Last 3 months headlines – Page 492
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Tories to promise human rights reform to protect ex-soldiers
Amendment to 1998 act to create a presumption against prosecution for historical offences.
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News focus: Crumbling courts - the malady lingers on
HMCTS is spending heavily to promote its £1bn courts modernisation programme but two parliamentary committees remain distinctly unimpressed by progress to date.
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Hide and seek for digital badge
Finding the SRA badge on magic circle firms’ websites involves a certain amount of clicking and scrolling.
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Words paper over the cracks
Beautifully drafted press releases are of limited use to lawyers who have to dodge falling plasterboard in court.
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Public: ‘justice is open enough’
Whitehall focus groups suggest barriers to the justice system are ‘often not thought to be a bad thing’.
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Most money laundering SARs not referred to police
Businesses submitted a record number of suspicious activity reports this year, with the number of money laundering reports growing by over 50%.
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Flight delay solicitors sold ATE insurance through broker they owned
Tribunal fines directors of FairPlane a total of £55,000 after finding they allowed a conflict of interest.
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Court proceedings still too expensive, says Lord Woolf
Former lord chief justice says costs are still not controlled to the extent he would like.
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You do not make the law, High Court judge tells LAA
Mr Justice Chamberlain seeks to clear up legal aid confusion in Wimbledon tickets case.
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Aviva demands PI solicitors be forced to disclose claim source
Insurer says too many solicitors are getting round the referral fee ban due in part to a lack of transparency.
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DWF acquires BT's legal ABS as relationship grows
Firm says the acquisition is a natural step after it became a strategic legal partner in the summer.
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Fresh doubt about April 2020 PI reforms as rule changes left unresolved
Civil Procedure Rule Committee yet to see proposals for new protocol, let alone agree to them.
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Morrisons will face 'big number' over data breach
More than 9,000 claimants are seeking damages from the supermarket after their personal details were leaked online.
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Khashoggi barrister among bar pro bono award winners
Migration was a dominant theme of this year’s awards, presented at a ceremony in London last night.
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Creditors claim £7.5m from collapsed firm - but stand to recover a fraction
Details revealed about dividends expected from fallout of Roberts Jackson.
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Lump sum damages approved after judge finds lack of earnings evidence
Court of Appeal rejects claimant's appeal to secure an extra £800,000 for loss of future earnings.