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New LSB interim chair

dimanche 30 avril 2017

Dr Helen Phillips takes over as interim chair of super-regulator the Legal Services Board today pending the recruitment of a replacement for Sir Michael Pitt. Phillips, whose doctorate is in freshwater biology, is a former chief executive of Natural England.

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' in-house lawyers told
‘Adaptable’ PI sector will survive our reforms
'All in it together': Slaughters overhauls reward structure
‘All in it together’: Slaughters overhauls reward structure for juniors
‘Archaic’ official secrets laws unfit for digital age
‘Article 50 in 50 seconds’ – video addresses ‘confusion’ over role of courts
‘Article 50 in 50 seconds’ – video addresses ‘confusion’ over role of courts in Brexit
‘Big four’ firm debuts on £400m government panel
‘Bureaucratic’ gateway barrier to discrimination help
'Business as usual' says largest costs law firm after £829
‘Cash for crash’ trio convicted after judge decides case without jury
‘Cautionary tale’ on free advice from solicitors
'Change of direction' sees top 100 firm bow out of SRA panel work
‘City powerhouse’ firm signs London lease
‘City powerhouse’ offers trainees £10k for deferral
'Collaborative' Brexit vital for legal sector - Law Society
‘Conflict of interest’ fear over FCA’s senior managers regime
'Culture of attacks’ on solicitor advocates
‘Devastated and destroyed’: McKenzie friend victims speak out on TV
‘Dirty tactics’ and ‘racism’: Asons lambasts rival solicitors over council grant
'Don't go on the web'
'Don't surf the web'
'Don't waste money on Brexit advice right now
‘Dumbing down’ fears over legal super-exam
'Exemplary' solicitor allowed to practise despite conviction
‘Filling their stockings’: Labour backs ‘fat cats’ campaign against whiplash reforms
'First-mover advantage': Norton Rose announces Australia combination
'Forget HIPs': association pushes digital home reports
'Forget HIPs': conveyancers push digital home reports
'Gold plated' money laundering plans threaten new burden on firms
'Good solicitor working incredibly hard' fined £5k for disbursement errors
'Hillsborough law' proposes parity of funding for bereaved families
'How reliable is a 9pm verdict?' CBA chair blasts flexible hours culture
‘Irrational’ official secrets laws unfit for digital age
'It's getting worse and worse': Amnesty highlights casualties of legal aid cuts
‘Justice by algorithm’ fear over web pilot
'Lamentable history of procrastination' should not deter reform - Munby
‘Mentally disturbed’ solicitor who gave immigration advice struck off
‘Mistakes were inevitable
'Moment of madness' solicitors struck off after appeal
'Moment of madness' solicitors struck off for second time
‘Most Muslim women don’t want sharia courts shut’
‘Name and shame’ solicitors benefiting from cold calls – PI group
‘Name and shame’ solicitors benefitting from cold calls – PI group
‘Named and shamed’ barrister banned from public access work
'New breed' personal injury law firm enters administration
‘Nip rogue McKenzies in the bud' - bar
‘Nip rogue McKenzies in the bud' - Bar report
'No stellar contribution here': ex-wife gets £453m in divorce settlement
'Not a single client satisfied' - report exposes how law firms fall short
‘One of the outstanding family lawyers of our generation’ – tribute to Sir Nicholas Wall
'Overwhelming' pro bono response to Manchester Arena bombing
'Panic' over legal aid contract deadline
‘Para-law’ firm boasts of bypassing solicitors
‘Relentless and obstinate’ McKenzie friend allowed to be advocate
‘Shambolic’ SRA criticised by tribunal
‘Shambolic’ SRA criticised in tribunal decision
‘Stressed’ solicitor made false invoices to cover costs order
'Stressful' uncertainty over legal aid cuts will continue until June
'Strong judiciary' pledge as Lidington sworn in as lord chancellor
'Strong roots': Hogan Lovells announces Boston combination
‘Substantial confusion’ over contingency fund – Law Society
'Super-firm' trio reveal combined retention rates
'Super-league' - Russell Group's riposte on law school quality
‘Support’ to replace aid in lawyer-light resolutions
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‘Time to rethink’ on SRA handbook
‘Too banal’: EU court rejects ‘telephone dial-tone’ trademark
‘Unacceptable’ lack of representation for detainees
‘Unjustified threats’ bill ready to become law
‘Unjustified threats’ protection comes a step closer
‘Victory for rule of law’ as Brexit article 50 challenge wins first round
‘Viewing centres’ to preserve open justice in online age
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'Where's Wally?': final pleadings in Leigh Day case
'Without solicitors' schemes working well
$50bn Russian oil lawsuit set for next stage
£1.1m compensation for prisoners over parole delays
