Last 3 months headlines – Page 1017
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Litigation funding injection
Calunius Capital has announced a fresh injection of £50m into its legal investment fund.
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Asbestos evidence call
Select committee calls for written evidence on the government’s decision to bring mesothelioma claims under LASPO arrangements.
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LSB pledges to cut costs
The Legal Services Board has said it will reduce its budget by £150,000 in the 2014/15 year.
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Fury at MP’s ‘solicitor from hell’ question to prime minister
North-west firm posts online statement following House of Commons question.
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Minister grants legal aid for Brixton riot inquest
The family of shooting victim Cherry Groce has been given exceptional funding to be represented at the inquest into her 2011 death.
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Conveyancing firm must pay £100k over valuation
Judge orders law firm to halve the costs of settlement with surveyors.
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Wasted costs order quashed against ‘no returns’ barrister
A judge has ruled that a barrister whose case was affected by protest action acted entirely properly.
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Lawyers predict fee bonanza if Scots go it alone
Scottish solicitors expect ‘piles of work’ but government legal jobs in England would disappear.
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Independent Scotland ‘ready to compete with London’
New state would target global arbitration work, while supreme court for Scotland will not be just a ‘naming exercise’.
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Blacklaws quits troubled Co-Op
Leading family lawyer Christina Blacklaws has left Co-operative Legal Services to set up an ABS consultancy.
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Bar votes to accept MoJ legal aid deal
Direct action to be suspended after two-to-one majority vote on fee deal.
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Legal aid consultation ‘unlawful’, solicitors claim
Consultees, they say, did not have the opportunity to challenge the assumptions made in a report.
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Regulators agree to open data to comparison websites
The LSB and Legal Services Consumer Panel want to open up the market for 'choose a lawyer' websites.
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Whiplash reforms cut insurance bills to five-year low, analysts claim
Premiums have fallen by 7.5% over the last quarter and by around 19% over the course of the year.
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Eversheds asks partners for capital following tax changes
The firm is seeking capital from partners following a crackdown by HMRC to clarify the definition of LLP membership.
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Financial services business snaps up Simpson Millar in £15m deal
National consumer firm to become part of a stock-market quoted financial services business.
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Commission presses ahead with ‘equal merit’ diversity preference
From 1 July, the Judicial Appointments Commission will be able to select candidates by race or gender where two applicants are of equal merit.
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Children’s charity condemns High Court’s anonymity cut-off
Children formerly involved in court proceedings may be named by the media when they turn 18.
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John rages at ‘illiterate rantings’ of diversity report critics
Professor Gus John has dismissed as ‘wild and baseless’ criticisms of his report into the SRA.
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PI lawyers may turn to arbitration post-Mitchell
Arbitration might be attractive in cases such as catastrophic injury, where lawyers are concerned about courts refusing to admit evidence due to missed timetables.