Last 3 months headlines – Page 790
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‘Victory for rule of law’ as Brexit article 50 challenge wins first round
Article 50 cannot be triggered without parliamentary approval, High Court rules.
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Bar’s average pay creeps toward £70,000
Research from Bar Council assesses working life and pay.
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EU court pours cold water on Caffè Nero’s trademark bid
General Court dismisses appeal against intellectual property office decision.
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Overworked judges facing ‘unprecedented difficulties’ – LCJ
Annual report notes ‘serious concerns’ about recruitment to senior judiciary – and about pay.
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Care letters make clients ‘feel stupid’, says watchdog
Legal Services Consumer Panel calls for 'plain English' in client care letters.
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DPP warning over post-Brexit criminal justice cooperation
Alison Saunders praises benefits of European arrest warrant to House of Lords select committee.
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Expert witnesses ‘chasing’ solicitors for late payment
Survey shows room for improvement in relationship between solicitors and experts.
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Barrister who dodged more than £270,000 in tax disbarred
Michael Roberts was previously jailed for failing to declare earnings or pay tax.
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MoJ rules out homicide law review
'Very little demand' from public for two-tier murder offence, justice minister Oliver Heald says.
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Law firm M&A deals continue apace
Gordon Dadds merges with Platt & Associates, while Switalskis Solicitors is acquiring the clinical negligence and serious injury departments from hlw Keeble Hawson.
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Government seeks views on press legal costs regime
Culture secretary says time is right to consider ‘incentive’ provisions of Crime and Courts Act.
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SRA extends support to youth court challenges
Regulator says it wants to help solicitors achieve the ‘consistently high standards children and young people deserve’.
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Baker & McKenzie rolls out agile working
Firm will offer flexible working for all members and staff.
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Whistleblowing judge told she was not an MoJ employee
District judge complained about working conditions but tribunal said she did not work under contract.
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Legal cannibals: law firms fuelling rise in negligence claims
Research finds High Court seeing more professional negligence claims against solicitors.
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Vaz survives bid to block him from justice committee
MPs vote overwhelmingly to approve Leicester East MP’s appointment.
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Legal privilege safeguard strengthened in snooping bill
Law Society welcomes last-minute amendments to Investigatory Powers Bill.
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‘Most Muslim women don’t want sharia courts shut’
Muslim women’s group warns that critics who want sharia councils closed immediately have ‘anti-faith agendas’.
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Three-fold rise in legal employers paying ‘real living wage’
Solicitor firms have been at the forefront of private sector efforts to establish sustainable minimum pay rates that reflect the cost of living.
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RBS group claim to press ahead, despite FCA finding 'no wrongdoing'
Businesses claim they were pushed into bankruptcy by RBS’s Global Restructuring Group.