News – Page 217
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NewsBar Conference 2013: Barristers urged not to return instructions
Dominic Grieve QC also advised barristers not to boycott the controversial Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates.
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NewsBar Conference 2013: LCJ warns of legal competition to London
Lord Thomas tells barristers they must ‘look as a profession to where you wish to be in 10 years’ and have a ‘clear idea of how to get there’.
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NewsSetback for banks in swaps case
Court of Appeal panel deals blow to Barclays in a unanimous judgment.
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NewsTerror law detainees entitled to solicitor
Ruling follows a Law Society intervention in a judicial review against the Metropolitan Police.
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NewsCosts shifting plans ‘will fail access to justice test’
Predictions of a surge in vexatious libel claims are ill-founded, argues eminent solicitor.
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NewsNew LCJ gives first press conference
Lord Thomas briefs media on courtroom TV, judicial review curbs and the growing number of litigants in person.
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NewsAccess to justice: ‘all is not lost’
The introduction of fixed fees and pay-as-you go could help people on low incomes access family law services, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff said.
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NewsStellar cast of lawyers in phone-hacking case
Eight defendants face various charges following the closure of the News Of the World in 2011.
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NewsJudicial review sought for unfair dismissal cap
Barrister Alex Monaco said the cap on compensation will disproportionately affect older people.
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Guatemala lawyer issues plea for help
Edgar Perez handles cases relating to massacres and human rights abuses carried out during Guatemala’s 36-year civil war.
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NewsNo date yet for company ownership register
Business secretary reveals more details of the planned beneficial ownership register.
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NewsPeers advise government to rejoin EU crime-fighting measures
A House of Lords committee says the government should apply to rejoin more crime and policing measures in addition to the 35 already identified.
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NewsCrime victims to get right to address courts directly
From December, judges will take into account victims’s personal statements when determining sentences, the victims’ minister says
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NewsThe courts are secular, says top family judge
Judges are no longer the guardians of public morality, Sir James Munby tells a Law Society conference.
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NewsMP to fight Welsh court closure plan
Elfyn Llwyd warns MoJ should not leave his constituency without any courts.
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NewsHigh Court set to rule on tribunal fees
A decision is expected next month on a union’s challenge to the government’s introduction of employment tribunal fees.
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NewsMoJ writes off £76m in uncollected court fines
Amount 'administratively cancelled' is 20% increase on previous year
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NewsLawyers asked for opinions on EU rights
The European Union’s framework of fundamental rights is to come under scrutiny as part of the government’s examination of the relationship between the UK and the EU.
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NewsUncertainty surrounds £2m court complex
The court building programme in Sunderland has been lying dormant since 2010.