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CoA backs prison for pipeline protester’s contempt
Immediate custodial sentence of 112 days 'unassailable', three judges agree.
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High Court claimant accused law firms of taking bribes
Judge throws out amendment application in six-year litigation over Russian fertiliser company.
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High Court hears Uyghur judicial review case
Government accused of failing to investigate breaches of the Foreign Prison Made Goods Act 1897.
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'Enablers' in spotlight as economic crime bill takes next step
All-party group calls for anyone assisting 'avoiders and evaders' to face the 'full force of the law'.
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City firm found itself acting for both parties in banks' dispute
Court dismisses as unnecessary application for injunction to prevent disclosure of information.
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Legal services exemption in 'foreign agents' clampdown
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme to be set up under National Security Bill.
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MPs clamour to toughen new economic crime bill
Law Society repeats its concerns about new unlimited fining power for the SRA.
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Legislation paves the way for electronic trade documents
Electronic Trade Documents Bill will put digital trade documents on the same legal footing as their paper-based equivalents.
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New 'failure to prevent' offences on the way, former LC predicts
Sir Robert Buckland KC MP tells lawyers that he expects amendments to Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.
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Wales to 'declutter' statute book
Simplification of the law marks a further step towards a separate jurisdiction.
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Directors owe sliding scale of duties to creditors, SC rules
Judgment in BTI v Sequana addresses fiduciary duties when a company is at risk of insolvency.
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Master of rolls questions 'impenetrable' client documents
Law Society defends 22-page model conditional fee agreement in landmark costs-challenge appeal.
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Thinktank puts ECHR withdrawal back on Tory agenda
Government was right to drop Dominic Raab’s proposed bill of rights - but must now go further, Policy Exchange argues.
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Raab’s human rights reform shelved
Bill of Rights Bill ’is unlikely to progress in its current form’, BBC reports.
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Rwanda asylum deal not legally binding: Law Society
Chancery Lane submits evidence to Lords inquiry on the UK-Rwanda memorandum of understanding.
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Raab rejects ‘flawed’ UN criticism of Bill of Rights
Government will respond 'robustly' to letter from special rapporteurs on human rights issues.
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Court of Appeal to consider crypto ‘duty of care’
Issue is 'of considerable importance', Lady Justice Andrews rules in litigation involving bitcoin entrepreneur Dr Craig Wright.
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Rights culture 'causing confusion and distress', says attorney general
Suella Braverman warns against 'the gold-plating of the protected characteristic of gender reassignment'.
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Government urged to end 'legal limbo' for unmarried couples
Cross-party group of MPs backs opt-out cohabitation scheme recommended by Law Commission 15 years ago.
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Prepare now for 'internet of brains' - Law Society
Horizon-scanning report examines the legal and professional questions raised by developments in neurotechnology.