News – Page 118
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NewsCPS satisfaction levels soar
Nine out of 10 victims and witnesses happy with Crown Prosecution Service support received in court.
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NewsHigh Court stays £173m international settlement award
'State aid' ruling on International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes is a first, solicitor says.
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NewsFears for UK solicitors over patent court rights of audience
UK-based solicitors and barristers may not get rights of audience in UK-based EU court.
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NewsBrexit will need new dispute resolution mechanism
White paper proposes arbitration panel along lines of the one designed for EU-Canada trade deal.
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NewsCourt of Appeal rules claimants out of portal restricted to fixed costs
Lord Justice Briggs says to ‘throw open’ pre-action disclosure applications to assessed costs could create an undesirable level of satellite litigation.
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NewsNo genocide trial until Turkey releases judge
UN tribunal orders Ankara to take all necessary steps to ensure release.
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NewsBoastful barrister fined and reprimanded
Michael Wolkind QC - who could ‘get Stevie Wonder a driver’s licence’ - fined £1,000 for comments on website.
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NewsMunby: court did not ‘cave in’ over release of jailed 71-year-old
Court of Appeal approves consent order in relation to elderly man who lacks capacity.
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NewsJudge lambasts witness for ‘throwing allegations around like confetti’
Solicitor engaged with property developer and former close friend in renovation costs dispute.
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NewsLord Woolf joins hundreds of barristers in condemning bar training shakeup
Former master of rolls and LCJ among signatories of letter saying proposals are ‘radical and unappealing’.
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NewsGovernment snubs calls for hefty cut in tribunal fees
Ministry of Justice says employment tribunal fees ‘generally successful’ in pushing claimants into arbitration – but it will raise threshold for exemptions.
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NewsBank fined £163m for money laundering failings
Deutsche Bank ’failed to control’ AML framework, says regulator imposing record penalty.
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NewsBar Council ‘deeply concerned’ over fixed recoverable costs proposals
Barristers’ body says Jackson proposals will harm both solicitors and barristers.
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NewsBarrister's website boasted he could get ‘Stevie Wonder a driving licence’
Michael Wolkind QC denies professional misconduct.
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Supreme Court hears council’s challenge to school absence case
Department for Education meeting Isle of Wight Council’s costs in challenge over breach of Education Act 1996.
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NewsShiner tribunal hears of ‘deliberate and calculating lies’
Former head of Public Interest Lawyers thought the ends of his actions in Iraqi claims against British military ‘justified the means’.
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NewsLawyer groups urge Jackson to rethink fixed costs plans
Proposals dismissed as unjustified and likely to leave successful claimants paying more.
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NewsDoctor jailed after submitting false medical claims
City of London Police says solicitors trusted Benjamin Chang, 57, of London, to provide a service to claimants.
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NewsFixed costs for clinical negligence: the figures
Full rundown of the proposed options for claimant lawyers under the new scheme.
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NewsClin neg fixed costs plans unveiled as Hunt targets ‘unscrupulous’ firms
Campaigners claim proposals to restrict costs would ‘seriously harm access to justice and patient safety’.