Latest news – Page 9
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NewsKnights splashes £16.6m on another acquisition
Stockmarket-listed business will absorb a team of 91 fee-earners from Birkett Long.
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News'Urgent' review of protest cases following CoA ruling
Court of Appeal dismisses government’s appeal over protest legislation as Liberty celebrates ‘huge victory’.
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NewsSRA approves '£2 letter' AI law firm
AI-powered 'litigation assistant' a breakthrough in legal services, regulator says.
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NewsNo medical exams at the office, PI lawyers told
MedCo issues new guidelines on how examinations must be administered - including a limit of 35 a day.
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NewsDirector who failed to comply with court order suspended
Six-month suspension appropriate sanction ‘to protect the public and the reputation of the legal profession’.
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News‘Dismissive’ magistrate sanctioned over behaviour to staff member
Magistrate did not behave with ‘any malice’ but was ‘reckless in not assessing the impact of her actions’, JCIO says.
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NewsJudge throws out £2.4m confidentiality claim against firm
Asylum seeker claimant failed to show there was a threat to his family from address being disclosed.
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NewsJobs at risk as BCLP 'streamlines operations'
Transatlantic firm announces 'strategic initiatives to streamline operations and appropriately reshape teams'.
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NewsSue Stapely, doyenne of legal PR, dies at 78
Former BBC production assistant became the Law Society’s first head of public relations and then ‘invented crisis PR’.
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NewsMoJ review finds Legal Aid Agency 'useful and necessary'
Assessment was carried out shortly after Labour came into power to provide assurance that LAA is aligned with government priorities.
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NewsMail sting solicitor 'destroyed' by disciplinary proceedings
SRA interventions should be sanctioned by the High Court, argues Gregory Treverton-Jones KC.
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NewsCourt halts dispute between personal injury giants
Judge rejects allegations that appointment of directors to legal business was a sham.
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NewsMost miscarriage of justice applicants unrepresented, CCRC chief tells MPs
Criminal Cases Review Commission bosses defend organisation's performance at Commons justice committee.
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NewsApprenticeships: Wales 'losing home-grown talent' to England
Law Society Wales office says Level 7 apprenticeships would boost access to justice.
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NewsKeystone shareholders in line for windfall after positive year
Listed consultancy law firm, where lawyers are paid up to 75% of what they bill, reports profits up 12% in 2024.
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NewsMagistrate given formal warning after trial aborted
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the magistrate’s failure to report his involvement in court proceedings resulted in ‘operational harm’.
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NewsNo reduction in awarded costs in ‘Wagatha’ alleged misconduct appeal
Mr Justice Cavanagh gives his ruling on consequential matters following the dismissal of Rebekah Vardy’s appeal.
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NewsTrump tells firms to work for free defending US police officers
Latest executive order states that private sector will be used to represent police facing prosecution.
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NewsInternational firm escapes contempt penalty over judgment leak
High Court judge tells Fieldfisher that embarrassment is sufficient punishment for its 'big mistake'.
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NewsProperty solicitor jailed for £160,000 fraud on her own firm
Hereford practitioner asked for hundreds of payments to her own bank account over a three-year period.