Last 3 months headlines – Page 936
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New scheme to help avoid ‘costly’ design disputes
Intellectual Property Office planning opinions service for disputes over design rights.
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Tackle racism with humour – Warsi
Former cabinet minister speaking at launch of Law Society’s Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division.
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Regulator names firms in PII probe
Two firms should have closed last year because they did not have a valid insurance policy.
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‘No evidence’ of risk from online divorce services
Research by consumer group finds high satisfaction levels with both online and face-to-face services.
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Strict liability offence for offshore tax evasion
Chief secretary to Treasury says ‘enablers’ will face same penalties as evaders – and be publicly named.
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Last minute adjournment in criminal legal aid appeal
Court of Appeal set to deliver judgment on lord chancellor’s controversial crime duty tender process next week.
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Litigation funder expects windfall from £136m ‘pre-Jackson bulge’
Chief executive of Burford Capital says UK lawyers are not grasping opportunities.
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Budget 2015: new penalties for professionals assisting tax evasion
Chancellor’s budget speech also confirms government pressing ahead with anti-avoidance measures, including ‘Google tax’.
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Dog offence sentencing ‘must reflect new laws’
Sentencing Council consulting on guidelines for dangerous dog offences.
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Many lawyers unaware of how PC funds regulation
Four in ten solicitors do not realise they pay for the Legal Services Board and ombudsman.
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Vara brushes off calls for urgent LASPO review
Minister also hits back at ‘huge amount of misunderstanding’ over legal aid eligibility.
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Listed legal business ready for further acquisitions
Fairpoint keen on further expansion after buying Leeds-headquartered Simpson Millar last year.
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Witness-informing threatens fairness, Society warns
Crown Prosecution Service consulted on draft guidance on speaking to witnesses at court.
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Judges removed from office after viewing porn at work
Investigation concludes conduct was ‘inexcusable misuse of judicial IT accounts and wholly unacceptable’.
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Noise-induced hearing loss a disease, High Court rules
Judge rejects ‘opportunistic attempt’ to reduce solicitors' success fees.
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Society condemns new tax avoidance penalties
Tax law committee says it has ‘fundamental misgivings’ about proposals on ‘serial users of tax avoidance schemes’.
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Quindell confirms £640m sale is on table
Statement to London Stock Exchange says ‘a number’ of deal structures have been discussed with Slater and Gordon, as Vince Cable reportedly enquires about collapse of Quindell’s share price last April.
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Grayling backs Leveson proposals
Lord chancellor ‘keen to make rapid progress’ on criminal justice efficiency.
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Election purdah threat to legal aid reforms
Even if the court backs the government, the reforms are likely to run into general election ‘purdah’, which begins on 30 March.