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Transforming justice: judges face pay and expenses curbs
Judges would have to give notice to quit and many will face pay and expenses curbs under plans to overhaul judicial working conditions.
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Transforming justice: wider fixed costs regime on the way
Ministry of Justice also gives the green light to the online court for resolving civil claims.
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Share price tumbles as listed company increases debt by £10m
Fairpoint profits drop slightly in first half of this year.
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Stop bandying about ‘access to justice’, McNally tells lawyers
Former justice minister says consensus is needed on how much should be spent on legal aid.
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Lawyers aghast at SRA plans to lift cold-calling ban
Rule on unsolicited calls would disappear from the code of conduct under plans to drastically slim down the handbook.
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Firm helped clients avoid £1.3m stamp duty payments
Gloucestershire firm BPE Solicitors agrees to regulatory settlement following SRA investigation.
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Transforming justice: digital courts get green light in £1bn initiative
Online revolution will 'deliver a justice system that works for everyone', says Truss.
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EU’s copyright proposals target music-streaming services
‘Press publishers’ given new right to protect work in draft regulations and directives.
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US-style murder laws ‘would not be accepted’, MPs hear
Justice minister tells committee that creation of two-tier system would cause difficulties.
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Lateral moves driven more by culture than pay, recruiter claims
Study finds that only 15% of newly moved partners 'motivated by compensation’.
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Magic circle firm pilots AI technology ‘trained to think like a lawyer’
Slaughter and May says legal due diligence process is ripe for automation.
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SRA claims single law exam ‘common in major jurisdictions’
International survey latest attempt to promote solicitors qualifying examination.
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NotW’s former legal chief found in contempt for misleading MPs
Tom Crone misled parliament over his knowledge of evidence of those involved in phone hacking.
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‘Too banal’: EU court rejects ‘telephone dial-tone’ trademark
Brazilian company’s application ’would go unnoticed and not be remembered’, General Court rules.
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Clients will choose MDPs over traditional firms, PwC Legal chief predicts
Shirley Brookes says multi-disciplinary practices will become more common.
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Compensation fund payouts tumble by £5.9m in a year
The number of claims coming into the fund also falls, from 1,842 in 2014 to 1,174 last year.
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Society raps report branding solicitors ‘corruption enablers’
National Crime Agency says solicitors are 'crucial’ to money laundering.
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Bar Council pours cold water on pricing transparency
Competition watchdog proposals to disclose more information about price and quality ‘not practical’.
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Munby calls for action on England-Scotland enforcement
Sir James Munby says there are ‘serious lacunae’ in the law on recognition of court orders.
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Brexit: applications to practise law in Ireland keep rising
Number of solicitors applying to practise in Ireland has more than doubled since June vote.