News – Page 196
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Creditor complaints prompt debt protocol inquiry
Civil Procedure Rule Committee begins consultation on new protocol for debt claims.
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NewsUK minister in new bid to crack India's legal market
Shailesh Vara’s free trade mission is not the first, with progress toward liberalisation apparently stalled.
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Victims of slavery left unprotected – Law Society
Society tells a parliamentary committee that a proposed bill to counter people trafficking lacks ’clarity, precision and simplicity’.
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NewsFurther delay to discount rate decision
Currently 2.5% is discounted from large settlements, usually involving medical negligence.
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NewsInsurer secures £50k damages against ex-director
Investigation showed departing director tried to use data for new business venture.
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NewsDigital plan for powers of attorney shelved
Ministry of Justice announces improvements in lasting power of attorney process – but no all-electronic route.
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NewsSolicitor data to be opened to comparison sites
SRA responds to a call from the Legal Services Consumer Panel to provide more information for online registers.
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NewsDomestic abuse law could be widened
Home Office consults on making coercive or controlling behaviour a criminal offence.
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NewsSome family hearings could be public, Munby says
Head of the family division sets out plans to reduce the secrecy of the system.
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NewsAddleshaws proposes five-borough capital
Law firm’s planning ‘manifesto’ suggests the creation of five ‘mega-councils’ for London.
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NewsSRA concedes defeat on PII change this year
Regulator accepts it cannot change minimum terms in time for this year’s renewal period.
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NewsClydes settles whistleblowing dispute
Tribunal was set to hear allegations by former partner Krista Bates van Winkelhof of unfair dismissal and sex discrimination.
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NewsNew criminal offence proposed to snare tax evaders
HMRC has warned wealthy individuals to pay what they owe in advance.
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NewsSuper-regulator approves PC fee cut
Cost of practising certificate down, but LSB seeking more transparency on spending.
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NewsCommission probes religion in the workplace
EHRC initiative will assess whether religious people are aware of their legal rights.
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NewsLawyer ‘leeches’ bleeding budgets – council leaders
APIL rejects Local Government Association attack on ’no win, no fee’ claims, arguing that fees have been ‘cut to the bone’.
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NewsNo damages for prisoners denied the vote
The ECtHR has ruled that denying prisoners the vote is unlawful – but declined to award compensation or costs.
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NewsScottish solicitors to get ID cards
Identity cards enabled with a digital signature will replace the current practising certificate from 2015.
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NewsSociety president backs ‘digital Magna Carta’
Andrew Caplen will make an online bill of rights a key element of his Boston speech to the ABA.
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NewsLandmark ruling on deprivation of liberty
Sir James Munby gives judgment in hearing to consider how to cope for a forecast 10-fold rise in cases.