Last 3 months headlines – Page 1024
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NewsExceptional funding scheme ‘unlawful’, High Court rules
People unable to pay for legal assistance ‘suffering in a way that parliament could not have intended’.
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NewsAccounts burden lifted from 1,000 smaller firms
New threshold for removing the requirement to submit accountants’ reports.
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NewsPC fee unchanged for next year
Solicitors Regulation Authority proposes individual fee remains at £320.
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NewsManchester legal aid rally: image gallery
Hundreds of solicitors gathered in Manchester to voice their opposition to legal aid cuts.
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NewsCouncil legal chief warns against curbs to judicial review
The assistant director of Essex Legal Services rebuts the government’s claims that judicial review actions are growing.
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NewsWest Country firm claims Iran first
Everys Solicitors boosts Middle East presence by acquiring Iranian law firm with offices in Shiraz and Tehran.
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NewsGove: legal aid ‘concerns are legitimate’ – but no concessions
Lord chancellor also pledges review of Legal Services Act to avoid ‘regulators falling over each other’s feet’.
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NewsAction day 15: bar backs direct action
Majority of CBA members who voted back policy of no new work and ‘no returns’.
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NewsComplaints fall at relocated London county court
HMCTS reveals £3.6m will be saved every year by move – but solicitors call for money to be reinvested.
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NewsTrade Union Bill to raise strike ballot threshold
Government says trade unions should have a bigger mandate from members to call industrial action.
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NewsAction day 14: judges query absence of solicitors
Hundreds of practitioners attend north-west rally to protest cuts as judges seek answers.
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NewsNo damage caused by civil legal aid reforms, says defiant MoJ
Government defends itself against a highly critical report on LASPO from the commons justice committee.
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NewsFamily lawyers: 100% divorce ruling exceptional but fair
A hospital consultant has been ordered to give his former wife his entire fortune, after neglecting to pay child support.
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News'Force lawyers into pro bono' - think tank
Report says public have lost trust in legal profession and recommends free work as a way to re-establish it.
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NewsNew official website for Welsh law
Online information service will help lawyers keep track of evolving legal framework in Wales.
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NewsAction day 13: firms consider duty boycott
Legal aid lawyers gear up for more direct action as standoff continues.
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NewsBar training course ‘poor value’ and ‘exploitative’
One new practitioner told a focus group: ‘The BPTC is actually exploitative. Providers don’t care about you, they care about the money.’
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NewsUnregulated advisers beat law firms in Google rankings
Legal Services Board research finds potential clients confronted with services of unregulated providers.
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Barrister loses racial discrimination claim against MoJ
Magistrates’ court employee claimed he was moved ‘under a cloud’ after he was investigated in connection with a fraud.