Last 3 months headlines – Page 1187
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Courts staff to strike this afternoon
Courts staff will strike this afternoon over government plans to privatise the collection of fines, the Public and Commercial Services union said.
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By George! Legal PR misses a trick with royal baby
Obiter is a little disappointed by the legal sector’s failure to ride shotgun on the birth of royal baby George.
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Commons whiplash inquiry finds for claimants
MPs today warn the government that its plans to cut the cost of whiplash claims will impair access to justice and leave the door open for claims management companies.
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Government ‘must listen to reason’ on whiplash – PI lawyers
Lawyers today welcomed a parliamentary report on whiplash that ‘finally recognised the realities’ of the claims system.
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Iggy Pop, your boys took one hell of a beating
That noise you can hear is probably claimant lawyers parodying that Norwegian commentary.
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Culture change call for Chancery Division
The Chancery Division of the High Court must undergo cultural change according to the first comprehensive review of the division in 30 years.
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Nicklinson and Lamb right-to-die appeals dismissed
The Court of Appeal today unanimously dismissed appeals by road accident victim Paul Lamb and the widow of Tony Nicklinson
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Merger creates billion-dollar international firm
International firm SJ Berwin has merged with Australian-Chinese giant King & Wood Mallesons
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Happy birthday, legal aid
Lawyers are getting rather good at demonstrating noisily against government plans to ‘transform’ legal aid.
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‘Brainwashing’ claim as portal claims limit rises
A union leader today accused the government of ‘brainwashing’ the public into believing in the compensation culture.
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Challinors: it’s ‘business as usual’
Midlands firm Challinors today issued a ‘business as usual’ notice despite ongoing efforts to prepare for the sale of the practice.
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No welcome in the valleys for national firms, research finds
Welsh lawyers are unhappy with their government’s efforts to encourage English firms to expand into the country, a new study has found.
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City lawyers plead to keep budgeting exemption
City lawyers are at loggerheads with the senior judiciary over mandatory costs budgeting for high-value commercial cases.
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Call for more clarification in IP bill
Specialist lawyers have cautiously welcomed a softening of legislation to make a criminal offence of design infringement.
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Legal aid: ‘justice is ours’
Serious miscarriages of justice will go uncorrected if the government pushes through planned legal aid cuts, a demonstration outside London’s Old Bailey heard.
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Students ‘pessimistic’ about training contracts
A survey of almost 600 law undergraduates has found that around half are ‘pessimistic’ about obtaining a training contracy
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TSol set for major recruitment push
Whitehall’s central legal services provider the Treasury Solicitors Department (TSol) is to recruit 40 lawyers after spending nearly £4.6m on temporary staff through outsourcer Capita, the Gazette can reveal. The recruitment campaign is for advisory, commercial, employment and litigation lawyers at civil service grade 7, with salaries between £47,086 and ...
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NewsMother loses Euro court compensation fight
Mike Pemberton acted for Lorraine Allen, who was imprisoned after wrongly being convicted of the manslaughter of her son.
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How the making of a film highlighted use of tax loopholes
Denis Healey once said that the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the width of a prison cell. The case of R v Richard Driscoll and Others pushed the boundaries of tax avoidance to breaking point.
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