Last 3 months headlines – Page 753
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£2 damages winner faces costs bill for nine-day hearing
Mr Justice Leggatt says offer to settle was a ‘game changer’ which cast subsequent pursuit of the claim in a different light.
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Supreme Court to rule on animal charity will row
Court of Appeal ruling said Heather Ilott’s mother did not make reasonable provision in her will.
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Claims handler plans ABS with firms to survive PI reforms
NAHL confirms it will play a more ‘proactive role’ in the entire conduct and financing of a case.
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Barclays among creditors owed £33.5m after KWM collapse
Administrators recover £6.7m from sales of parts of the former business.
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‘Big four’ firm debuts on £400m government panel
Accountancy giant joins forces with three law firms to provide general legal advice services.
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CJEU will be kept out of new patent regime, legal academics say
EU top court will step in only ‘where matter of EU law’ at issue.
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Litigation funder reports bumper 2016 as market continues to grow
Burford Capital reports operating profits up 61% to £102m.
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Direct Line puts 30 claims handler jobs at risk
Motor insurer responding to rapidly changing small claims environment.
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DLA Piper profits bounce back on slipping revenue
International firm kicks off results season by posting 6% rise in net profits.
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SRA denies abuse of process to discipline fraud victim
Regulator proceeds with two allegations against solicitor who has already been pursued in High Court.
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Business courts reorganised in face of international competition
Specialist civil courts to be known as the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales.
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Fee cuts ‘will stop junior lawyers earning a living’
MoJ’s proposals will hit people from disadvantaged backgrounds and drive lawyers away from criminal advocacy, JLD says.
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Law Commission seeks to overhaul deprivation of liberty safeguards
Government told current mental capacity legislation leads to detention without checks.
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Back up your online boasts, barristers told
Guidance from Bar Council says barristers should ensure they back up quotes and testimonies.
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Jobs threatened as Minster Law closes home base
Redundancies likely as Yorkshire operation centralises to cut overheads.
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Solicitors feel the pinch in spring budget
Meanwhile, chancellor Philip Hammond announced that he is pressing ahead with penalties for lawyers and accountants who advise on tax avoidance schemes subsequently disallowed by HM Revenue & Customs.
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Women own more than a third of law firms
Figure well ahead of the 21% average for female ownership across small businesses as a whole.
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Thailand corruption probe: SFO keeps its own counsel
Authorities in Thailand opened an investigation into engineering giant Rolls-Royce after the company’s £671m deferred prosecution agreement with the SFO.
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Speaker loses patience with long-winded lawyers
‘Mr Squeaker’ appears to have another target in his sights: lawyers.