News – Page 142
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NewsSnap consultation on criminal legal aid contracts
Legal Aid Agency offers to extend current contingency contracts while it consults with representative bodies.
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NewsBrexit risks ‘disruption and confusion’ in family law – Bar Council
A report from the Bar Council says that EU measures have had a ‘beneficial’ impact on family law.
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NewsManchester lawyers agree location for advice hub
Steering group hoping to attract solicitors willing to do pro bono work.
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NewsNew protocol for criminal defence on prosecution ‘failures’
Guide will help practitioners advise clients where disclosure by prosecution is inadequate or late.
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NewsMinisters to consult this year on modernising conveyancing
Justice minister Dominic Raab reluctant to prescribe a single, mandatory remedy to simplify the homebuying process.
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NewsKnife sentencing under the spotlight as council unveils plans
Nine consultations and three definitive guidelines will be published this year.
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News‘Reasonable’ costs bill halved under proportionality test
Senior costs judge had originally set costs at £167,389 after a privacy action against the Mirror Group settled for £20,000.
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NewsLaw Society welcomes super-exam delay
SRA executive director Crispin Passmore revealed last week that a consultation on the plans had received some 250 responses.
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Dyson: extending fixed costs is the way forward
The government last week conceded that it would not meet its 1 October timetable for introducing fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases.
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NewsPI lawyers call for independent probe on fraud total
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers questions figures cited by the Ministry of Justice.
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News‘Equal merit’ diversity rule applied in 14 judicial appointments
Judicial Appointments Commission figures also show solicitors struggling to reach the bench.
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NewsExam plan delayed after 100 ‘wholly negative’ reactions
Regulator says it received more than 250 responses to consultation on its proposed solicitors qualifying exam.
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NewsEmployment tribunal cases withdrawn over ‘off-putting’ fees
Claimants are required to pay separate fees to issue their claim and have it heard.
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News‘Deadline slips’ for clinical negligence fixed fees
Personal injury lawyers welcome apparent acknowledgement that 1 October start date is not achievable.
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NewsMan allowed to challenge former mother-in-law’s will
Colin Randall was allowed to challenge the validity of the will despite being left nothing in the estate.
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NewsMoJ awards courtroom interpreting contracts
Leeds-based Thebigword has secured two out of four lots of the contract, which comes into force on 31 October.
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NewsCriminal justice system ‘under stress’, MPs warn
Public accounts committee reports that the number of CPS lawyers has fallen by 27% since 2010.
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NewsSharia law review panel named by home secretary
Leading family solicitor to explore whether application of Islamic law is compatible with that of England and Wales.
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NewsCouncils face greater DoLS duties
Law Commission publishes initial conclusions from its review on deprivation of liberty scheme.
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NewsNo case for ban on paid McKenzie friends – regulators
LSB and SRA agree there is not enough evidence of consumer detriment to support judges’ proposed ban.