Last 3 months headlines – Page 106
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Lawyers plead for last-ditch postponement of fixed costs extension
Costs experts say the rules are not ready and cannot be implemented next month.
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Retiring lord chief proposes more cameras in court
'Strong argument that we need to go further,' Lord Burnett tells Commonwealth colleagues.
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Lack of partner diversity 'should be a national scandal', junior solicitors hear
LSB chief executive discusses barriers to promotion during the Law Society's Junior Solicitors Network Summit.
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Commonwealth judges get a royal welcome to Wales
Magistrates and judges gather in Cardiff for long-delayed conference.
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Court accidentally gave adoption family details to birth father
Ministry of Justice reprimanded for data breach and ordered to improve systems.
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Litigation funder reveals massive payoff from $16bn case
New York court added that funder’s involvement added no extra costs to the claim.
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'Less transparent and democratic': damning verdict on rule of law
Legal thinktank says 'hostile attacks' on lawyers among several factors undermining rule of law in the UK.
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Legal bodies and media join taskforce to fight SLAPPs
Culture secretary to attend inaugural meeting of taskforce set up to tackle abusive legislation.
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Tribunal rejects MoJ’s ‘elaborate’ reason for refusing FOI request
Ministry showed ’unwillingness’ to reveal information on cleaners’ pay, first-tier tribunal rules.
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CMS begins redundancy consultation with corporate lawyers
Firm responds to slowdown in transactional work by potentially cutting numbers.
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September heatwave: lawyers wilt in furnace-like courtrooms
The unseasonably hot weather has taken its toll on lawyers, as they wilt in stuffy courtrooms and sweaty suits.
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Litigants now waiting 78 weeks for their day in county court
Calls for new targets to reverse long trend of civil justice delays.
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Scotland sees second major law firm tie-up in a week
Irwin Mitchell announces investment north of the border following 'Big Four' development.
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Tributes paid to 'positive, kind and dedicated' solicitor Lisa Whitehouse
Midlands firm says Lisa Whitehouse, 49, was a trusted adviser who will be greatly missed.
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Councils cash crisis: Local government lawyers told to ‘get in the room’
President of Lawyers in Local Government urges members to speak out over decisions critical to their council’s finances.
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Strike-off for solicitors who helped unregistered barrister steal from clients
Solicitors at Edward Marshall provided SRA investigators with forged documents.
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News focus: Suing for science
Climate change activists believe strategic litigation is invaluable in pushing the issue up corporate and political agendas – even it fails. And this month, all eyes are on Strasbourg.
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Memory Lane
Law Society Gazette, 9 September 2013 Graduates lose out in earning power According to new research from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, recent law graduates earn less than the average salary of their peers. Figures from the class of 2008/09 show that law graduates earned an average of £26,000 in ...
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Thames no barrier
With Legal London basking in a late summer heatwave, Obiter rather fancies taking a riverside walk. Alas we’ll have to wait until 14 October for the return of the Walk the Thames event organised by the ever-energetic London Legal Support Trust. The walk brings the legal community together to take ...
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Law Society recognises ‘Legal Heroes’
Seven solicitors ‘who put the interests of others first’ honoured at Chancery Lane ceremony.