£2 damages winner faces costs bill for nine-day hearing
£222k confiscation to fund crime-fighting and courts
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£2m litigation funding costs can be recovered
£400m government legal panel opens to bids
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£54
£700 a day offered to build lawyer-free court
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000 after pensions battle
000 claim
000 CVA with creditors
000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test
000 fine
000 fine after SDT ruling
000 for faking mortgage application document
000 fraud on firms
000 in tax disbarred
000 jobs at risk
000 law salary claim ‘misleading’
000 law salary claim ‘misleading’ says watchdog
000 legal aid fraud
000 legal jobs
000 over ‘falsely and systematically’ exaggerated claims
000 over 'struck off' libel
000 this year
000 to defer
000 to defer contracts
000 VAT evasion solicitor
000-page bundle
000’
12-month sentence for 'utterly false' whiplash claim
200 KWM Europe staff bring employment claim
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500 for misconduct
505 barristers condemn BSB training shake-up
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70 firms sign up with LawBid tendering pioneer
800 less than ‘privileged’ colleagues
A 'friendly' chat with a copper
A&O to address diversity after men comprise over 90% of new partners
ABI data 'shows insurers saving billions in claims costs'
Abimbola honoured in birthday list
ABS bought out of administration to save 215 jobs
ABS emerges as Bolton firm Asons' new owner
ABS revolution founders on lawyer culture
Absent businessman jailed over dispute with litigation funder
Abuse inquiry names new lead counsel
academics claim
Access to EU legal institutions on Law Society’s Brexit wishlist
Access to justice should be priority for robot lawyers
Accounts show Olswang profits dipped in build-up to merger
Action against solicitors ‘regrettable’
Addleshaw Goddard confirms Scottish tieup
Addleshaw Goddard in cross-border merger
Administrator confirms grim news for creditors of two failed PI firms
Adviser banned for lying about having first class degree
Advocacy fee proposals ‘based on contentious claim’
Advocacy fees: Society pulls out of working group
Agency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Agency rethink on legal aid contracts ‘embarrassment’ clause
Agile working grows as 800 lawyers join rush to ditch their desk
Agile working prompts firm to offer voluntary redundancies
Alan Blacker loses SDT re-hearing bid
Alan Blacker loses SDT rehearing bid
All aboard: firms win coveted spots on £50m rail panel
All-night 'hackathon' to crack online court design
Amnesty highlights legal aid plight
Analysts warn consumers will suffer as insurers hit by discount change
Another QualitySolicitors firm to leave network
Anti-Brexit group wins right to disclose government's legal defence
Anxiety for solicitors competing for recorder posts
Anxiety for solicitors competing in for recorder posts
Anxiety over legal aid contract deadline
Appeal backs Football Association in broadcast copyright row
Appeal court orders £15k payment from negligent solicitors
Appeal court rules firm wrong to refuse disclosure of privileged information
Appeal judges allow PI claim against unnamed defendant
Appeals campaign calls for open justice
Applications to practise law in Ireland soar post-Brexit
Artificial intelligence not fairy dust
as Brexodus continues
as Irish exodus continues
Asda equal pay ruling could open floodgates
Asons keeps quiet over rental income
Asons pays £113
Asons repays controversial council grant
Assisted dying judicial review fails
Asylum fast-track proposals 'will strengthen hand of the state' - Law Society
At last: MoJ announces timetable for LASPO review
At last: MoJ announces timetable for legal aid review
Attorney general defends article 50 litigation costs
Attorney general quizzed on unduly lenient sentences
Attwells senior partner cleared by SDT
Authorities want new look at Slater and Gordon records
Automatic strike-out for cases where trial fee unpaid
Autumn statement: ‘stealth tax’ places £40 premium cut in doubt
Autumn statement: ‘unacceptable’ attack on tax lawyers
Autumn statement: tax relief for employee legal support
Autumn statement: U-turn on Land Registry
Baby's parents 'struggling to understand' life support ruling
Back up your online boasts
Baker & McKenzie rolls out agile working
Baker Small director rebuked over gloating tweets
Ban for employee who faked power of attorney signatures
Ban for finance director who tried to order her own pay rise
Bank fined £163m for money laundering failings
Bankrupt Liverpool lawyer borrowed £8k from vulnerable client
Bankruptcies
banned after watching porn with vulnerable client
Banned conveyancer worked for three firms after changing name
