Last 3 months headlines – Page 602
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Supreme Court refuses appeal bid from firm denied PI costs
Case could see more defendants challenge costs claims they suspect to be based on misleading information.
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Oligarch loses bid to keep freezing order secret
High Court ruling is latest development in dispute over Russian fishing company being heard in London.
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Ireland told to stop blocking extraditions to UK
Mere notification of intention to withdraw from the EU not an ‘exeptional circumstance’, Court of Justice rules.
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Appeal court gives Playboy club second chance in negligence claim
Judge rejects argument it would be abuse of process to allow second claim to continue.
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'Don't swell the ranks with solicitors' - bar fights training reforms
Future Bar Training proposals would 'unacceptably dilute the high standards rightly required of practising barristers', Bar Council warns.
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Open court statement may not be anonymous - Warby
High Court rules against claimant who successfully sued DWP over data breach.
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Solicitors still in the dark over waivers granted to rival businesses
SRA pledged in June to publish details of rules waivers, but nothing has yet materialised.
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A third of solicitors are victims of violence or threats
Law Society of Scotland survey paints similar picture to the one that has emerged south of the border.
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Profits slide at claims giant - but whiplash reforms an 'opportunity'
National Accident Helpline admits talks ongoing with big PI firm about leaving its panel.
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Rosenblatt sets up litigation funder as it posts first profits as plc
Listed City law firm annnounces maiden interim results following float in May.
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Mystery shoppers find solicitors ignoring potential clients for days
Many potential clients left waiting for firms to call them back.
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Poland suspended from judicial council
'Very sad day' as European body rules institutions no longer meet requirement to be independent.
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Anti-terrorism bill 'undermines access to legal advice'
Law Society says proposed legislation as currently drafted hinders legal professional privilege.
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Firm hire: Darrell joins Stowe Family Law
Solicitor Rachel Darrell has joined the central Manchester office of Stowe Family Law, the UK’s largest specialist family law firm. Darrell advises on all aspects of family law including divorce, matrimonial finances and cohabitation disputes as well as having experience in private children law. Rachel Darrell and Gareth ...
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No place for court-like cross examination in public inquiries, Grenfell team says
Bereaved families, survivors and residents were concerned that their lawyers have been unable to ask questions in person.
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Soap dispenses ethical dilemma
The behaviour of Coronation Street’s new solicitor character raises interesting ethical questions.
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The rise of Rose
BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives last week featured England’s first female judge, Dame Rose Heilbron.
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Algorithm method
Obiter has just learned an intriguing fact about those irritating ‘I am not a robot’ puzzles on the sign-up pages for online services.
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Early pre-nup in Blitz and pieces
Prior to her marriage in 1934 to Mohamed Hussein,18-year-old Estella Blitz signed a very curious document.
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News focus: three-tier profession fear as trainee pay gulf gapes
As US firms awash with cash ratchet up junior lawyer pay in the City, the profession’s most lavishly remunerated trainees can earn five times more than those who choose publicly funded work.