Last 3 months headlines – Page 655
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Government proposes single court order to fight domestic abuse
Home Office and Ministry of Justice also call for new statutory definition for abuse.
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Women's Day: Only 16% see visible steps towards closing gender pay gap
Unconscious bias most commonly perceived barrier to career progression, Law Society survey suggests.
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Mum's the word for lord chancellor's place on the ladder
David Gauke tells MPs that he has lasted seven weeks so must be doing something right.
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LASPO review: government to revisit 'ambitious' summer deadline
Justice secretary David Gauke insists he does not want the review to slip into 2019.
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Rosenblatt gives nothing away on stock market plans
City of London practice would become fourth firm to float in its own right on London Stock Exchange.
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Norton Rose and Herbert Smith add to strong retention round
City firms both take on more than 80% of spring cohort of trainees.
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Fluctuating hate crime figures prompt CPS and police to reexamine cases
Director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders tells MPs that prosecution and conviction figures appear to be too low.
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Hale says test of dishonesty may be question for parliament
Supreme Court president was speaking about the ruling in Ivey v Genting Casinos Ltd t/a Crockfords - the ’edge sorting’ case.
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MPs lament 'chaotic' aftermath of court closures
Lord chancellor insists court buildings that are not always used must be considered for closure.
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Firm in trade mark row with embattled football club
Football club posts photograph of letter announcing registration of its name.
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Jackson reveals his one regret on eve of retirement
Departing judge says his warnings about legal aid provision were not heeded.
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Accountants fight MoJ curb on legal work
Dispute over scope of ICAEW’s regulation of reserved legal services set for High Court.
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Government defends immigration exemption to data law
Second reading of Data Protection Bill dominated by debate over press freedom.
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Society urges caution on disclosure reform
Working group’s proposals for reforming pre-trial disclosure due to be approved in coming weeks.
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'From the conventional to the cunning': Gauke takes on criminal gangs in prisons
Justice secretary says pages of letters purporting to be from solicitors are soaked in drugs.
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Simpson Millar fined for part in £4.5m stamp duty avoidance
Firm collected around £350,000 from promoters pushing the scheme and clients benefitting from it.
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Judge concerned at witness statement overload in Slater and Gordon case
Application hearing today in claim over £637m acquisition.
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Criminal barristers regularly forgoing lunch to prop up crumbling system
CBA chair says profession is losing ‘talented members’ who cannot cope with attrition of endless hours and little pay.
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MoJ asked to explain three-hour, 22-minute estimate for court trip
Commons justice select committee questions assumptions in letter to justice minister Lucy Frazer.