Banned solicitor turned tax consultant jailed for £1.4m investment scam
Bar aims to tackle pupillage crisis
Bar appoints expert panel to advise on its work
bar association urged
Bar backs MoJ fee restructure – with reservations
Bar backs MoJ fee scheme restructure – with reservations
Bar calls for Brexit CJEU clarification
Bar chair warns over ‘loss of confidence’ in advocate fee reform
Bar chair: ‘We join solicitors in doubting “one size fits all” policy’
Bar chair: ‘We join solicitors in doubting “one-size-fits-all” policy on fees’
Bar chief warns of ‘loss of confidence’ in fee reform
Bar Conference - embrace digital justice
Bar Council ‘deeply concerned’ over fixed recoverable costs proposals
Bar Council announces debt recovery service
Bar Council criticises ‘burdensome’ CPD scheme
Bar Council head backs Truss call for greater diversity
Bar Council pours cold water on pricing transparency
Bar council pours cold water over pricing transparency
Bar Council warns
Bar Council warns Legal Ombudsman over comparison sites
Bar Council warns LeO over comparison sites
Bar Council: Shared leave plan will help women reach top
Bar Council: solicitors' agents could face prison term
Bar is male
Bar kicks off alternative business structure licensing
Bar regulator says ABS licensing imminent
Bar rolls out shared parental leave scheme
Bar takes next step towards ABS licensing
Bar to ask for data on remuneration for public access work
Bar urges all lawyers to resist extended-hours courts
bar urges next government
Bar watchdog cool on competing for ABS business
Bar will end ‘poor-quality
Bar’s average pay creeps toward £70
Bar's first ABS combines barristers and football agents
Barclays among creditors owed £33.5m after KWM collapse
Barclays coy on KWM debt chasing
Barclays to face fraud charges
Barrister banned for stealing gold and cash
Barrister boasted he could get ‘Stevie Wonder a driving licence’
Barrister disbarred for attacking Jews and ‘blacks’ on Twitter
Barrister disbarred over public access offences
Barrister disciplined for ‘repeated’ sexual advances
Barrister fined over chambers party behaviour wins appeal
Barrister permanently banned from public access work
Barrister suspended after failing to pay lay client
Barrister who asked colleague to dance ‘crotch to crotch’ wins appeal
Barrister who dodged more than £270
Barristers ‘not there to empathise’ with youth criminals
Barristers and solicitors at odds over advocacy fee reform
Barristers face practising fee rise to tackle £5.4m pension black hole
barristers told
Barristers unpersuaded by new business models
Barristers warned over social media conduct
BBC probes McKenzie friends after Gazette investigation
BBC's fury at £900k pre-action legal costs of Sir Cliff Richard
Be more diverse or we’ll withhold 10% of your fees
Bello for the bench
Benchmarking survey: Healthy growth for medium-sized firms
Best places to study law revealed
Beware ‘get-rich-quick’ solicitors
Bill of rights will eliminate 'trivial' claims - Faulks
Bird & Bird loses negligence appeal over £26m property
Birmingham debut for Business and Property Court
Blacker appeal dismissed - and costs bill grows by £15
Blacker appeal dismissed – and costs bill grows by £15
Blacker files to Court of Appeal
Blacker set for High Court appeal against strike-off
Blacker: SDT ignored my disability
Blackstone’s gets the judges' nod
Blow to patent court
BLP best law firm for social mobility
BME groups report less trust in their lawyer
Boastful barrister fined and reprimanded
Bolton and Macclesfield firms on 'pay shame' list
Bolton Council admits mistake over ‘secret’ Asons grant
Bolton council backs leader over £300k law firm deal
Bolton council faces fresh grilling over ‘secret’ £300k law firm grant
Bolton Council leader to be pressed again on Asons grant
Bolton firm handed £300k of taxpayers’ cash faced £300k tax demand
Bolton law firm Asons ceases trading in 'fresh start'
Bolton-based Asons to announce change in ownership
Bond Dickinson backtracks on Brexit pay freeze
Bond Dickinson confirms panel-loss redundancies
Boost for sole practitioners as HSBC raises conveyancing threshold
Bourns tells MPs
Breaking news: Leigh Day and its lawyers cleared of all allegations
Breaking news: MoJ will press on with £5k small claims limit
Breaking up: Councils sever legal services partnership
Breaking: David Lidington is new lord chancellor
Breaking: KWM to file for administration today
Breaking: Law Society CEO resigns
Breaking: Liz Truss gone from the MoJ
Breaking: Phil Shiner guilty of dishonesty over Iraqi claims
Breaking: Phil Shiner guilty over Iraqi claims
Breaking: Prisons and Courts Bill scrapped
Breaking: S and G surrenders control to new lenders
Breaking: Shiner guilty over Iraqi claims
Breaking: Slater and Gordon surrenders control to new lenders
Brexit article 50 Supreme Court hearing begins
Brexit Britain won't escape new CJEU case law
