Last 3 months headlines – Page 763
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Dechert’s £16m bill in fraud office case ‘unrealistic’ – judge
Costs assessment of work over probe into mining deals will now move to High Court.
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Truss willing to drop legal aid fee cut – with strings
Law Society sceptical as MoJ announces potential concession on graduated fee schemes.
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Tardy doctors warned about MedCo uploading guidelines
Reminder comes as leading insurance figure suggests more can be done to regulate medico-legal sector.
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Registry announces new steps to digital conveyancing
Electronic signatures and paperless mortgages to be enabled through amendments to Land Registration Rules.
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KWM: administrator’s report lays bare full story of collapse
SJ Berwin successor firm went down owning few assets other than work in progress and unpaid bills.
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Bite-size judgments? Let's not be too hasty
Judge sleeping Source: Peter Dazeley/Getty Judges are being encouraged to keep things breezy. The message hasn’t quite got through.
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City firm uses machine learning to speed up document analysis
CMS latest to adopt artificial intelligence technology in litigation, arbitration and investigations.
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Indian firms ‘blocking’ free legal market plans
Government keen to press ahead with plans but is facing set backs.
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Automatic strike-out for cases where trial fee unpaid
Hearing fee refunds also being scrapped under changes to Civil Procedure Rules confirmed this month.
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Top judges signal mass exodus amid plunging morale
The proportion of judges who would quit if they could has doubled in two years, according to an official survey of judicial attitudes.
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MoJ backs down on fixed terms for judges
Law Society argued that non-renewable fixed terms for fee-paid judges would hinder diversity.
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Online court 'entirely voluntary', government insists
Response to transforming justice consultation dismisses fears about access to justice and 'sentencing by algorithm'.
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KWM administrators confirm investigation
Quantuma says investigations ’typical with any insolvency’.
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Legal aid delay compounded fined solicitor's cash flow problem
Karen Todner's firm faced delays in paying legal aid - and a 'hardening attitude' on the part of HMRC.
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MoJ defies critics to go ahead with London court closures
Closure of Camberwell Green and Hammersmith magistrates’ courts raises concerns about gang violence.
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Bar Council announces debt recovery service
Panel of law firms will help recover unpaid fees from ‘professional clients’.
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Fairpoint slashes purchase price of Colemans PI business
Legal services business notifies London Stock Exchange of variation in terms of deal.
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Housing white paper an ‘encouraging signal’
Solicitors welcome promises on planning and leasehold reform – and a comprehensive land register.