Last 3 months headlines – Page 754
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Memory lane
As in 1918 and 1919, when the police actually went on strike, so now also, when they are demanding the legal right to strike, discontent over their pay is the occasion, as much as the cause, of their threatened rebellion.
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Bolton law firm hit by wasted costs orders
Asons Solicitors has been embroiled in controversy since it emerged that it had received a £300,000 grant from Bolton Council.
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Solicitor escapes jail after headbutting LiP inside Rolls Building
Philip Saunders was caught on CCTV causing actual bodily harm to Mohammad Reza Ghadami.
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£24,000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test
Media list judge rules that tweets by ‘rent-a-gob’ columnist Katie Hopkins ‘had tendency to cause harm’ to food writer Jack Monroe.
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Legal ‘Siri’ gives insurance customers instant access to support
‘Grace’ is described as a ‘learning-driven’ app designed for business customers and powered by IBM Watson technology.
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Munby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’
Family Division president defends importance of an independent judiciary.
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Freshfields denies rowing back on Vancouver office
Magic circle firm says it is 'continuing to investigate’ a number of options.
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Legal services market shrinks for the first time since financial crisis – report
Turnover declined by 5.2% in 2016, with the bar the hardest hit, according to research by consultancy IRN.
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Claims farmer fined £270k for making 22m unwanted calls
Consent was treated as 'an administrative box-ticking exercise', information watchdog rules.
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Solicitors stressed by recorder competition glitches
Judicial Appointments Commission says some candidates had concerns about second stage of recorder competition.
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Judge calls for feedback on adoption orders
Lord Justice McFarlane highlights lack of system for keeping judges informed of the outcome of their decisions.
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Fee cut proposals ‘based on contentious claim’
Latest government statistics on expenditure due to be published six days after LGFS consultation closes.
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Litigation funder offers lending package for court fees
Two-year-old firm says it can reduce firms’ dependence on overdraft borrowing.
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Women’s Day: Truss attacks ‘presenteeism’
Gender equality in the legal profession will not be achieved without a fundamental change in the way law firms work, justice secretary Liz Truss told a women lawyers’ network.
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Best places to study law revealed
Oxford and Cambridge top the pile in the UK, while London also scores highly.
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Government’s probate plans under fire from Tory backbench
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP says government should not introduce ‘stealth taxes’.
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Lawyers deny PI discount rate ‘conspiracy’ to hike fees
APIL backs Truss decision on compensation as chancellor Philip Hammond warns of potential costs to the NHS.
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Official secrets reform gets more time
Law Commission extends secrets law consultation after press furore.
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Mills & Reeve snaps up Maxwell Winward to create £93m firm
Combined practice will have headcount of nearly 1,000, including more than 100 partners.