the public interest and help a ‘hamstrung’ SFO
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News20,000 hang on words of killer
Murderer of the 4th Duke of Bedford was hanged outside Newgate Prison
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NewsCourt security guard who told female lawyer 'spread your legs' is suspended
Court service says officer used 'unintentionally inappropriate language' to female barrister.
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NewsGovernment pledges extra £8m in legal aid fee climbdown
Law Society welcomes changes it called for - but urges ministers to restart talks on solicitor fees.
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NewsLewis: Regulatory action 'inevitable' after tweets wishing death, tribunal hears
Second day of three-day hearing into misconduct allegations made against Mark Lewis.
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Use of AI may rip up traditional legal pricing model
Survey claims pricing and business structure could be overturned by adoption of artificial intelligence.