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NewsFamily solicitors welcome call for tougher enforcement powers
Law Commission says up to £20m goes unpaid as a result of non-compliance with family financial orders.
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NewsMansfield joins forces with 1 Gray’s Inn Square
Latest consolidation will create set with 'overriding commitment to the rule of law, human rights and social justice'.
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NewsMoJ ignores travel time request for alternative court venues
Commons justice select committee wanted government assurance over court estates programme.
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NewsCourt fee refunds for settled cases to be scrapped
Solicitor says move is ’wholly at odds’ with encouraging parties to settle.
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Barrister disciplined for ‘repeated’ sexual advances
John Randall fined £2,000 after disciplinary hearing.
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NewsSilence over Gove's legal aid advisory council
Body was set up after controversial criminal legal aid contracting regime was scrapped, but has yet to report.
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NewsNo break for Nestlé as EU court revives Kit Kat IP row
Nestlé will need to prove that the chocolate bar has acquired distinctiveness throughout EU.
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NewsDomestic violence legal aid applications rise
Government relaxed time limit for reporting following Court of Appeal ruling in February.
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King & Wood Mallesons set to enter administration next month
Prospects fade for rescue of debt-ridden international firm.
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NewsBar chair: ‘We join solicitors in doubting “one-size-fits-all” policy on fees’
Andrew Langdon QC voices concern over 'evangelical' reformers.
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NewsPatents ‘still have value’, Commons committee hears
Law Society IP expert questioned by MPs on managing IP and technology transfer.
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News‘All in it together’: Slaughters overhauls reward structure for juniors
Associates with three years' PQE will get more than £100,000 for the first time.
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NewsLaw Society backs ‘super-exam’ – but warns of cost
Chancery Lane says SRA's revised proposals for solicitors qualifying exam address many concerns, but questions remain over standards.
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News‘Filling their stockings’: Labour backs ‘fat cats’ campaign against whiplash reforms
Feeding fatcats campaign launch Source: Michael Cross Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon (third from right) launches campaign against PI reforms. Trade union firm highlights windfalls to insurers from proposed PI changes.
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NewsDeprivation of liberty under scrutiny at Court of Appeal
In an important test case for the Mental Capacity Act, Luisa Ferreira is challenging the decision that her sister was not in ‘state detention’ when she died in hospital.
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NewsKing & Wood Mallesons on the brink amid staff talks
Firm says all London staff have been briefed over future of practice, as talks continue on potential takeover.
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NewsPrisoners face advice struggle on release, thinktank reports
Centre for Justice Innovation calls for tailored social welfare support to help cut cost of reoffending.
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NewsLegal profession 'united on Brexit'
Chancery Lane says that bar's Brexit Papers reinforces common message.
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NewsWelsh government plans national legal code
Programme to codify distinct body of Wales law will help solicitors, who can struggle to establish what the law is in areas such as planning.
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King & Wood Mallesons confirms 'takeover offers’
International firm says it has received ‘indicative purchase offers’.