Brexit judges are ‘Enemies of the People’ - media onslaught follows Article 50 ruling
Brexit judges are ‘Enemies of the People’ – media onslaught follows article 50 ruling
Brexit means ditching the CJEU
Brexit prompts corporate merger first
Brexit prompts merger first
Brexit will need new dispute resolution mechanism
Brexit: ‘common law can't replace mutual recognition deals’
Brexit: ‘common law won’t fill loss of mutual recognition deals’
Brexit: applications to practise law in Ireland keep rising
Brexit: commercial courts can still ‘cut the mustard’
Brexit: don’t expect a deal says Conservative veteran
Brexit: mutual recognition hope for lawyers
Brexit: Reciprocity critical
Brexit: top global firm seeking to expand - but UK-qualifieds ‘unlikely to be of interest'
Brexit: top global firm seeking to expand – but UK-qualifieds ‘unlikely to be of interest’
Briggs: ‘Sky's the limit' for online court claims
Briggs: online court will take the ‘A’ out of ‘ADR’
British Virgin Islands enters arbitration market
Browne Jacobson eyes top 50 with Beale merger
BSB agrees bar training shakeup
BSB finds
BSB proposes training shake-up
BSB takes next step towards ABS licensing
BSB tells newly qualified barristers
BSB: end perception of youth courts as ‘forum for advocacy practice’
BTE extension under review with backing from top judge
Budget 2017: penalties for ‘enablers’ of tax schemes will go ahead
Budget should not 'fetter' costs
Burglar went on £32k spree in London’s legal district
Business courts reorganised in face of international competition
CA ruling on fixed fees to have ‘substantial’ effect
Call for legislation to govern AI
Calls to take the politics out of discount rate decision
Campaigners call for hate crime equality
Campaigners hope transfer will save city's court
Campaigners warn PI reforms will cost 60
Capita hits interpreting target just once in four years
Capita misses interpreting target again as contract nears end
Care letters make clients 'feel stupid’
Cash alone won't end justice woes
Caution urged over 'alien' concept of expert hot tubbing
CBA adds to BSB woes over bar training proposals
CBA chief says defence work ‘beset with corrupt practices’
Chambers chief vows to defy 'abhorrent' foreign workers plan
Chambers joins race to go ‘paper-light’
Champerty! Irish court deals a blow to third-party funders
Chancery Lane event remembers Casement
Chancery Lane hardens support for business human rights
Channel 4 preview: legal chief among new arrivals
Charities hail 'groundbreaking' prison legal aid victory
Charity bequests shouldn't have special status
Charlie Gard parents 'struggling to understand' High Court ruling
Checks needed on clients’ human rights records
Child abuse inquiry counsel Emmerson suspended
Child secures £5.5m increase in damages in new discount rate first
Child secures £5.5m increase in payment after discount rate first
China focus of 2017 ‘endangered lawyer’ protest
Chinese human rights lawyer pleads guilty to 'incitement'
Chinese law firm eyes UK office
City firm defeats £15m negligence claim over extent of retainer
City firm escapes £2m negligence claim on appeal
City firm sees off costs bid after £15m claim failure
City firm sets up ‘hotline’ to address client fears over cybersecurity
City firm uses machine learning to speed up document analysis
City firms continue to post high retention rates
City firms make 'top employers' list for first time
City firms’ retention rates continue to slip
City firms’ trainee retention rates falling
City group urges government
City hires boost competition watchdog
City law firm successfully pilots AI technology
City lawyers tell MPs
City lays in to SRA over handbook changes
City of London Law Society slams latest exam proposals
City savages SRA over handbook changes
City solicitor likely to face SRA action after assault conviction
City solicitor placed on sex offenders register
City solicitor required to register as sex offender
City solicitors have 10 years to make the grade
City solicitors help keep law centre afloat
City solicitors slam latest super-exam proposals
City warns of 'perverse' effects of extending fixed costs
City watchdog faces resounding ‘no’ to in-house accountability proposal
City watchdog urged to exempt legal from new accountability regime
Civil partnership case may go to Supreme Court
Civil partnership couple seek Supreme Court hearing
CJC call for public education on online court
CJEU backs UK broadcasters over online copyright
CJEU deals blow to snooping powers
CJEU opinion deals blow to file-sharing websites
CJEU says ebooks subject to paper-book lending rules
CJEU says no to fixed-term contracts
CJEU will be kept out of new patent regime
CJEU's snooping judgment bolsters privilege
Claim form served late but dismissal application rejected
Claimant cancels Part 36 offer to take advantage of new PI discount rate
