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NewsJudge rules defendant cannot give evidence wearing niqab
A Muslim woman can wear a niqaab during her trial, but must remove it is she gives evidence.
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NewsCapita enters legal services market with Optima acquisition
The business services giant Capita has applied for a licence to become an alternative business structure.
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NewsSRA promises 'significant' improvements to PC renewal
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has set a deadline of 31 October for the 2013 practising certificate renewals.
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NewsCity lawyers support 'equal merit' diversity push
City lawyers join Bar Council in lukewarm support for supporting minority judicial candidates.
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NewsHigh five at Beachcroft
A batch of youngsters begin their legal careers after taking up apprenticeships with international firm DAC Beachcroft.
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Lithman: fee cuts will be 'kiss of death'
Criminal barristers will accept ’not a penny more’ of fee cuts, Nigel Lithman QC tells Chris Grayling.
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NewsBig Four firm nets £5m on IT contract
Accountancy firm Ernst & Young has been paid £5m to project manage a £125m Ministry of Justice IT contract.
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MPs attack lobbying bill
MPs have lined up to criticise the government’s lobbying bill for failing to include law firms.
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Firms must increase their 'gene pool'
Firms must work together to improve declining social mobility, says DLA Piper International’s Janet Legrand.
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Scottish 'Jackson' review calls for referrals rethink
A review of civil litigation costs in Scotland has overturned a ban on referral fees.
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'Office' hearing plan for motor offences
Uncontested road traffic offences will be dealt with by single magistrate in an office.
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SRA falling short on calls target
The SRA has admitted answering just 7% of calls to its contact centre within a minute during July.
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NewsHundreds on the edge as PII renewal date looms
Premiums volatile as the clock ticks down to 1 October renewal date.
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Ministers offer costs protection for defamation victims of ‘modest means’
Government proposes to implement Leveson proposals on qualified one-way costs shifting.
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NewsHong Kong ponders ABS model
Hong Kong is considering introducing an alternative business structure model similar to that of the UK.
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NewsJudge allows veiled woman to enter a plea
A woman wearing a niqab has been allowed to plead not guilty after a police officer identified her in private.
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Lehman administration racks up £2.5bn services bill
Professional services firms have billed more than £1.9bn to wind up investment bank Lehman.
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NewsVaz agrees to delay naming law firms linked to rogue investigators
Publication of law firms linked to rogue private investigators will be delayed by at least two weeks, MPs have confirmed.
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NewsPioneer solicitor-judge dies at 86
His Honour Peter Goldstone, one of the first solicitors to be appointed a recorder, has died
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NewsScotland’s ‘Jackson’ proposes DBAs and QOCS
A review of civil litigation funding in Scotland has drawn many of the same conclusions as Jackson LJ.