All News articles – Page 764
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NewsAppeal court gives Playboy club second chance in negligence claim
Judge rejects argument it would be abuse of process to allow second claim to continue.
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'Don't swell the ranks with solicitors' - bar fights training reforms
Future Bar Training proposals would 'unacceptably dilute the high standards rightly required of practising barristers', Bar Council warns.
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NewsOpen court statement may not be anonymous - Warby
High Court rules against claimant who successfully sued DWP over data breach.
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NewsSolicitors still in the dark over waivers granted to rival businesses
SRA pledged in June to publish details of rules waivers, but nothing has yet materialised.
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NewsA third of solicitors are victims of violence or threats
Law Society of Scotland survey paints similar picture to the one that has emerged south of the border.
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NewsProfits slide at claims giant - but whiplash reforms an 'opportunity'
National Accident Helpline admits talks ongoing with big PI firm about leaving its panel.
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NewsRosenblatt sets up litigation funder as it posts first profits as plc
Listed City law firm annnounces maiden interim results following float in May.
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NewsMystery shoppers find solicitors ignoring potential clients for days
Many potential clients left waiting for firms to call them back.
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NewsPoland suspended from judicial council
'Very sad day' as European body rules institutions no longer meet requirement to be independent.
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NewsAnti-terrorism bill 'undermines access to legal advice'
Law Society says proposed legislation as currently drafted hinders legal professional privilege.
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NewsFirm hire: Darrell joins Stowe Family Law
Solicitor Rachel Darrell has joined the central Manchester office of Stowe Family Law, the UK’s largest specialist family law firm. Darrell advises on all aspects of family law including divorce, matrimonial finances and cohabitation disputes as well as having experience in private children law. Rachel Darrell and Gareth ...
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NewsNo place for court-like cross examination in public inquiries, Grenfell team says
Bereaved families, survivors and residents were concerned that their lawyers have been unable to ask questions in person.
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NewsLawtech venture Atrium raises £50m from Silicon Valley
One of the newest ‘law tech’ artificial intelligence ventures has raised $65m (£49.6m) from leading Silicon Valley figures.
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News‘New solicitors not prepared for AI’
Law Society president Christina Blacklaws has questioned whether new entrants are prepared for the growing reality of working alongside artificial intelligence.
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NewsAlgorithm method
Obiter has just learned an intriguing fact about those irritating ‘I am not a robot’ puzzles on the sign-up pages for online services.
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NewsCall for regulation of police decision algorithms
Lack of governance framework 'concerning', thinktank warns.
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NewsSolicitors' patient data demands anger GPs
Tensions are rising between doctors and solicitors as GP surgeries complain of being bombarded with requests for free copies of patient records.
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NewsFirm hits back over wasted costs
A sole practitioner estimates that she and her counsel have spent about £15,000 worth of time highlighting the financial risk that high street firms regularly take.
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NewsEarly pre-nup in Blitz and pieces
Prior to her marriage in 1934 to Mohamed Hussein,18-year-old Estella Blitz signed a very curious document.