Claimant delight as court rejects repayment of £400 fixed costs
Claimant slapped with costs order after erroneous CFA letter
Claimant who switched to Official Solicitor can recover CFA costs
claims bar
Claims company fined £400k after making 100m nuisance calls
Claims farmer fined £270k for making 22m unwanted calls
Claims giant warns PI reforms will hit 2017 profits by £4m
Claims handler plans ABS with firms to survive PI reforms
Claims management giant sets up own law firm
Claims manager who owes MoJ £560k banned from running a company
Cleared Leigh Day team keen to get back to work
Cleared solicitor can take malicious prosecution case to trial
Clients will choose MDPs over traditional firms
Clifford Chance promotes 24 to partner - but only four are women
Clifford Chance to close Thailand base
Clifford Chance: global businesses will pay for human rights abuses
Clin neg fixed costs consultation to be unveiled today
Clin neg fixed costs plans unveiled as Hunt goes after 'unscrupulous' firms
Clin neg fixed costs plans unveiled as Hunt targets ‘unscrupulous’ firms
Clin neg rethink: Fixed costs limit set to be £25k
Clyde & Co faces £50
CMA highlights lack of solicitor involvement in contract reviews
CMA report: firms must publish price information
CMA report: law firms must publish their price information
CMA says law firms must provide information on pricing
CMC complaints increase 39% in the space of a year
CMCs watchdog hit by failure to collect fines
CMS
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang reveal combined retention rates
CMS faces ‘breach of duty’ claim in investment dispute
CMS Nabarro Olswang reveals European closures
CMS sets pace with 27% of promotions women
Co-op Legal's recovery picks up
CoA right to take stern line on McKenzie friend concept
Cobbetts collapse: eight to face tribunal over alleged incompetence
Coffin Mew and Charles Lucas & Marshall agree merger
Collapsed firm killed off by threat of PI reforms
Colonel tells SDT of anger at Iraq allegations
Commercial Court dismisses Tchenguiz claim
Commercial judges will need expert assessors
Commons committee hears
Comparison sites need access to firms’ past mistakes – SRA chief
Compensation fund payments to cover solicitor failings drop 42%
Compensation fund payouts tumble by £5.9m in a year
Compliance fears over measures to tackle ‘ghost’ solicitors
Computer ransomware attacks: 'no good blaming the victims'
Concern over arrest of leading Egyptian rights campaigner
Concerns over domestic violence referral fees
Conservative conference hears
Consumer watchdog names new chair
Consumer watchdog sounds caution on transparency drive
Consumer watchdog voices caution on transparency drive
Consumers ‘happy’ with solicitors’ services but cost issue remains
Consumers ‘happy’ with solicitors’ services but price issue remains
Contract lawyers are ‘copy and paste monkeys’
Conveyancers back ‘pre-contract packs’ for buyers
Conveyancers seek to put leasehold reform back on government agenda
Conveyancers urged to publicise fraud email alert scheme
Conveyancing kitemark holders warned over spoof email
Conveyancing productivity up 55% in three years
Conveyancing tax hike on 1 January? - Society demands answers
Convicted cocaine-supplying barrister is disbarred
Convicted fraudster tells police: my solicitor made me do it
Conviction ‘safe’ despite Crown disclosure failure – appeal court
Cost of prosecuting solicitors on rule breaches jumps 44%
Costs lawyers complain solicitors can’t keep to budgets
Costs: Appeal court backs Merrix stance on budget status
Council backs leader over £300k law firm deal
Council chiefs under fire over 'emergency' grant to law firm
Council chiefs under fire over ‘emergency’ grant to law firm
Council chiefs under fire over ‘emergency’ grant to solicitors firm
Council considers appealing £150k data fine
Council hails £222k confiscation order
Council tight-lipped over audit into ‘secret’ £300k law firm grant
Council’s ‘secret’ grant to law firm under the microscope again
Council’s ‘secret’ grant under the microscope again
Councils in need of counselling
Court allows escape from fixed costs after offer accepted late
Court closures set for completion by September 2017
court decides
Court denies pre-LASPO costs as litigation work had not started
Court fee refunds for settled cases to be scrapped
Court of Appeal allows right-to-die case
Court of Appeal backs claimants over post-legal aid CFA
Court of Appeal backs Merrix stance on budget status
Court of Appeal burdened with ‘voluminous’ material
Court of Appeal grants leeway on fixed costs application
Court of Appeal rules claimants out of portal restricted to fixed costs
Court of Appeal ruling prompts renewed no-fault divorce plea
Court orders SDT retrial over misplaced dishonesty charges
Court rejects Irwin Mitchell bankruptcy petition against client
