News – Page 118
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NewsJudge lambasts witness for ‘throwing allegations around like confetti’
Solicitor engaged with property developer and former close friend in renovation costs dispute.
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NewsLord Woolf joins hundreds of barristers in condemning bar training shakeup
Former master of rolls and LCJ among signatories of letter saying proposals are ‘radical and unappealing’.
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NewsGovernment snubs calls for hefty cut in tribunal fees
Ministry of Justice says employment tribunal fees ‘generally successful’ in pushing claimants into arbitration – but it will raise threshold for exemptions.
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NewsBank fined £163m for money laundering failings
Deutsche Bank ’failed to control’ AML framework, says regulator imposing record penalty.
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NewsBar Council ‘deeply concerned’ over fixed recoverable costs proposals
Barristers’ body says Jackson proposals will harm both solicitors and barristers.
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NewsBarrister's website boasted he could get ‘Stevie Wonder a driving licence’
Michael Wolkind QC denies professional misconduct.
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Supreme Court hears council’s challenge to school absence case
Department for Education meeting Isle of Wight Council’s costs in challenge over breach of Education Act 1996.
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NewsShiner tribunal hears of ‘deliberate and calculating lies’
Former head of Public Interest Lawyers thought the ends of his actions in Iraqi claims against British military ‘justified the means’.
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NewsLawyer groups urge Jackson to rethink fixed costs plans
Proposals dismissed as unjustified and likely to leave successful claimants paying more.
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NewsDoctor jailed after submitting false medical claims
City of London Police says solicitors trusted Benjamin Chang, 57, of London, to provide a service to claimants.
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NewsFixed costs for clinical negligence: the figures
Full rundown of the proposed options for claimant lawyers under the new scheme.
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NewsClin neg fixed costs plans unveiled as Hunt targets ‘unscrupulous’ firms
Campaigners claim proposals to restrict costs would ‘seriously harm access to justice and patient safety’.
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NewsHeald summoned to explain Brexit effect on civil justice
Minister will appear before committee to outline how future cooperation with EU member states will work.
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NewsMore men calling lawyers’ helpline
Stress and depression among top concerns highlighted by callers to LawCare.
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NewsBarristers warned over social media conduct
Independent observer cites ‘growing complaints’ about barristers’ conduct online.
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NewsJudge condemns ‘self-defeating’ mass of evidence in Shell pollution claim
High Court rules that Netherlands-headquartered oil giant cannot be sued in London over pollution in Nigeria.
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NewsFormer solicitor judge and ex-lover jailed for six years for theft
Former judge Simon Kenny and Emma Coates sentenced at Southwark Crown Court today.
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NewsDigital warning over tribunal reforms
Law Society urges government to learn from previous attempts to improve employment tribunal.
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City solicitor required to register as sex offender
Alastair Main handed 12-month community order following boat club assault.
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NewsSupreme Court asked to consider deprivation of liberty ‘confusion’
Solicitors say Court of Appeal decision has led to less clarity over meaning of deprivation of liberty.