News – Page 216
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Call for Sri Lanka action
The Law Society added its voice to calls for an independent investigation into alleged war crimes and ongoing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
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NewsDiversity League Table shows promotion gap
Black solicitors are a minority within the black and minority ethnic group, according to the diversity league table 2013.
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NewsReview of Civil Justice and Family Justice councils
Government wants evidence on the functions of the Civil Justice Council and Family Justice Council.
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NewsBar Conference 2013: Barristers in favour of diversity quotas
Barristers signalled support for the introduction of quotas to increase the diversity of the profession at the bar’s annual conference.
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NewsBar Conference 2013: Government 'does not understand' advocacy
David Pannick QC accuses justice secretary of peddling ‘lazy fiction’ to demonise legal aid lawyers.
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NewsPro bono pleas soar
MPs are referring the highest proportion of cases to the Bar Pro Bono Unit.
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NewsBar Conference 2013: McGowan slams ‘cumbersome and expensive’ legal regulation
Chairman of the bar claims barristers are ‘watched over like naughty children’
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NewsBar Conference 2013: Barristers urged not to return instructions
Dominic Grieve QC also advised barristers not to boycott the controversial Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates.
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NewsBar Conference 2013: LCJ warns of legal competition to London
Lord Thomas tells barristers they must ‘look as a profession to where you wish to be in 10 years’ and have a ‘clear idea of how to get there’.
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NewsSetback for banks in swaps case
Court of Appeal panel deals blow to Barclays in a unanimous judgment.
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NewsTerror law detainees entitled to solicitor
Ruling follows a Law Society intervention in a judicial review against the Metropolitan Police.
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NewsCosts shifting plans ‘will fail access to justice test’
Predictions of a surge in vexatious libel claims are ill-founded, argues eminent solicitor.
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NewsNew LCJ gives first press conference
Lord Thomas briefs media on courtroom TV, judicial review curbs and the growing number of litigants in person.
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NewsAccess to justice: ‘all is not lost’
The introduction of fixed fees and pay-as-you go could help people on low incomes access family law services, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff said.
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NewsStellar cast of lawyers in phone-hacking case
Eight defendants face various charges following the closure of the News Of the World in 2011.
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NewsJudicial review sought for unfair dismissal cap
Barrister Alex Monaco said the cap on compensation will disproportionately affect older people.
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Guatemala lawyer issues plea for help
Edgar Perez handles cases relating to massacres and human rights abuses carried out during Guatemala’s 36-year civil war.
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NewsNo date yet for company ownership register
Business secretary reveals more details of the planned beneficial ownership register.
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NewsPeers advise government to rejoin EU crime-fighting measures
A House of Lords committee says the government should apply to rejoin more crime and policing measures in addition to the 35 already identified.