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NewsWaggott 'meal ticket' appeal leaves lawyers waiting for maintenance guidance
Wife had appealed decision to end her periodical payments as of March 2021.
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NewsSolicitors win on appeal over status of costs bills
Separate billing for profit costs and disbursements did not prevent invoices from being statute bills.
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Richest barristers face steep PC fee hike as bar addresses earnings gulf
Top earners could pay up to 62% more each year.
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News‘No jurisdiction for English court’ in billion-pound oligarch row
Lawyers for Ukranian bank indicate it will appeal against finding.
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NewsClaim restored after court rejects implied sanction for 'trivial' rule breach
Judge said mistakes represented a ‘flagrant disregard’ for the rules, but his decision to strike out claim was overturned.
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NewsBar Conference: Take back bar training from 'profiteers', urges Chakrabarti
Labour peer says Inns should take greater role.
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NewsBar Conference: HMCTS defends intrusive security after 5,000 knives seized
Susan Acland-Hood tells barristers that security officers cannot pick and choose who to search.
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NewsBar Conference: Civil legal aid 'not fundamental', says Sumption
Supreme Court justice says relationship between barristers and solicitors now based on ‘mutual respect’.
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NewsGovernment pledges extra £8m in legal aid fee climbdown
Law Society welcomes changes it called for - but urges ministers to restart talks on solicitor fees.
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Drunken barrister fined over behaviour towards pupil at mess event
Robert Kearney has been fined £1,000.
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News'Clean sweep' of old sentencing law could save £250m
Law Commission says the public far too often are not getting clear, transparent and fair judgments.
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NewsNew mental health guidance published as City firms back wider reform
Businesses including Hogan Lovells and Reed Smith say mental health first aiders should be mandatory.
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NewsWe're no replacement for legal aid, says crowdfunding pioneer
Crowdjustice founder says the platform is for the benefit of those with a 'story to tell'
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NewsGo east: ULaw to open in Hong Kong next year
University of Law says it wants to create new opportunities for aspiring legal professionals in the region.
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NewsLords condemn ‘abusive’ probate ‘death-tax’
Secondary Legislation Committee says charges have ’the appearance of a tax’.
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NewsJunior lawyers say training and development key ahead of 'super-exam' rollout
New-look committee says it will focus on education and traning as well as legal technology.
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NewsDefendant chief issues fraud warning as Civil Liability Bill almost there
Legislation could come into law within days after final hurdle is cleared in House of Lords.
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NewsNoel Edmonds to file pre-action letter in £30m Lloyds claim
Television personality is set to appear on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
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NewsLet’s talk about it: LCJ plans ‘morale boosting’ chats with judges
Hundreds of millions of pounds needed to improve the ‘embarrassing’ courts estate, Lord Burnett tells MPs.
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NewsCourt tolerates parties who ignored their own pleadings
Judge agrees to lawyers' requests to 'follow the evidence wherever it may lead'.