Court rejects tribunal bias claim to uphold barrister ban
court rules
Court staff lament service decline as cuts bite
Court upholds ban against solicitor whose evidence was ‘not credible’
Courts are not pay-as-you-go consumer service providers - LCJ
Courts bill proceeds unscathed but Labour pledges to table amendments
Courts bill proceeds unscathed but Labour threatens to table amendments
Courts bill: ‘viewing booths’ to preserve open justice
Courts bill: claimants ‘extremely disappointed’ by PI reforms
Courts bill: domestic violence cross-examination pledge
Courts bill: MoJ confirms £5k limit only for whiplash claims
Courts bill: whiplash plans will clog up courts to boost insurer profits
Courts have become a ‘casino’
CPS accused of 'wild goose chase' over protest action
CPS accused of 'wild goose chase' over solicitor protest action
CPS criticised for ‘shocking’ disclosure failure
CPS error highlights cost of poor communication
CPS hit by £20k costs over 'total inaction' on charging decision
CPS satisfaction levels soar
CPS staff ‘working hard to keep sinking ship afloat’
Creative bigwig drafted in to lead ABS advising arts sector
Credit-hire witnesses jailed for contempt
Creditors lose £1m-plus as former directors buy back fraud-hit firm
Creditors lose £5m as failing law firm sold at knock-down value
Creditors unlikely to see any of £350k Assure Law debts
Criminal bar adds to regulator's woes over training reform
Criminal bar chief targets 'corruption’ of defence work
Criminal finances bill to boost National Crime Agency powers
Cross examination of abused wife a 'stain' on justice system - judge
Cryogenics case not a precedent
Cumbria court closure highlights provision challenge
Curbs on automatic legal aid eligibility ‘not a cost-cutting exercise’
Cut compensation for injured to fill national insurance void
DAC Beachcroft post-room assistant 'abused trust'
DAC Beachcroft set to complete second raid on a rival firm
David Lidington - another non-lawyer - is new lord chancellor
Day denies inflating Iraq claims costs to pay fixer
Day paid 'difficult' Shiner £20k to join Iraq claims
Day: 'It wasn't my job to worry about impact on Iraq veterans'
Debevoise results ‘steady’ despite revenue dip
Dechert’s £16m bill in fraud office case ‘unrealistic’ – judge
Defamation cases slump to nine-year low
Defence firm in 'second class stamp' debacle responds to judge
Defence warns of 'chilling effect' of guilty verdict at Leigh Day tribunal
Defendant firm hails ‘significant’ fundamental dishonesty victory in appeal court
Defendant firms in £126m credit hire claim to face October hearing
Defendant firms named in £126m credit hire 'conspiracy' action
Defunct miners' claim firm must pay £15k for negligent advice
Defunct miners' firm must pay £15k for negligent advice
Delayed MoJ survey finds vulnerable 'face multiple legal problems'
Deliveroo: Law Society condemns 'no tribunal' clauses
Deliveroo's bumpy ride
Departures continue from tight-lipped KWM
Deprivation of liberty under scrutiny at Court of Appeal
despite FCA finding 'no wrongdoing'
despite UK opposition
Deutsche Bank tight-lipped on junior lawyers’ panel pay curb
Deutsche Bank tight-lipped on junior lawyers’ pay plan
Devonshires sets sights on Leeds
did ABS really change anything?
Digital courts get green light
Digital courts get green light in £1bn initiative
Digital courts’ success will win over sceptics
Digital legacies need legal protection say lawyers
Digital skills gap blocking in-house progress – international firm
Digital warning over tribunal reforms
Digitisation only half the battle
Direct Line puts 30 claims handler jobs at risk
Discount rate: Insurers stay status quo can't go on
Disgruntled clients offered live chats with ombudsman
Disputes will go overseas without right Brexit deal - City lawyer
Disputes will go overseas without right Brexit deal – City lawyer
Diversity champion Okoro is new World Bank GC
Diversity the watchword as Supreme Court competitions open
Divorce order set aside after ‘procedurally unfair’ mistakes
DLA Piper profits bounce back on slipping revenue
Doctor defenders step up calls for £250k fixed costs limit
Doctor jailed after submitting false medical claims
Doctors’ regulator urges caution over release of patient records
DoH 'like a criminal dictating his sentence' over fixed costs
Domestic violence evidence requirement removed
Domestic violence legal aid applications rise
Don’t panic over Gulf exodus
Don’t promote the UAE
Doubts surround courts bill after snap election announcement
Dozens probed over referral fee ban breaches
DPP warning over post-Brexit criminal justice cooperation
Drop in county court judgments refuels court fees fears
Dubai-style virtual small claims ‘could work here'
Duo jailed for £150-a-claim bribery deal
DWF spies Northern Ireland opportunity
DX latest business to face action over self-employment rights
E-conveyancing at last?
