Last 3 months headlines – Page 940
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Call for joined-up action to tackle advice deficit
Low Commission publishes second report on advice services – and says deficit is ‘growing’.
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Churches urged to provide legal support
Current legal aid situation risks division between those who can and cannot afford to buy justice, says Christian thinktank.
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Courts system will ‘cease to function’ under costs budgeting
Master David Cook says problems since Jackson reforms are more than simply ‘bedding in’.
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Grayling JR amendment ‘unlawful’ – High Court
Solicitors challenged lord chancellor’s ‘no permission, no fee’ arrangement.
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PI lawyers file JR challenge to whiplash plans
Court action started to block plans for ‘cab rank’ rule on soft tissue injuries.
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Telephone gateway ‘barrier’ to justice
Legal charity reports use of mandatory gateway for civil legal advice has been far lower than expected.
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EU influences ‘two-thirds of UK law’ – business group
Campaigners for reform claim calculation shows definitive figure.
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Law beats finance in ‘best company’ honours
Employers judged on qualities such as leadership and wellbeing.
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Legal qualification? Ministerial Code good enough, says lord chancellor
Chris Grayling responds to House of Lords committee on role of the lord chancellor.
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Court fee hike set for next week
Parliamentary approval likely to be granted in the House of Lords before implementation.
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Top-100 firms reveal merger talks
Joint statement by practices confirms ‘friendly, positive’ discussions.
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Super-regulator targets ‘unnecessary’ in-house rules
LSB calls on regulators either to justify restrictions on in-house lawyers or get rid of them.
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Fixed fees fuel drive towards arbitration
Arbitration as a form of dispute resolution has the backing of Family Division president Sir James Munby.
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Top QC defends ‘vital role’ of UK Human Rights Act
Dinah Rose QC cautions the Conservative party against its plan to replace the act with a ‘British bill of rights’.
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Don’t ‘stifle’ consumers with libel threats, lawyers warned
Defamation Act, intended to shift the balance towards freedom of expression ‘is being used to the opposite effect’.
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Slavery legal aid bid
Lord Bates tells the Lords that a proposed Labour amendment to the Modern Slavery Bill was not needed
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City lawyers’ horror at ‘interminable’ training review
‘Please let this exhausted dog sleep’ – City of London Law Society.
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Penny pinching doesn’t pay
A recent story offered a reminder that some clients believe a £5 note in their pocket is better than £10 in their solicitor’s client account.