Last 3 months headlines – Page 496
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NewsNews focus: 21 things for solicitors to look out for in 2021
What lawyers need to look out for over the next 12 months.
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NewsHome Office under pressure to reveal JR response
Department rejected FoI requests by the Gazette and solicitor Tobias Haynes.
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News‘Widen Domestic Abuse Bill powers’ says Law Society
Society president David Greene calls for bill to go further in its protections as proposed legislation makes it way through parliament.
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NewsPanasonic backs startup’s early warning dispute tech
Electronics giant teams up with British lawtech startup developing artificial intelligence tool.
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NewsCity elite slash office space
Lawyers predict working from home will become mainstream despite prospect of Covid-19 being brought under control.
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NewsFirm abandons traditional home for ‘agile’ alliance
Hine Legal is vacating its office accommodation to merge with 'agile' practice Constantine Law.
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NewsWindrush review: public service honour for author
Wendy Williams, admitted in 1991, receives CBE in 2021 New Year Honours.
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NewsCJC recommends ‘modest’ Guideline Hourly Rate rises
Law Society says review is ‘long overdue’, but warns recommendations must be considered in context of other civil justice reforms.
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NewsMcFarlane alarmed by 8am and 4.30pm starts for family hearings
Widespread reports of additional hearings compel family division president to clarify normal sitting hours.
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NewsAssessing complaints about the ombudsman? Yours for £20k
Office for Legal Complaints is hiring a new adjudicator.
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NewsLockdown 3: Government extends evictions ban again
Extra Covid protections also include mediation pilot as part of housing possession process.
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NewsLawyers to retain European professional voice
Bar association creates new form of 'affiliate' membership for UK professional bodies.
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NewsLeasehold reforms 'raise more questions than they answer'
Property solicitor says reforms announcement sounds great to the public but contains little information.
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NewsUS firm calls for Trump’s removal from office
Crowell & Moring urged all law firm leaders to 'stand up for democratic institutions and traditions'.
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NewsDirectors to pay £45k for providing unqualified immigration advice
Judge says victims suffered far-reaching and devastating consequences.
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NewsInvestigation starts into barrister who broke SC ruling embargo
Tim Crosland has seven days to provide representations to the attorney general.
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NewsGovernment sets up council to 'reinvigorate' commonhold
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick unveils measures billed as 'biggest reforms to English property law for 40 years'.
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NewsLaw Society: Include emails and photos in your will
Overwhelming majority of people do not account for digital assets in their wills, research finds.
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NewsCourt rejects as ‘not credible’ solicitor's account of handing documents to SRA
High-profile solicitor said she hand-delivered requested documents to the SRA’s headquarters in Birmingham.
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NewsMajor inquest delayed over concerns about safety of travelling
Coroner says building is safe but it cannot be wise to ask people to come into court.