Last 3 months headlines – Page 675
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PI clampdown continues as police target cold-call offices
Claims management regulator involved in raids on properties in the Nottingham area.
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Heavy jail terms for Turkey's arrested lawyers
Concern at convictions for downloading communications encryption app.
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Ombudsman sounds warning over freelance solicitor plan
SRA warned by complaint handler that consumers may be less protected after plans are introduced.
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Conveyancers call for digital efforts to improve home buying process
Government urged to set up website helping public to understand what to look for in a conveyancing fim.
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Five solicitors granted silk as names start to emerge
QC list for 2018 includes fives solicitors, Gazette understands.
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City firm publishes hourly rates in 'transparency' drive
Humphries Kerstetter says decision to be open on fees stemmed from competition authority recommendations.
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Barrister suspended for giving client money 'for food'
Roy Headlam failed to maintain independence, tribunal rules.
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Government clarifies legal aid safety net record
Cases eligible for exceptional funding would not be ineligible under the regular scheme.
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Brexit: UK legal services could be left ‘high and dry’, Society warns
Chancery Lane sounds alarm over Canada-style free trade pact - which could require British lawyers wanting to practise in EU countries to live there and seek admission to local bars.
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Law students take aim at miscarriages of justice
Manchester’s Miscarriages of Justice Review Centre links students with lawyers to try and appeal sentences.
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It's official: Employment claims soar in wake of fee decision
Figures still lag pre-2013 levels, but lawyers warn employers to put their house in order.
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Personal injury firms warned over claims farmer links
Warning notice to the personal injury sector is a second public caution in two years.
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Law Commission to explore leasehold and chancel repair liability
Consultation on 13th programme of law reform attracted record 1,300 responses.
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Court finds detained Iraqis unlawfully held by British forces
Success in High Court for Leigh Day as firm hails the ‘rule of law in action’.
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SRA sleeper comes in from the cold
Obiter can reveal that cracks may be showing in the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s board over its policy of excluding journalists from regular meetings.
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Legal aid safety net applications soar to record level
Government statistics highlight decline in overall work and expenditure across the sector.
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Business deals by top 50 law firms decline in first half
City Legal Index shows ‘more erratic activity’ following Brexit referendum, Law Society says.
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Supreme Court aims for more diversity as it advertises for justices
Call for applicants for posts including deputy president as three justices set to retire.
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SRA ponders penalties for failure to publish complaints data
Research claims that vast majority of consumers want more transparency from law firms.
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SFO director insists independence will remain
David Green tells MPs that new arrangement will not result in changes as advertisement for new director is posted.