Last 3 months headlines – Page 206
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News‘Warm banks’? Go and watch a trial
Still at the Crown court, Obiter was struck by the amount of spare seating available – especially at what, in days gone by, would have been the press benches.
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NewsFirm offers a week’s pay to all as cost-of-living help
Express Solicitors says all 430 staff will receive sum equivalent to one week’s basic salary.
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NewsCourt of Appeal reopens claims on child abuse duty of care
Judges order that negligence claims against local authorities must be heard at trial
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NewsAxiom financial adviser faces March 2024 retrial
David Kennedy, 69, denies one count of fraudulent trading in relation to the Axiom Legal Financing Fund.
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NewsFlirting, banter and plying with drink: SRA sets out detailed sexual misconduct guidance
Regulator dealing with more than 100 ongoing investigations reiterates that it will reach into a solicitor’s private life.
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NewsPaperless conveyancing 'the norm' by 2025, Land Registry suggests
Vision appears in 'Enabling a world leading property market' strategy and business plan.
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NewsGerrard and Dechert face another High Court action
Georgian politician and businessman filed claim in England and Wales against 14 defendants last week.
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News‘Consumers have right to know about solicitors’ shortcomings’ - panel chair
Legal watchdog calls for regulator to make disciplinary decisions accessible to comparison sites.
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NewsSociety ‘in principle’ backs SRA-run SIF replacement
Chancery Lane and sole practitioners respond to SRA discussion paper on post six-year run-off cover.
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NewsFormer Capsticks boss admits unwanted sexual advances
Solicitor admitted in 1991 agrees to leave roll after sending inappropriate messages and touching junior colleague.
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NewsMotor fraud declining - but cost of living crisis stokes concerns
Fraud falls in the year that the new RTA portal for whiplash claims is introduced.
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NewsKennedys boosts NQ pay by 60%
International firm raises newly-qualified pay in London to £80,000 a year.
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NewsCourt rejects firms' claims for cracked trial fees
Costs judge says fees are payable only when prosecution has to start again.
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NewsICO takes 17 months to reach Whitehall JR decision
Data regulator says disclosure of Home Office evidence could undermine 'safe space' needed to formulate government policy.
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NewsGarage data probe raises spectre of solicitor misconduct
Criminal prosecutions into individuals alleged to have unlawfully accessed drivers’ details to generate leads.
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NewsParalegals and postponements: Crown courts muddle through
As the criminal bar’s full-blown strike gets under way, the Gazette reports from the front line at Wood Green and Southwark.
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News'A force of nature': Tributes flood in for 'superb' Kennedys partner who has died at 41
Firm describes Katherine Proctor, who has died aged 41, as ‘fun, fearless and a proud Geordie’.
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NewsVeteran solicitor who neglected probate files was incompetent, SDT rules
Tribunal rejects allegation of a lack of integrity and reduces SRA costs by almost £20,000.
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NewsTravers Smith’s PEP falls 10% as income rises
City firm sees profit per full equity partner fall to £1.1m, though revenue up by 5% to £195m.
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NewsSettlement close? Criminal bar chief delivers farewell message
Jo Sidhu QC hails 'turning point' as continuous strike over legal aid funding effectively begins today.