Last 3 months headlines – Page 491
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Changes to defence fees are coming, Buckland tells barristers
Proposals on criminal defence fees were meant to be published last month, but have been pushed back to next year, according to the CBA.
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Exclusive: ‘perverse incentive’ contributed to slump in rape charges
Pressure to meet 60% conviction target led to cases being dropped by CPS.
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SC judge calls for ‘expert commission’ on algorithms
New body would enforce the principles of 'equity and mercy' Lord Sales tells lawyers.
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Law students learn the sound of one hand clapping
BPP responds to concerns about well-being with pop-up meditation studios.
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'Bedroom tax' ruling clarifies tribunal powers
Supreme Court says regulations can be disapplied if not doing so breaches human rights legislation.
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Judge’s ‘intemperate’ language gave appearance of bias
Judge had suggested counsel appearing before him was the organ grinder's monkey.
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Barrister jailed for child sex offences is disbarred
Lee Sowden was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at Leicester Crown Court last year.
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SQE still has a long way to go, says Legal Services Board
The LSB will send the SRA a list of key issues that need to be addressed before it makes its second application.
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Foreign Office urged to drop costs ‘threat’ against Harry Dunn family
Family lawyer says Dunn parents are being intimidated to drop claim.
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SRA advocacy proposals ‘add bureaucracy’
Criminal defence practitioners question regulator's involvement.
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DLA Piper partner founds Liverpool start-up
International firm DLA Piper is ‘increasingly subject to conflict issues’, according to Fortuna Law’s founder.
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IBA welcomes Myanmar genocide case
Rohingya action is the first to be brought by a country over issues in another continent that do not directly concern it.
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Crash data middle man ordered to pay insurer £109,000
David Oliver received details that were illegally obtained and sold them on to claims management companies.
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Third of new deputy High Court intake are solicitors
Latest recruits include lawyers from City firm Macfarlanes and DLA Piper.
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Sixth formers compete for legal apprenticeship
A senior partner at Kingsley Napley says diversity is an ‘urgent issue’ for City law firms.
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Fundamental dishonesty found against non-attending claimant
Trial proceeded on issue of dishonesty after application from insurer of supposedly at-fault driver.
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HMCTS listings meeting scuppered - owing to listings clash
Criminal bar chief was supposed to meet chief executive Susan Acland-Hood today.
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Junior lawyers tighten screw on regulator over Welsh language SQE
The Junior Lawyers Division claims access to justice is at risk if the Solicitors Qualifying Exam is not translated into Welsh.
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Charity seeks solicitors' help with undocumented migrants
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants wants to find better ways to help people regularise their status.
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District judge disallows court fee as disbursement
Personal injury firm submitted its business model was not to ask clients to seek fee remission.