Last 3 months headlines – Page 165
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Leading PI firm pays tribute to 'wonderfully kind' solicitor
Jonathan Bamforth was respected throughout personal injury sector for serious injury work.
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Owners of 53,000 properties still unknown
Analysis of new Register of Overseas Entities shows almost half the companies required to declare failed to do so.
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Solicitor fined for allowing elderly woman in care to sell home
Essex lawyer also missed ‘obvious’ warning signs on a potentially fraudulent transaction.
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Focus on real-life not high concepts, consumer watchdog tells regulator
Panel says LSB devotes disproportionate time and resources to issues such as rule of law and professional ethics.
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Royal family way
Members of the royal family used in hypothetical scenario to explain how schedule 1 to the Children Act works in practice.
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Global bar aims to 'change profession's mindset'
International Bar Association announces creation of permanent Professional Wellbeing Commission.
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Solicitor dishonest over his income loses strike-off appeal
Northwest London practitioner misled Legal Aid Agency when he asked to pay debt in instalments.
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'Stop short-changing solicitors': HM Treasury gives prosecutors extra cash
Settlement restores parity of funding between prosecution and defence barristers - but solicitors still 'short-changed'.
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£2bn bitcoin fiduciary duty case to go to trial
Court of Appeal overturns ruling in proceedings brought by computer scientist who claims to be bitcoin's inventor.
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Regulation expert to take helm of regulators' regulator
Alan Kershaw to replace Helen Philips, who is stepping down as LSB chair after five years.
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Solicitor impersonated friend to secure NHS prescriptions
South Wales practitioner struck off after conviction leading to 12-month community order.
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Fixed recoverable costs for housing kicked into long grass
Ministry of Justice announces two-year delay, taking implementation beyond next general election.
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News focus: SRA gets tough on competence
The SRA is taking a more proactive approach to the assessment of continuing competence. Firms can expect a more onerous and intrusive process, and a knock at the door should they fall short.
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News focus: Solicitors ramp up campaign for cohabitation law reform
Despite a succession of governments being reluctant to act, family lawyers are resetting their campaign to secure reform of the rights of cohabitants when relationships break down.
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Here be dragons
Court hears complaint by children’s author over 2019 John Lewis/Waitrose Christmas TV advertisement and spin-off book.
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Competition court judges criticise parties in Merricks v Mastercard
Intensive case management 'cannot be done if a party does not elucidate for the tribunal what position it adopts'.
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Costs shock as CPR changes reverse claimant protection
Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules enacted yesterday are set to come into force from April.
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Trade deal ‘could liberalise Korea legal market’
Law Society responds to consultation on enhanced UK-Republic of Korea trade agreement.
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SRA continues fight for documents from former solicitor
Regulator accused of ‘punitive’ pursuit of contempt action against Soophia Khan.