All News articles – Page 934
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NewsIn-house lawyers braced for a Byzantine Brexit
Law Society In-House Division looked at implications of leaving EU
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NewsNews focus: Loose circuit in judicial drive
Many City firms purport to be pleased when they discover a partner has applied for the bench, but the reality is that their aspiring judge risks being frozen out
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NewsSix weeks to plead on PI discount rate
Lord chancellor offered comfort to claimant lawyers by saying victims should be paid damages that compensate them ‘fully’.
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NewsFairground distraction
Experts may not be all they seem. In Hooten v Mississippi (1986) the defence called Marie B. Hill – who said she had given evidence in around 300 cases in Mississippi – as an expert witness, to show crucial handwriting was not that of Hooten.
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NewsFood for thought
Liz Truss is having a hard time persuading members of the profession – and the wider chattering classes – that she is up to the job of lord chancellor. ‘If she is to be taken seriously in the post she needs to be sharper and better briefed,’ The Times’ leader ...
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NewsIs it worth the vellum it’s written on?
Obiter must confess to being party to a small breach of parliamentary privilege when we reported a year ago on a reprieve for the practice of printing copies of acts of parliament on vellum.
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Lady Justice Macur is senior presiding judge
Lady Justice Macur takes up the post of senior presiding judge with effect from today following the appointment of Lord Justice Fulford as investigatory powers commissioner. Julia Macur was called to the bar in 1979.
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NewsSigning off
Prime minister Theresa May signs a letter to European Council president Donald Tusk announcing, in accordance with article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the UK’s intention to withdraw from the EU. The government also published its proposals for a Great Repeal Bill, which would repeal the European Communities ...
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NewsConcerns over domestic violence referral fees
Law Society urges SRA to clarify position ‘as a matter of urgency’.
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NewsClifford Chance: businesses will face pressure to remedy human rights abuses
Large companies will come under increased pressure during 2017 to provide effective ‘remedies’ to victims of business-related human rights abuses.
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NewsSolicitors' letters make debtors sit up, research finds
Two thirds of letters before action will result in business invoices being paid within seven days.
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NewsCoffin Mew and Charles Lucas & Marshall agree merger
Deal will create £15m firm with offices in eight locations in southern England.
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NewsFirms stash away £94k for a rainy day
Annual research also finds profits per equity partner increasing due to extra volumes of work.
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NewsMoJ refuses to publish research on unrepresented defendants
Solicitors say decision to keep research for internal use only is 'extraordinary'.
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NewsUnion announces new ‘gig economy’ employment action
Case against UK Express will be on behalf of drivers who make deliveries for web giant Amazon.
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NewsAssisted dying judicial review fails
A ‘right to die’ case, similar to that brought by the late Tony Nicklinson, has failed in the High Court. A second high profile case continues.
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NewsLaw Society urges probe into crime contract IT failures
Chancery Lane says firms fear they will lose out over inability to comply with Legal Aid Agency’s deadlines.
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Judges told to increase seriousness threshold for domestic abuse
Sentencing Council publishes new guidance for domestic abuse and intimidatory offences.
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NewsSlater and Gordon boss won't quit - but rival ABS loses two leaders
Two alternative business structures linked to the stock market respond to speculation about top-level changes.