News – Page 16
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TV star wins Part 36 costs battle over newspaper's late acceptance
Judge backs claimant but warns ruling is not green light for refusing to enter negotiations.
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Global bar body backs ‘genocide amendment’
MPs to vote on measure linking trade policy to human rights.
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Union solicitors not negligent over shop steward’s severance
Case also features a successful application to allow remote evidence against claimant’s wishes.
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Lawyers hail 'watershed' appeal court ruling on DBAs
Experts say drafting flaws may have been ironed out by new ruling on enforceability of agreement.
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ECHR departure not on agenda, says rights review chair
Independent inquiry 'has no pre-conceived answers’ and encourages ‘widest possible range of views’.
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Government sets up council to 'reinvigorate' commonhold
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick unveils measures billed as 'biggest reforms to English property law for 40 years'.
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Court denies relief for costs default during first lockdown
Defendant in PI claim fails with application to have default costs certificate set aside.
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Court grants disclosure request in £650m tax dispute
Ruling provides further clarity about boundaries of ongoing disclosure pilot.
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Faulks review urged to recommend legislation to curb JR
Declaring war, prorogation and ministerial appointments should be protected from legal challenge, thinktank argues.
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Judge commends solicitor granted temporary right of audience
Practitioner assisted litigant in person in defamation case with 'care, restraint and courtesy'.
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Trade deal: work has only just begun, says Law Society
Legal services reportedly included in £668bn trade cooperation agreement announced today.
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Society dismayed by last-minute changes to Wales land tax
Residential rates of land transaction tax rise by one percentage point from today.
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Newspaper wrong to name suspect in Manchester bombing
Open justice argument 'entirely misconceived', Mr Justice Warby rules in privacy claim.
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Brexit: Society welcomes French move on LLPs
International firms operating in France as UK LLPs will be able to continue practising at the end of the transition period.
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Unsealed claim forms not good service, High Court rules
Solicitors’ mistake not a good reason to grant relief where claim was filed but not served.
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Views sought on legality and operation of self-executing contracts
Law Commission aims to clear up 'lingering uncertainties' about application of contract law.
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Braverman welcomes CoA clarification on sexual assault
Attorney general asked whether prosecution has to prove the accused intended the touching to be sexual.
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Society welcomes change of heart on 'lawbreaker' clauses
Announcement followed news of a deal over the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol.
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Council ordered into mediation after row over solicitor attending
Local authority turned down mediation over special educational needs because mother wanted lawyer with her.
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Society ex-president to sit on HRA review
Simon Davis, immediate past president of the Law Society, among two solicitors named today.