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NewsCourt enforces German law on damages case
Gaynor Winrow had lived in Germany for eight years at time of road traffic accident.
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NewsShelling out to competition winner
The winner of a pair of tickets to a West End musical, plus other notable entries.
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NewsCourt of Appeal throws out QASA challenge
Master of the rolls says the scheme does not undermine the independence of the advocate or the judiciary.
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NewsTories’ rights guru calls for ‘grown-up’ debate
Role of European Court of Human Rights poses valid constitutional questions, says Michael Pinto-Duschinsky.
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NewsFirm wants laser surgery law reform after £500k win
Current guidelines should be mandatory, says firm acting for woman who claims surgery left her needing to wear dark glasses.
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NewsCybersecurity training ‘essential’ for lawyers
Government urges lawyers and accountants to develop skills to defeat computer attacks.
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NewsCable attacks Tories for ‘ruthless’ employment laws
Up to a million left without employment rights, business secretary says.
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NewsHughes promises action on litigants in person
Justice minister assures party conference of announcements 'in the very near future'.
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NewsLawyers urged to respond to aid consultation
Consultation called Transforming Legal Aid: Crime Duty Contracts closes on 15 October.
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Slew of mergers before end of PII renewal period
Practices across England and Wales announced mergers in advance of the 1 October renewal deadline.
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NewsKPMG ‘will not compete with big law practices’
The firm has outlined plans to triple its current number of lawyers to 150 within three years.
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Jourova’s pledge on human rights
Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner-designate for justice, consumers and gender equality, passed a confirmation hearing at the European Parliament last week.
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Islamic finance boost for City lawyers
UK first country outside the Islamic world to issue sovereign sukuk, the Islamic equivalent of a bond.
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NewsHow Nuremberg wasn’t lost in translation
Siegfried Ramler, an interpreter from the Nuremberg trials, is cross-examined by Philippe Sands QC.
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NewsMemory Lane
The Law Society Gazette, 7 October 2004 Tories issue warning over criminal contract tendering Competitive tendering of criminal legal aid contracts is likely to lead to allegations of corner-cutting and incompetence against solicitors, shadow attorney-general Dominic Grieve MP told a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth this ...
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Lib Dem Autumn Conference: as it happened
[View the story “All the justice updates from the Lib Dem Autumn conference” on Storify]
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NewsHave you ever been Nigel-ed?
Joan Collins at charity launch of new book by one of the principal founders of DLA Piper.