Last 3 months headlines – Page 318
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Appeal court upholds fraud conviction over medical agency
Former marketing head at legal expenses insurer was convicted of conspiracy to defraud.
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City firms flash green credentials
Solicitors are increasingly being asked to advise on ESG issues, according to Fieldfisher’s managing partner.
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Covid ping causes collapse of murder trial
Jury at Croydon Crown Court discharged four days into a three-week trial.
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Clarity for Crown court over trade mark offences
New sentencing guidelines could result in longer jail sentences for the most serious counterfeit cases.
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Dependency victory for relatives of deceased businessman
Dispute over compensation for family who inherited successful company following mesothelioma death.
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Lawyers pledge to boycott extended court hours
Almost 400 solicitors and barristers will not attend ‘a single court listing’ outside of regular hours.
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‘Protecting our people’: US firms insist on staff vaccination
Reed Smith among those declaring that unvaccinated staff in the US will have to work from home.
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‘Pingdemic’: Criminal bar calls for self-isolation exemption
Crown court trials are being seriously disrupted by lawyers forced to isolate, says Criminal Bar Association.
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Equity investor begins legal assault with first acquisition
Blixt Group says it wants to build a national firm with more deals in the next four years.
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Academics call for probe into Post Office lawyers
Conduct of litigation was a 'scandal within a scandal', research team alleges.
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The perils of unmuting during a video hearing
Highly unprofessional language halts proceedings at the Supreme Court of Victoria.
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Bar refuses to back down on sexual misconduct sanctions
Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn said the proposed penalties were 'disproportionate' for some types of behaviour.
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Crown court clogged by low value fraud cases
Total value of alleged fraud reaching UK courts fell by 70% year-on-year, despite rise in the volume of cases.
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MoJ seeks views on expanding mediation
Responses to eight-week consultation are expected to shape future reforms to civil, family and administrative justice.
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Paradise Birmingham: DLA Piper office goes fully flexible
Pandemic 'challenged our assumptions' about what staff and clients will need from an office.
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Judge warns of 'hypersensitivity' in lawyer's harassment claim
Courts should not ‘impose legal liability to every unfortunate phrase’, rules employment tribunal.
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Rock and roll (the classical way)
Mr Justice Stewart’s working group on hourly rates gets in an early boost for Roman and Greek mythology.
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Tetraplegic pupil was no publicity stunt, tribunal rules
Hilary Meredith Solicitors faced accusations of harassment related to disability following pupillage row.
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Work where you want, Womble Bond Dickinson tells staff
Transatlantic firm says working from home has not affected productivity or client service.
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Hourly rates rebuff for non-London commercial firms
Master of rolls to consider proposed rises in guideline rates frozen since 2010.