Last 3 months headlines – Page 830
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Legal Services Consumer Panel warns over ‘regulator shopping’
Panel says flexibility could lead to loopholes.
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Dispute over £4,000 repair bill racks up £300,000 in costs
‘Disproportionate’ a ‘wholly inadequate’ adjective to describe costs incurred in dispute, judge says.
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Briggs LJ: online court limit ‘may have to start at £10k’
Civil courts reformer appears at London policy event with Jackson LJ, who is standing firm on fixed costs.
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Jacobs takes helm at Linklaters
M&A specialist elected as senior partner after 26 years at magic circle firm.
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Tony Guise hearing adjourned
Prominent City solicitor had been due to appear at Redhill Magistrates' Court.
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Land Registry: competition watchdog warns against sale
Government’s proposal could create monopoly with incentive to abuse its position, Competition & Markets Authority says.
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Conveyancing boost from stamp duty reforms
Rush to complete transactions prior to government introducing higher rates for additional properties.
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Leigh Day ‘paid £75,000 in prohibited referral fees’ – SRA
Regulator publishes details of charges against two solicitors relating to claims against British soldiers in Iraq.
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Solicitors sceptical as specialist court idea gets new lease of life
‘Problem-solving’ courts are back on the agenda but some solicitors are sceptical after past experience.
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‘Handful’ of legal firms using .law web domain
The new ‘top level domain’ was one of a batch made available by the web’s governing body last autumn.
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Bar chief hails public access ‘opportunity’
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC said that while public access has increased competition, it also has brought new work to solicitors.
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Land Registry: sale will cost more, says pressure group
Analysis suggests that public will lose out financially within 25 years.
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Helena Kennedy back at school
The University of Roehampton officially opened its law school last week at an event featuring Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws.
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Legal aid ‘safety net’ scheme lawful, appeal court rules
MoJ overturns challenge on Exceptional Case Funding – but Briggs LJ dissents, describing the scheme as ‘inherently unfair’.
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Plans unveiled to tackle backlog and delays at Court of Appeal
Master of the rolls Lord Dyson says judges consider the status quo unacceptable and unsustainable.
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LAA loses legal aid contract challenge
High Court says government erred in the application of its criteria for the eligibility of London firm for duty provider scheme.
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Immigration bar slams solicitors over ‘poor’ standards
‘Unanimous and strong’ opinion of immigration chambers is that clients experience poor standards of service.
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Quoted Gateley bullish on trading performance
AIM-listed law firm hails ‘strong’ second half generating rise in revenues.
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Consumer watchdog warns of interpreters acting as ‘introducers’
Legal Services Consumer Panel identifies three priority areas for Legal Services Board to work on.
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High Court judge will sit out cases amid ‘bias’ row
Mr Justice Peter Smith sent a letter to Blackstone Chambers following a newspaper article by Lord Pannick QC criticising the judge.