E-conveyancing first as digital signature used to exchange contracts
E&W must learn from Scotland over ‘unfair’ county court judgments – MP
ECHR withdrawal ‘will do little to protect troops’
Economists say PI reforms will put 35
Election casts doubts over probate fee 'tax'
Election could kill probate fee 'tax'
Election question mark over courts bill
Electronic bill of costs compulsory from October
Embattled Bolton council leader set to defend £300k law firm grant
Employers cough up £83k under tribunal penalty regime
Employment giant announces UK tie-up
Employment specialists warn against online tribunals
Employment tribunal claims plummet by 100
Employment tribunal penalties falling short
Employment tribunals last in line for reform
End DWP delays now
English judges join disapproval over Polish judicial reforms
English law will thrive after Brexit – Bourns
English solicitors ‘could pay extra to practise in Wales’
Environmental groups challenge lifting of cost cap
Erosion of privilege lambasted by Law Society
Ethics and data security top GC agenda
EU advocate general backs claim for retrospective holiday pay
EU court backs airlines over bird strike claims worth £11m
EU court pours cold water on Caffè Nero’s trademark bid
EU patent court set to open in December
EU regulations fuel demand for in-house lawyers
EU to go it alone on copyright treaty
EU’s copyright proposals target music-streaming services
Euro-court plans hit by further delays
Euro-court plans hit with further delays
European bar council: continental drift
European court rules against film piracy devices
Eversheds approves US tieup
Eversheds faces £100m Northern Rock negligence claim
Eversheds hails results despite dip in profitability
Eversheds reveals transatlantic tie-up talks
Eversheds reveals transatlantic tieup talks
Eversheds Sutherland merger goes live
Eversheds Sutherland named best law firm brand
Eversheds welcomes results despite drop in profitability
Evidence mounts in the case for problem-solving courts
Ex-Kaim Todner directors fined for not disclosing money problems
Ex-Leeds Utd MD fails to overturn costs award against fellow solicitor
Ex-solicitor disbarred for misappropriating client funds
Ex-solicitor judge jailed for will forgery
Exclusive: Barristers face fee hike to plug Bar Council's pension deficit
Exclusive: CMC watchdog failing to collect fines
Exclusive: country’s biggest costs law firm agrees CVA with creditors
Exclusive: Legal brands fold as Assure Law collapses
Exclusive: NHSLA paying out 76% of claims after proceedings issued
Executive fined £10
Expanding firm partly sold to add to Metamorph roster
Expanding law firm still hunting for ABS opportunities
expensive’ training route
Experienced trio 'mortified' by £4m accounts rule charges
Experienced trio 'mortified' over £4m accounts rule charges
Expert representation essential in CoP – Bourns
Expert witnesses ‘chasing’ solicitors for late payment
Experts warned ‘shaken baby’ ruling threatens their future
Failed PI firm owed more than £5m when administrators were called in
Failure to switch off from work ‘killing’
Failure to switch off from work ‘killing’ professionals
Fairpoint slashes purchase price of Colemans PI business
Family judge condemns 2
Family law barrister who made woman ‘fearful’ disbarred
family law body urges politicians
Family solicitors welcome call for tougher enforcement powers
Fare-dodging barrister disbarred
Fast-track immigrations proposals 'put speed before justice'
Father loses term time holiday battle at Supreme Court
FCA to review ‘private warnings’ as part of transparency drive
Fear of failure deterring partners from the bench
Fears for UK solicitors over patent court rights of audience
Fed-up lawyers 'in no mood' to cooperate with late night courts
Fee cut proposals ‘based on contentious claim’
Fee cuts 'will stop junior lawyers earning a living'
Fee setback adds to lord chancellor’s woes
Female BAME defendants 'overwhelmed by legal jargon'
Female BAME prisoners 'overwhelmed by legal jargon'
Fieldfisher to absorb commercial law firm
Fighting modern slavery is good for business – Law Society
Financial proceedings to be 'de-linked' from divorce
Fine for divorce lawyer who called litigant in person a 'fisherwoman'
Fine for drawing client funds to help daughter
Fine for solicitor who accepted cash payments
Fire your law firm’s misfits within weeks - ex-John Lewis boss
Firm boasts of 146 fundamental dishonesty wins in a year
Firm defers pay review until Brexit picture is clearer
Firm files Slater and Gordon shareholder claim 'of significant magnitude'
Firm helped clients avoid £1.3m stamp duty payments
Firm hires: Verisona Law
Firm leaves QualitySolicitors but network still pledges to grow
Firm paid £333k to fraudster who hijacked client’s email
Firm partners predict legal Brexit exodus
Firm reveals spending £900k on aborted acquisition
Firm shut down after owner jailed for child porn
Firm takes on in-house barrister to boost case times
Firm to shut motor claims arm amid 'structural review'
Firm's 'sexist' ballet ad cleared by watchdog
Firm’s innovation puts clients together with sports stars
Firm's managers pocket extra £400k as profits slip
Firms face gender pay gap challenge over partners
Firms face trade mark squatting woes
Firms join hands to encourage whistleblowers
Firms secure coveted spot on NHS panel
Firms stashing away £94k to save for a rainy day
Firms unite to meet demand from international insurance clients
Firms will not be forced to publish prices at this stage: SRA
First director disqualification over collusion on Justin Bieber posters
First female Metropolitan police commissioner appointed
First woman to lead Farrer & Co
Fixed costs ‘in doubt’ after High Court backs budgeting regime
