Last 3 months headlines – Page 491
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NewsAn anxious profession: charity reports soaring number of calls
Women and junior lawyers made up the majority of those seeking help, according to LawCare.
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NewsRosenblatt shareholders in line for dividend after ‘resilient’ performance
Listed group claims best ever financial performance for law firm and is upbeat about 2021 prospects.
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NewsPress privacy case heads for Supreme Court
News service appeals ruling that person under investigation but not charged has a 'reasonable expectation of privacy'.
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NewsGovernment defends rent arrears change to evictions ban
Justice minister Alex Chalk says landlords must be able to access justice.
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NewsULaw owner seeks funding injection by selling stake
Global University Systems, which has 25 subsidiaries and affiliated universities, is looking to expand.
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NewsRemote hearings must be public Queen’s Bench guide stresses
High Court’s largest division 'working under conditions that would have been unimaginable a year ago'.
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NewsSentencing guidelines to highlight disparity between BAME and white offenders
Sentencing Council research shows black and Asian people receiving tougher sentences for certain drug offences.
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NewsCool response to Labour's seven-juror scheme
Shadow justice secretary proposes wartime-style juries to clear the Crown court backlog.
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News'Exempt from disclosure': MoD refuses to reveal public law review submission
Whitehall department follows in Home Office's footsteps by rejecting the Gazette's FOI request.
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NewsMagistrates' courts to be sprayed with ‘antiviral mist’
Government also hires marshals to ensure court users are following safety rules.
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NewsDepartment store law? Firms given chance to host litigation concessions
Legal businesses say firms should capitalise on demand for litigation following pandemic.
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NewsRetention rates high at magic circle firms
Linklaters breaks down trainee retention figures by ethnicity for the first time.
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NewsCoA reserves judgment in groundbreaking domestic abuse case
Family division president hears from interveners on final day of hearing.
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NewsCity firms publish toolkit on tackling racism
Guidance advises firms about how to start conversations about race in the workplace.
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NewsChambers condemns barrister's 'stroppy teenager of colour' tweet
Cornerstone Barristers says it has begun an 'urgent internal investigation'.
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NewsTribute: Brandusa Tataru-Marinescu, partner at Kingsley Napley
A tribute to the firm’s first ever specialist, non-contentious construction lawyer who passed away on 28 December 2020.
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NewsNews focus: Are we putting court users in harm’s way?
As HMCTS came under fire last week for insisting that it’s ‘business as usual’ in Covid-hit courts, practitioner groups and trade unions have called for an urgent review of safety.
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NewsSRA stuck in traffic
Regulator’s number of visits to its website is impressive. Until you dig deeper.
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