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NewsMedical plan a ‘magnet for litigation’
Solicitors criticise proposal to abolish preliminary medical examinations of sectioned patients.
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NewsTime to halt adoption ‘inadequacies’
Family judge warns that moves to speed up adoption could lead to children being removed from their birth parents on flimsy evidence.
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NewsBarclays plans lending increase for firms
Bank to expand its commitment to financing law firms.
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NewsPan-European sales law clears parliamentary hurdle
The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has voted in favour of an amended version of the Common European Sales Law.
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NewsFreed Sotoudeh promises to continue human rights work
Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said she will continue to campaign for ‘a proper judicial system’ in Iran.
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NewsBangladesh accused of running a 'political show trial'
Lawyers condemn war crimes court after death sentence.
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NewsEdmonds plans for LSB demise
The chairman of the Legal Services Board says he is happy for his organisation to disappear if it means legal regulation is reformed.
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MEPs approve market abuse regulation
Companies convicted of market abuse could be fined up to 15% of their turnover under European rules
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NewsMPs condemn 'tortuous' inchoate offence law
Offences of encouraging and assisting crimes are too ‘complex and difficult’ for lawyers.
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NewsTax advisers relaxed over director’s ‘duty’ opinion
A legal opinion stating that company directors have no fiduciary duty to avoid tax is unlikely to change corporate behaviour.
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NewsLawyers scupper EU financial transaction tax
European Union lawyers have vetoed a controversial new tax that would have imposed levies on financial transactions.
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Fee remission reforms to go ahead
The government has approved plans to means-test waivers for civil court and tribunal fees
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Thinktanks call for greater autonomy in courts
‘Conservative’ courts should be opened to local discretion empowerment, two thinktanks say.
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NewsMoJ puts regulation shake-up on hold
The government has dampened speculation about an imminent review of legal services regulation.
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MoJ lags on data
The Ministry of Justice is well behind the prime minister’s transparency commitments for all departments to publish details of items of spending above £25,000.
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Appeal court broadcasting rules drafted
The government has set out draft rules for broadcasting from the Court of Appeal.
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Mentally vulnerable put at risk by ‘postcode lottery’
Mental health solicitors have accused the government of allowing a ‘postcode lottery’ to develop that deprives thousands of mentally vulnerable people of safeguards guaranteed by legislation. The solicitors claim that a ‘postcode lottery for patients’ has led to ‘wide regional variations’ in the use of safeguards implicit in the Mental ...
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NewsLet 'glare of publicity' into family courts, says Munby
The president of the family division says there is a ‘pressing need’ for more transparency.
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NewsGrayling sets out new JR restrictions
The government has set out proposals that would limit who is entitled to apply for a judicial review.