Last 3 months headlines – Page 437
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Business as usual for PI claims ‘a fairly distant prospect’
Member organisation pushes virtues of cooperation agreement between claimants and insurers.
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Social distancing causes delays at regional divorce centre
Separating couples face 20-week wait for district judge to consider consent order application.
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Staff compensation claims reach £523k after firm’s closure
Sole director is one of those claiming for lost monies, as he goes on to run unregulated legal business.
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Solicitor fined for high risk property deals
Partner failed to advise clients about 'obvious pitfalls' of off-plan developments.
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Land Registry explores crypto and biometric identity checks
Deputy chief executive says current conveyancing processes 'do not feel very 21st century'.
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Guidance for lawyers to keep unsentenced children out of prison
Penal reform charity says young detainees are spending up to 23 hours in their cells.
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London arbitrators enjoy bumper year
More than 400 cases were referred to the London Court of International Arbitration last year.
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Blonde ambition still burns
Nearly two decades after first wowing audiences with her legal skills, Elle Woods is returning to the big screen (lockdown permitting) in Legally Blonde 3.
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Pharmacist dispenses with legal career (for now)
A trainee solicitor has put her legal career on hold to return to full-time work in the fight against coronavirus. Thorrun Govind was less than a year into her training contract with healthcare firm Hempsons when the pandemic began. Her firm has selflessly allowed her to go back to her ...
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Vexing case of law’s serial suer
While there is doubtless fierce competition for the title of most annoying lawyer, the winner – by a margin – must be one-time Bedford Row solicitor Alexander Chaffers.
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News focus: McMillan Williams - a sign of the times?
Was McMillan Williams the first of many inevitable casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic, or were deeper structural problems to blame for the firm’s administration?
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Litigation funders berate ‘bizarre’ crackdown
Australian government gave funders three months to become licensed by financial regulator.
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Online exams will be discriminatory, bar students allege
Concerns that those with childcare responsibilities, poor internet connections or noisy shared houses will be adversely affected.
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Legal aid firms 'getting desperate' - Law Society
Chancery Lane warns that the sector is at risk of collapse without further government support.
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Socially-distanced jury trial went like clockwork, says chambers
Criminal trials are restarting in court centres across England and Wales under special safety measures.
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Society unveils guidance to reboot housing market
Sector-specific guide sets out how legal aspects of home moving can take place while complying with social distancing.
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Lord chancellor could face JR over immigration fee change
Firm says government failed to make reasonable enquiries on the likely effects of the forthcoming regime.
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Home Office urged not to let Covid-19 affect pre-charge bail reform
Law Society warns of further bottlenecks in the criminal justice system.
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SFO hires officer to boost its value for money
Covid-19 is expected to change the way criminal justice organisations operate.