Last 3 months headlines – Page 784
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Conviction ‘safe’ despite Crown disclosure failure – appeal court
Court of Appeal rules information received by the police from confidential sources should have been disclosed – but failure was not in bad faith.
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Male and white Supreme Court aims to open up
News comes as Lord Neuberger announces his retirement with more to follow.
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Freshfields ‘moving to Bishopsgate’
Magic circle firm set to abandon Fleet Street and move east, according to reports.
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Checks needed on clients’ human rights records
Geneva: client acceptance procedures must be reviewed by law firms seeking credit for being human rights compliant, an influential business group has concluded.
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Council chiefs under fire over ‘emergency’ grant to solicitors firm
Bolton Council’s leader and chief executive both face questions after secret meeting approved ‘emergency’ funding of £300,000 to personal injury outfit Asons Solicitors.
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Interpreter CEO bullish over performance target
Larry Gould told the Gazette that thebigword, which has recruited 4,300 linguists to help provide language services to the Ministry of Justice, will invest heavily.
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Solicitor appointed as deputy High Court judge
Peter Marquand is head of the clinical law department at healthcare and commercial firm Capsticks.
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News focus: my McKenzie friend nightmare
One man’s experience of being ‘dragged through the mud’ by a McKenzie friend highlights why this ‘grey area in the law’ is troubling the legal profession.
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Russia Law Week seeks to build bridges
Law Society and Bar Council event discussed legal developments in Russia and the impact on the wider profession.
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The (not so) Fantastic Mr Fox
Law firms left off mailing list for memo on post-Brexit trading help.
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Sweeney Todd is all porky pies
Attempts have been made to establish some sort of historical basis for Sweeney but the evidence is flimsy.
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US senator Jeff Sessions nominated attorney general by Trump
Alabama senator was previously denied role as federal judge after allegations of racist remarks.
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Funders on hook for indemnity costs in Excalibur
'By funding, the funder takes a risk,' CoA rules in Iraqi Kurdistan oilfields case.
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Litigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from other side
Defendants accused Mishcon de Reya of being ‘unduly aggressive’ but judge rejected that claim.
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Cryogenics case not a precedent
Ruling in Re JS (Disposal of Body) resolves dispute between parents of dying 14-year-old, judge says.
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E&W must learn from Scotland over ‘unfair’ county court judgments – MP
New mechanism should be created to prevent unfair credit rulings, MPs hear.