All News articles – Page 8
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NewsJudge shows leniency after solicitor’s email attachment mistake
Employment Appeal Tribunal grants extension of time in the interests of justice.
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NewsSole practitioners struggling to register with HMRC
HM Revenue & Customs promises to issue updated guidance on its new tax adviser registration requirement.
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NewsMoJ unveils family law reforms to protect unmarried couples
Stronger protections for bereaved partners and domestic abuse victims while nuptial agreements would become legally binding.
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News'Evasive and untruthful' solicitor liable for £834k property scheme deception
Fraud claim against bankrupt solicitor ‘kept alive’ under Insolvency Act, High Court finds.
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NewsMother and daughter put together 90 years' service with same firm
Karen Powell, head receptionist at south Wales firm Harding Evans, is following a similar path to her mother Yvonne.
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NewsDecades of reviews have failed to fix civil justice crisis, says new report
Academic commissioned by Nuffield Foundation rejects notion that civil justice should be treated as part of the 'service sector'.
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NewsClaims firm investigated over allegations of forged signatures
Company says issues are historical and relate to third-party suppliers.
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NewsFirm’s head barred from profession over client account transfers
Action taken in the same week as SRA orders separation of compliance and management roles.
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NewsSQE no longer casts a spell on candidates
Solicitors Regulation Authority announces spell check tool will be trialled for SQE2 written assessments in July.
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NewsClaimants face costs clampdown over 'cavalier' approach to £1bn case
Court rejects plea to slice £4m off the final costs bill in National Lottery case after 'extraordinary' conduct.
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NewsPost Office accused of 'shifting responsibility' to lawyers on new appeals
Organisation says it has a legal duty to review cases and bring issues to court’s attention.
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News'Overfamiliar' district judge sacked for inappropriate conduct
Disciplinary panel recommended reprimand, but lord chancellor and lady chief justice overturned its decision.
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NewsFirm hires: WSP Solicitors strengthens commercial property and child law teams
Gloucestershire-based law firm welcomes senior associate David Ashcroft and associate solicitor Jessica O’Shea.
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NewsPrivate equity bypasses top-100 in favour of scalable legal practices
Less money coming into the legal sector, but number of PE deals is rising fast.
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NewsSRA recovers just £2m after paying out millions to Axiom Ince clients
Latest figures reveal slow progress in recouping some of the money paid out by the profession.
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NewsCharities appalled as Supreme Court overturns 'acid test' on deprivation of liberty
Ruling ‘devalues the rights and dignity of disabled people in this country’, say charity interveners who warn of 'chaos'.
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NewsAdministrator probing transfers made by funder on brink of collapse
‘Substantial payments’ made in the days leading up to administrator’s appointment.
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NewsDisputes Week: national courts team up to tackle ‘avalanche of legal spam’
Cost of accessing the courts will also have to be reviewed as AI-generated claims multiply, says former lord chief justice.
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NewsFirm hire: Senior associate appointment at Olliers Solicitors
John Davies joins the business crime and regulatory team.
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NewsCLC insists referral fees 'legitimate' despite lack of transparency
Specialist regulator's review exposes disclosure gaps and 'largely non-compliant' websites.