Last 3 months headlines – Page 998
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Manorial rights probe
House of Commons Justice Committee is to hold an inquiry into manorial rights to inform any future review of the law.
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Legal aid firm denies negligence over doomed MMR claim
London-based Hodge Jones & Allen issued a statement today denying any wrongdoing.
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50% of chambers fail to comply with equality rules
A survey of 32 chambers carried out by the BSB revealed only six were fully compliant with the rules and 50% were not compliant.
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EU membership ‘critical’ to UK legal services – City group
Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint said UK membership is crucial to its trading strength as it seeks to promote and export legal services.
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Bar regulator announces move into entity licensing
Publicly funded barristers will be able to set up structures that enable them to contract directly with the aid agency, taking control over work away from solicitors.
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Legal executive-only firms mooted for next year
Super-regulator consults on granting CILEx entity regulation powers.
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Society asks Met Police to investigate Wonga over fake firms
Three sets of offences may have been committed, Society says.
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North-west PI firm blames Jackson for closure
Firm organised its winding down through insolvency specialist, with work transferred to five panel firms.
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Davenport Lyons creditors set for talks over £13.4m debt
A joint administrators report for Davenport Lyons, which went into administration in April, has revealed the firm owes millions to unsecured creditors.
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Lawyers on Demand poised for Manchester expansion
Business targets companies looking for ways to improve in-house teams.
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Government will not legislate to protect whistleblowing partners
Further legislative change will not be necessary to cover members of LLPs, the government says.
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Supreme Court is supreme, says Neuberger
Court's president tells peers the court is not bound by decisions from Strasbourg.
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MoJ figures paint stark picture of aid decline
Official statistics show the volume and cost of cases was falling before the LASPO cuts came in.
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Grenadian wins LPC fight despite murder conviction
Selwyn Strachan had been sentenced to death in 1983 after a widely criticised trial.
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Bristol firms Barcan Woodward and Kirby Sheppard to merge
The merger of the Bristol LLPs is expected to be confirmed in September
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Supreme Court dismisses ‘right to die’ appeal
Majority rules that it is up to parliament to change the law.
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Wonga threatened customers with fake law firms
The UK’s biggest payday lender has entered an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority to compensate around 45,000 customers.
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High court rules vulnerable defendants deserve equal protection
The court said the refusal by the Ministry of Justice to appoint a registered intermediary for a defendant with Asperger’s syndrome was unfair.
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PEP up 19% at Stephenson Harwood
International firm reports steady growth for 2013/14 in a ’very competive market’.