Last 3 months headlines – Page 383
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Acland-Hood leaves courts & tribunals service for good
Former chief executive of HMCTS accepts role as permanent secretary at Department for Education.
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Lawyers not impressed with dreaded marketing strategy
'What would you like people to have in mind when they face you in litigation?' City firm asks.
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Society ex-president to sit on HRA review
Simon Davis, immediate past president of the Law Society, among two solicitors named today.
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Small claims taking almost a year to come to trial
Trials in the county court down across the board from July to September this year.
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Buckland unveils Human Rights Act review
Government does not have any preconceived ideas, lord chancellor insists.
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News focus: Post-Beckwith, SRA must focus on 'what matters to clients’
Will the SRA stop insisting 'solicitors are paragons of virtue' in their private lives?
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Risqué business taints law officers
It is sobering to look back at history to see how some of the ‘great and good’ behaved.
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Flowers and friars
20 White Friars is definitely a contender for our most aesthetically pleasing law firm premises.
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Hundreds of back-office staff face axe at Covid-hit firms
City firms review need for secretaries and business support staff amid the pandemic.
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Report hails lawtech boom
Law Society president David Greene says the sector is ‘strong and growing exponentially’.
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Cash for courts upgrade in doubt
Lord Burnett confirms business case for securing funds to finish modernisation programme by 2023 was presented to Treasury in October.
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Virtual Lawyer seeks AI partners
Developers of online letter generator want to build a 'real-life community of lawyers to take more of a collaborative approach'.
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Buckland and Patel work to resolve virtual remand hearings crisis
Officials have carried out 'intensive work' to identify practical solutions after police withdrew support.
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Law centres appeal for £250,000 to fund crisis navigators
City firm has already pledged support and says profession has a duty to ensure equality before the law.
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Commission proposes block on 'vexatious' misconduct prosecutions
Eight-year Law Commission study concludes that two new offences should replace the ancient common law offence.
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Video wills expose lawyers to ‘too many risks’, says solicitor MP
Solicitors predict rise in virtually-witnessed wills as a result of winter tier restrictions.
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Former Hodge Jones & Allen chief becomes consultancy boss
Vidisha Joshi says she wants to take the pressure off law firms and help them grow their business.
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Mastercard judgment delayed after death of Lord Kerr
Former Supreme Court justice heard the case in May 2020 along with four other judges.
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Latest Wales travel restrictions fuel enforcement concerns
Law Society in Wales says measures to curb Covid must be reasonable and practically enforceable.
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Judiciary has not lost sight of its proper role, insists former SC justice
Lord Carnwath says there is no need for legislative intervention on judicial review and ‘still less for codification’.