All Government & politics articles – Page 159
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NewsMoD unveils plans to take military combat claims away from court
Minister says plans remove any possibility of enemy combatants claiming armed forces had taken insufficient care to avoid injuring them.
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OpinionHow the Wizard got to Number 10
It’s 100 years since David Lloyd George became the first solicitor to rise to prime minister. By a well-timed palace coup.
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NewsSFO bucks trend of decline in sick days over mental illnesses
Solicitor general provides absence figures for the number of days lost due to mental health issues at law officers’ departments.
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OpinionIT and lawyers’ responsibilities
How can you stay ahead of a fast-moving, intimidatingly vast and complicated subject area?
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NewsLiz Truss drops in
Lord chancellor Liz Truss (second right in picture) had the chance to get a briefing on frontline legal services when she visited longestablished Lincolnshire and East Midlands firm Chattertons earlier this month. The business and private client firm, established in 1856, welcomed Truss along with her parliamentary private secretary, local ...
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NewsExclusive: CMC watchdog failing to collect fines
Government promises to clamp down on rogue claims management companies have been called into question after it was admitted that just a fraction of fines imposed has been collected.
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NewsNews focus: autumn statement point by point
Chancellor Philip Hammond dealt a blow to motorists hoping for a whiplash premium ‘premium’, but gave welcome clarification on the future status of Land Registry.
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NewsAutumn statement: ‘unacceptable’ attack on tax lawyers
New reporting burden will be counterproductive, international firm’s head of tax warns.
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NewsAutumn statement: tax relief for employee legal support
Solicitors welcome change but say other reforms will have a greater impact for employees.
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NewsAutumn statement: ‘stealth tax’ places £40 premium cut in doubt
Insurers furious about another increase in IPT – and are already suggesting whiplash pledges could be affected.
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NewsAutumn statement: U-turn on Land Registry
For the second time in two years, government abandons plans to sell off Land Registry.
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NewsMoJ’s whiplash reform blunder ‘could open door to judicial review’
Personal injury reform proposals are based on old data, which experts say could expose the plans to a legal challenge.
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NewsBolton firm handed £300k of taxpayers’ cash faced £300k tax demand
HMRC disputed ‘profit extractions’ by Asons Solicitors ahead of local authority’s controversial decision to hand the PI firm a grant.
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NewsJudges’ pensions: ‘no one complaining about the change itself’
Tribunal hearing hears closing submissions in case brought by 210 judges.
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FeatureCrass methodologies for hard Brexit
It is deeply worrying that the UK appears to be renewing, perhaps with greater vigour, its commitment to reduce net migration through crass methodologies.
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NewsPersonal injury proposals at a glance
Consultation asks for views on much wider transformation of the sector than first imagined.
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NewsMoJ set to impose £5k small claims limit
Law Society says the plans will 'completely undermine the right of ordinary people to receive full and proper compensation'.
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NewsLAA begins notifying law firms of crime tender outcome
More than 1,400 organisations have applied for new government contracts.
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NewsLabour would oppose small claims limit rise
Shadow justice minister speaks out as lawyers prepare for imminent publication of consultation.