Last 3 months headlines – Page 760
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Supreme Court backs immigration income threshold
Justices say minimum income requirement will cause hardship for couples but is not unlawful.
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Bolton Council leader to be pressed again on Asons grant
Cllr Cliff Morris will be pressed over personal injury firm’s recent payment to AXA.
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Tributes paid to ‘innovative’ local government lawyer
Local government solicitors have paid tribute to a ‘formidable’ property and planning specialist who helped to establish a Norfolk-based shared legal service eight years ago. Chris Skinner, practice director at nplaw, died on his 59th birthday last Tuesday at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Skinner, who had Guillain-Barré syndrome, had been ...
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£72,000 bill for £3,000 claim ‘disproportionate’, costs judge insists
Court finds Thompsons Solicitors had not planned ahead for the amount of work clinical negligence claim would require.
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Analysts warn consumers will suffer as insurers hit by discount change
Government has pledged to make crucial announcement before the end of this month.
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DAC Beachcroft set to complete second raid on a rival firm
Complex injury teams to join from Clyde & Co.
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Top firms back legal innovation centre at university
Ulster centre 'will be at the forefront of advancing the use of technology-driven innovation in legal services'.
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Mental health issues rife in the law but support not there, research shows
YouGov survey reveals 40% of decision-makers in legal services are aware that employees have mental health issues.
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Founding pro bono charter signatories revealed
Law Society president Robert Bourns praises solicitors’ 'unsung’ work
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Civil partnership couple seek Supreme Court hearing
Court of Appeal dismisses challenge brought by Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan.
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‘Adaptable’ PI sector will survive our reforms, says MoJ
Decision on whiplash reforms expected in the coming weeks.
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Bar Council: shared leave plan will help women reach top
Barristers’ body says proposals will promote ‘full equality’ between men and women.
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Appeal court rules firm wrong to refuse disclosure of privileged information
Court of Appeal judge overturns decision involving legal privilege exemptions from the Data Protection Act.
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Failure to switch off from work ‘killing’ professionals, research shows
Neuroscientists find link between ‘work-related rumination’ and heart problems.
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Shortage of judges hits immigration tribunals
Justice minister says MoJ doing everything it can ‘to avoid unnecessary delay’.
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E-conveyancing at last?
Land Registry has opened a consultation on amending rules to allow documents to be signed online.
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New protests over legal aid cuts
Meetings have been organised in Hull, Cheshire, Merseyside and London this month.
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Solicitors speak out over plight of jailed 71-year-old
‘No one seemed to consider what Mrs Kirk’s brother wanted.’
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News focus: E-conveyancing: 15 years on
Digital optimists have welcomed a long overdue development that could make paperless conveyancing a reality after many false starts. But there are reasons to be sceptical.