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NewsSupreme Court rules in favour of animal charities in ‘reasonable provision’ wills dispute
Ruling emphasises principle that appellate courts cannot start again from scratch; Lady Hale calls for clarification of inheritance law.
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News£2 damages winner faces costs bill for nine-day hearing
Mr Justice Leggatt says offer to settle was a ‘game changer’ which cast subsequent pursuit of the claim in a different light.
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Supreme Court to rule on animal charity will row
Court of Appeal ruling said Heather Ilott’s mother did not make reasonable provision in her will.
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NewsCJEU will be kept out of new patent regime, legal academics say
EU top court will step in only ‘where matter of EU law’ at issue.
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NewsSRA denies abuse of process to discipline fraud victim
Regulator proceeds with two allegations against solicitor who has already been pursued in High Court.
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NewsFee cuts ‘will stop junior lawyers earning a living’
MoJ’s proposals will hit people from disadvantaged backgrounds and drive lawyers away from criminal advocacy, JLD says.
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NewsLaw Commission seeks to overhaul deprivation of liberty safeguards
Government told current mental capacity legislation leads to detention without checks.
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NewsSolicitors feel the pinch in spring budget
Meanwhile, chancellor Philip Hammond announced that he is pressing ahead with penalties for lawyers and accountants who advise on tax avoidance schemes subsequently disallowed by HM Revenue & Customs.
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Thailand corruption probe: SFO keeps its own counsel
Authorities in Thailand opened an investigation into engineering giant Rolls-Royce after the company’s £671m deferred prosecution agreement with the SFO.
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NewsSolicitor escapes jail after headbutting LiP inside Rolls Building
Philip Saunders was caught on CCTV causing actual bodily harm to Mohammad Reza Ghadami.
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News£24,000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test
Media list judge rules that tweets by ‘rent-a-gob’ columnist Katie Hopkins ‘had tendency to cause harm’ to food writer Jack Monroe.
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NewsMunby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’
Family Division president defends importance of an independent judiciary.
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NewsJudge calls for feedback on adoption orders
Lord Justice McFarlane highlights lack of system for keeping judges informed of the outcome of their decisions.
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NewsBest places to study law revealed
Oxford and Cambridge top the pile in the UK, while London also scores highly.
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NewsGovernment’s probate plans under fire from Tory backbench
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP says government should not introduce ‘stealth taxes’.
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NewsOfficial secrets reform gets more time
Law Commission extends secrets law consultation after press furore.
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NewsBudget 2017: penalties for ‘enablers’ of tax schemes will go ahead
New measures to tackle non-compliance come in to force in July, chancellor announces in final spring budget.
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NewsTribunal delays hearing over former City lawyer
Case management hearing into Alexis Maitland-Hudson postponed for new evidence to be considered.
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NewsMPs urge government to preserve access to European legal services market
Committee backs membership of European Free Trade Association after Brexit.
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NewsBar chief warns of ‘loss of confidence’ in fee reform
Andrew Langdon QC adds to concerns over AGFS proposals.