News – Page 163
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NewsChancery Lane urges support for business on human rights
Jonathan Smithers urges solicitors to help shape Law Society’s guidance.
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NewsCourt fee hikes will tip justice balance towards rich – bar
‘Unfair advantage’ for wealthy would go against ‘every principle of justice’, says Bar Council.
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NewsLord Falconer remains on shadow frontbench
New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn appoints Lord Falconer of Thoroton shadow justice secretary.
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NewsSRA granted powers over partners in failed firms
Regulator can place conditions on PCs or even refuse solicitors permission to work in the profession.
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NewsCameron promises youth justice overhaul
Prime minister announces reform as part of vision of ‘smarter state’.
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NewsOne in five victims ‘dissatisfied’ with CPS – survey
Director of public prosecutions announces additional support for victims and witnesses in Crown court proceedings.
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NewsMoJ to close commercial arm – but Saudi bid will continue
Just Solutions international, which submitted bid to conduct training-needs analysis for prison staff, will cease to trade.
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NewsTribunal fees discouraging conciliation, peers told
Legal aid cuts and employment tribunal fees impede enforcement of Equality Act, select committee hears.
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NewsSolicitors free to offer ‘central’ consumer credit
Firms will be subject to eight pages of SRA rules rather than the hundreds of pages they might have faced.
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NewsWales reveals £60m legal services winners
Firms will provide legal services to public sector in Wales over the next four years.
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NewsInsurer calls for whiplash ‘sliding scale’ of costs
Ageas chief executive says claimants should be given a disincentive to claim near the end of the three-year limit.
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NewsBritish bill of rights plan to be unveiled ‘this autumn’
Justice minister says proposals to replace Human Rights Act will be subject to ‘full consultation’.
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NewsSolicitors have ‘appetite’ for new legal aid regime, says justice minister
Labour peer tables ‘regret motion’ over decision to introduce further fee cuts for solicitors.
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NewsSociety: overhaul employment tribunals and scrap fees
Chancery Lane proposes system based on a single jurisdiction broken down into four levels of complexity.
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NewsBid canvass continues as legal aid D-day looms
Legal Aid Agency gives another indication of the time frame for tenders announcement.
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NewsFurther ‘Wales-only’ law affects landlords
The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 places an obligation on all private landlords who have a rental property in Wales to register.
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NewsInsurer invokes ‘fundamental dishonesty’ to see off claims
Case follows on from pair being jailed for their part in an exaggerated claim.
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NewsChancery Lane censures SRA over ‘flawed’ PII proposals
Society says the regulator’s recent paper fails to address why last year’s proposals on indemnity cover had foundered.
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NewsScots solicitors boycott new court over legal aid fees
Falkirk group says it cannot afford to subsidise criminal appeals at 1992 rates.
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NewsDeadline extended for legal aid bid survey
Practitioner groups extend deadline as solicitors await outcome of Ministry of Justice talks.