Last 3 months headlines – Page 619
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Solicitors 'lost clients and suffered unmitigated damage' supporting bar boycott
Criminal Law Solicitors' Association vice-chair says unity over legal aid fee cuts helped to achieve the impossible.
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MoJ confirms whiplash reforms delayed to April 2020
Response to committee report includes update on timetable for the Civil Liability Bill.
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Ban for ‘unauthorised’ public access barrister
Nesa Ostadsaffar was not registered as a public access barrister, tribunal finds.
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SFO arrest warrant as ENRC privilege ruling awaited
Three-day battle over privilege concluded earlier this month.
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Flying visitors
The mildewed window frames of Obiter Towers were set rattling on their hinges last Wednesday as 100 aircraft roared low over legal London.
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Semi detached
Talking of corporate gigs, Obiter’s garland for maladroit scheduling has a new owner.
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Criminal justice under the cosh
I was at a conference held by the University of York on ‘Imagining the Impossible’ recently when someone in the audience asked how long it would be before the criminal justice system broke down.
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'Potentially damaging' skills shortage costing firms extra £230m
Firms urged to embrace apprenticeships after business barometer highlights workforce struggles.
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Attorney general must explain CPS disclosure failings
Shami Chakrabarti says the findings by CPS inspectors 'amounts to a national scandal'.
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Ex-Society president spearheads scheme to provide 'virtual' help to vulnerable
The Jeanie Project is hoping to raise £7,500 to pilot scheme with food banks and community groups.
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Trump visit spurs 'anti-establishment' protest by law firm chief
Solicitor Mary Monson has hired an open-top bus to highlight Britain's diversity and inclusivity.
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Call for 'urgent legal reform' as clin neg damages soar 50%
Clinical negligence litigation has fallen to its lowest level ever - but damages payments rocketed by £549m last year.
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Linklaters' flat PEP lags magic circle peers
Firms profit grew marginally amid soaring profits across the City.
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Open justice under threat for economic crime, warns damning report
Open justice is under threat in economic crime due to the way court lists operate, the difficulty of obtaining court documents and the number of hearings now being conducted in private, an anti-corruption non-government organisation (NGO) warns today. A report by Corruption Watch says the lack of transparency in the ...
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City reacts with frustration to Brexit white paper
Ditching mutual recognition ‘regrettable’, declares lobby group TheCityUK, as the Law Society forecasts a period of ‘tough negotiation’.
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Children's charity welcomes immigration legal aid 'U-turn'
Justice minister Lucy Frazer QC MP says LASPO will cover unaccompanied and separated children.
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Law firm experience boosts in-house pay - report
Association of Corporate Counsel also finds a shrinking gender pay gap among newer lawyers.
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Progress stalls on solicitor judges, latest diversity stats show
Judicial diversity figures released today show a fall in the number of court judges with a solicitor background.
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PEP climbs 24% at Travers Smith
‘Silver circle’ firm continues trend of reporting increased profits.