Last 3 months headlines – Page 827
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Ministers to consult this year on modernising conveyancing
Justice minister Dominic Raab reluctant to prescribe a single, mandatory remedy to simplify the homebuying process.
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Linklaters hits back over ‘completely unjustified’ BHS comments
Magic circle firm criticises comments made by chair of the Work and Pensions Committee over its role in the sale of BHS.
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Obituary: Alan Lumley
Alan, who specialised in leveraged-acquisition finance transactions at DLA Piper, died on 3 April.
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Knife sentencing under the spotlight as council unveils plans
Nine consultations and three definitive guidelines will be published this year.
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Conflict of interest ex-solicitor fined £2k by SRA
Emma Kate Dancer had continued to act for lender and borrower clients.
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‘Reasonable’ costs bill halved under proportionality test
Senior costs judge had originally set costs at £167,389 after a privacy action against the Mirror Group settled for £20,000.
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Guise court hearing adjourned again
Former chair of Commercial Litigation Association unable to attend court because of illness.
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Tribunal fee increases will deny justice, Law Society warns
Chancery Lane responds to proposals to increase Asylum and Immigration Tribunal fees by more than 500%.
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Shell plans offshore legal centre to cut costs and support in-house
Oil giant has not decided on the location of the centre, but it is part of a drive for ‘greater efficiencies’ and cost reduction.
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Law Society welcomes super-exam delay
SRA executive director Crispin Passmore revealed last week that a consultation on the plans had received some 250 responses.
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Kraftwerk lose music sample battle
Federal Constitutional Court overturned a lower court’s ruling that sampling the ‘tiniest sliver’ of a record infringed the band’s rights.
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SRA website unbound by paper copy
Paper documents may fade, but at least they aren’t prone to losing whole sentences while sitting in the bowels of a computer somewhere.
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Dyson: extending fixed costs is the way forward
The government last week conceded that it would not meet its 1 October timetable for introducing fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases.
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Assistant solicitor fined £5k for failing to register interest in property
Conveyancer's mistake meant an investor did not receive the £40,400 he was entitled to when a property was sold.
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PI lawyers call for independent probe on fraud total
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers questions figures cited by the Ministry of Justice.
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Spotlight remains on Olswang as MPs ask about BHS fees
International firm given until Monday to provide details of the fees it was paid for its work on the sale of BHS.
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Gender pay reporting expected to be top employment concern
Study by London firm Lewis Silkin highlights uncertainty over reporting requirements.