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NewsSociety names interim chief executive
Gerry Walsh, former head of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, takes the helm this week.
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NewsSuper-regulator acknowledges that PII costs are driving firms under
Legal Services Board pledges to find ‘possible solutions’ to the hardening professional indemnity insurance market, after the SRA declines to intervene.
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NewsTate viewing platform nuisance case reaches Supreme Court
The art gallery say the appellants are trying to ‘exploit the law of nuisance to let in by the back door a claim that does not belong to the tort’.
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NewsFamily WhatsApp conversation protected under proposed hate crime reforms
Law Commission says 'private conversations' should be excluded from 'stirring up hatred' offences.
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NewsOnline litigant penalised for abuse of process
Defendant counterclaimed for £42,000 after judgment based on intentionally wrong admission.
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NewsCleared lawyer must pay £534,000 defence costs, SDT rules
Tribunal in Liz Ellen case says there is no good reason to deviate from default position of a no costs order.
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NewsBah, humbug at the Ministry of Justice
No party, but 'appropriate drinks' will be on offer - along with a tree.
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NewsSociety welcomes first global services agreement in 24 years
WTO’s Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation commits parties to common standards on information about regulations.
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NewsMinisterial code can be justiciable, High Court rules
A judicial review claim that Boris Johnson misinterpreted the meaning of the word ‘bullying’ is rejected.
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NewsTwo clients sentenced to prison over fees contempt
Omani respondents failed to attend London hearing either in person or by representation.
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NewsCleared lawyer asks for SRA to cover her £534,000 defence costs
Tribunal told that SRA’s prosecution of Liz Ellen was ‘legally and factually flawed’.
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NewsCity watchdog appoints new general counsel
Stephen Braviner Roman, who was a key adviser to the government on Brexit, will join the Financial Conduct Authority in February.
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NewsGovernment primed for new assault on judges - report
Downing Street floats idea of annual 'interpretation bill' to strike out judicial reviews.
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NewsNegligence claim against tax silk ‘classic piece of reverse engineering’
Andrew Thornhill QC is accused of giving negligent advice about film financing schemes in the early 2000s.
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NewsFee concerns over remodelled emergency housing scheme
Law centre solicitor says proposed remuneration does not reflect the actual work that is done.
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NewsNews focus: Pre-charge anonymity - a presumption of privacy
Sir Cliff Richard’s legal battle with the BBC fuelled debate about pre-charge anonymity. Now high-profile cases ZXC and Sicri have highlighted that courts will no longer tolerate invasions of privacy.
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NewsCity firms to fund social welfare lawyers
Elite law firms respond to legal advice crisis with £10,000 contributions to new training scheme.
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NewsTribunal slashes costs awards to SRA
SDT granted regulator £3.9m in costs following prosecution in past two years, compared with £6m costs awarded in previous two years.
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NewsNo, really, delighted to be here
Given how much he had reportedly resisted a move from the Foreign Office to the Ministry of Justice, lord chancellor Dominic Raab probably hoped that his appearance before the justice committee might suffer the sort of delays he has inherited in the court system.