News – Page 201
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NewsMPs urge compulsory sharing of whiplash fraud data
Fourth report of transport committee says some solicitors 'playing the system'.
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NewsRegulator approves PII reform
SRA board says reduction in minimum cover to £500,000 would cut premiums by 5%.
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NewsPrison law legal aid appeal granted
Two charities have been granted permission to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of their challenge to cuts introduced last December.
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NewsFrench burqa ban upheld by European court
The ban, introduced in 2011, does not violate human rights laws.
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NewsNew European data protection law ‘on track’
UK certain to lose fight on form of new instrument, conference hears.
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NewsMedia take-down plans ditched
Proposals to enable the attorney general to order media organisations to remove online archive material creating a risk of contempt are abandoned.
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NewsPeers back bill to make pre-nups binding
The bill introduced by Lady Deech amends the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
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NewsResidence test breaches UN convention, say parliamentarians
The Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for the provision to be withdrawn ‘immediately’.
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NewsGovernment tells Saatchi to amend innovation bill
Health minister Earl Howe gave broad support for the bill, which would lift liability restrictions for doctors who want to innovate in cancer treatments.
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NewsMinisters ‘shelve Land Registry sell-off’
Press reports say that the industry secretary has cancelled plans to turn the bulk of Land Registry into a commercial venture.
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NewsWhistleblower protection failure
Employment lawyers believe decision not to create legislation for partners leaves uncertainty.
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NewsFlexible hours reform ‘could change culture’
Partners will not see the benefits, say experts, but gender imbalance could be addressed.
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Manorial rights probe
House of Commons Justice Committee is to hold an inquiry into manorial rights to inform any future review of the law.
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NewsEU membership ‘critical’ to UK legal services – City group
Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint said UK membership is crucial to its trading strength as it seeks to promote and export legal services.
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NewsBar regulator announces move into entity licensing
Publicly funded barristers will be able to set up structures that enable them to contract directly with the aid agency, taking control over work away from solicitors.
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NewsLegal executive-only firms mooted for next year
Super-regulator consults on granting CILEx entity regulation powers.
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NewsGovernment will not legislate to protect whistleblowing partners
Further legislative change will not be necessary to cover members of LLPs, the government says.
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NewsSupreme Court is supreme, says Neuberger
Court's president tells peers the court is not bound by decisions from Strasbourg.
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NewsGrenadian wins LPC fight despite murder conviction
Selwyn Strachan had been sentenced to death in 1983 after a widely criticised trial.