News – Page 136
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NewsImmigration fees to soar despite overwhelming opposition
Only five out of 142 respondents agreed with Ministry of Justice proposals for a six-fold rise at first-tier tribunal.
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NewsTransforming justice: tribunals’ future unclear
Paper questions structure of employment tribunal service.
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NewsStop bandying about ‘access to justice’, McNally tells lawyers
Former justice minister says consensus is needed on how much should be spent on legal aid.
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NewsEU’s copyright proposals target music-streaming services
‘Press publishers’ given new right to protect work in draft regulations and directives.
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NewsUS-style murder laws ‘would not be accepted’, MPs hear
Justice minister tells committee that creation of two-tier system would cause difficulties.
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NewsSRA claims single law exam ‘common in major jurisdictions’
International survey latest attempt to promote solicitors qualifying examination.
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News‘Too banal’: EU court rejects ‘telephone dial-tone’ trademark
Brazilian company’s application ’would go unnoticed and not be remembered’, General Court rules.
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NewsSociety raps report branding solicitors ‘corruption enablers’
National Crime Agency says solicitors are 'crucial’ to money laundering.
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NewsBar Council pours cold water on pricing transparency
Competition watchdog proposals to disclose more information about price and quality ‘not practical’.
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NewsMunby calls for action on England-Scotland enforcement
Sir James Munby says there are ‘serious lacunae’ in the law on recognition of court orders.
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NewsBrexit: applications to practise law in Ireland keep rising
Number of solicitors applying to practise in Ireland has more than doubled since June vote.
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NewsNetherlands eyes UK's EU court role
Future of unitary patent and Unified Patent Court unclear after Brexit vote.
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News‘Disgraceful’ family solicitor sentenced over income tax fraud
Dianna Gerald, also known as Dianna Lee, 'wholly unsuitable to be a solicitor' judge says.
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NewsNew law to introduce ‘failure to prevent’ offence
Draft criminal finance bill set to be introduced following attorney general speech.
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NewsWales levies first tax in 800 years
Land transaction tax will be payable on the purchase or lease of a building or land in Wales over a certain value.
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News focus: corruption and cooperation
The Serious Fraud Office believes deferred prosecution agreements could work ‘even in the most serious cases of financial misconduct’.
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NewsLitigation fund backs public interest cases
Woodsford Litigation Funding has become the first partner of venture to fund test cases.
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NewsNepal torture acquittal raises universal jurisdiction fears
Prosecutors should not be deterred from bringing war crimes cases, solicitors say.
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NewsHMRC needs crack legal team and MoJ oversight – Labour
Labour party report calls for radical overhaul of the tax authority that would see it come within the remit of the MoJ or a panel of retired judges.