Fixed costs for clinical negligence: the figures
Fixed fees popular among lawyers’ clients
Flight delay firm expects busy week from £100m BA claims
Football club solicitor awarded £18
For geeks everywhere – law tech ‘disrupters’ gather at landmark London event
Foreign Office warns tourists of sickness claims touts
Foreign property owners will have year to declare details
Forensic reports threatened by low legal aid rates
former AG warns
Former city lawyer named as French premier
Former Clyde & Co associate facing prosecution
Former Clyde & Co lawyer facing ‘misleading emails’ prosecution
Former European commissioner lands magic circle role
Former government solicitor banned for backdating court document
Former mayor's tribunal case adjourned pending judicial review
Former Parabis trainee lied to clients about struck-out claims
Former rear admiral to hoist flag at Bar Council
Former solicitor and serial fraudster jailed for five years
Former solicitor judge and ex-lover jailed for six years for theft
Former solicitor named in £2m FCA confiscation order
Former Stobart chief acquires second criminal legal aid firm
Founding pro bono charter signatories revealed
Four-office Yorkshire firm shut down over dishonesty suspicions
Freshfields ‘moving to Bishopsgate’
Freshfields bosses share £18.1m as executive pay climbs 8%
Freshfields denies rowing back on Vancouver office
Freshfields denies Vancouver office backtrack
Freshfields heads Ireland’s solicitor ‘Brexodus’ table
Freshfields puts pen to paper on new City home
Freshfields reviews 180 personal assistant roles
Freshfields to review personal assistant roles
FTSE giants launch GC network to tackle rule of law failures
FTSE-100 sets aside billions more for legal bills
Funder secures £100m of fresh capital
Funders helped the RBS fight
Funders on hook for indemnity costs in Excalibur
Funding bonanza as litigation investors commit £723m to UK
Funerals merged with newly profitable ABS pioneer Co-op Legal
Funerals to swallow newly profitable ABS pioneer Co-op Legal
Further fee cuts ‘obtuse’
Fury over £5.48 immigration email charge
Fury over Gove’s call for practice curbs on ‘second-class’ solicitor-advocates
Gambling addict ‘borrowed’ £1.2m from client account reserves
Game of tomes: Blackstone’s gets the judges' nod
Gang duped law firms of £390k in fees for false claims
Gang duped law firms out of £390k in fees for false claims
Gateley partners net £6.4m from share sales
Gateley PLC earmarks expansion after 14% profit increase
Gateley returns to acquisition trail
GCs can drive gender diversity in firms – legal chief
Gig economy needs new employment laws – Law Society
Give judges a role in legal regulation
Give us an authoritative lord chancellor
Global firm warns of Brexit effect on UK business
Global legal market growth slowed in 2016
Government 'wilfully blind' to impact of tribunal fees
Government caps public sector payoffs
Government consults on new ‘failure to prevent’ offences
Government consults on new white-collar crime offences
Government defends 10-year sentence plan for copyright infringers
Government fee cut ‘led to interpreter blunder’
Government heeds concerns over stamp duty reform
government insists
Government loses criminal records disclosure appeal
Government pressed on UK’s EU court role
Government ready to slash clin neg fixed costs limit to £25k
Government rebuffs latest calls for no-fault divorce
Government seeks views on press legal costs regime
Government silent on paperless divorce timetable
Government snubs calls for hefty cut in tribunal fees
Government to announce decision on discount rate for PI damages
Government to appeal judges’ pension ruling
Government to keep AML ‘consent’ defence
Government to propose £5k small claims limit – BBC
Government U-turn on children’s rights
Government urged to clarify SFO future
government warned
Government’s probate plans under fire from Tory backbench
Greater consideration of young BAME offenders ahead of sentencing
Greater protection against ‘stranger stalking’
Greater protection for ‘stranger stalking’
Greater public awareness drives rise in sexual offences prosecutions
Green light for employment tribunal reforms
Grenfell Tower fire: housing lawyers mobilising to provide free advice
Grenfell Tower fire: housing lawyers planning to provide free advice
Grenfell Tower fire: lawyers step up pro bono efforts
Guilty: Bradford solicitors convicted of £600
Hallett LJ: 'more to do' on solicitor judges
Hallett: Still long way to go to improve judicial diversity
has Denton brought civil obedience?
Heald summoned to explain Brexit effect on civil justice
Heathrow Airport expansion faces multiple legal challenges
Heathrow expansion faces multiple legal challenges
Helping Manchester
Herbert Smith Freehills opens China hub
Herbert Smith Freehills sets sights east with new office
High Court admonishes Slater and Gordon solicitor for disclosure omission
High court appointments - five solicitors make the grade
High Court awards £2 damages to claimants who wanted £15m
High Court baby ruling highlights legal aid confusion
High Court hears Brexit legal challenge
High Court judgments 'lowest level on record'
High Court judgments against businesses at record low
High Court misses out on French bank fraud dispute
High Court orders disclosure in bitter costs battle
High Court refuses MoD 'indulgence' of extra time for disclosure
High Court rejects attempt to end case over ‘wrong’ court fee payment
High Court remits struck-out Leigh Day negligence claim
High Court stays £173m international settlement award
High Court to hear Brexit legal challenge
High staff morale driving success at firms – report
Hilary Meredith swoops for leading Slater and Gordon lawyer
Hillsborough lawyers unveil bill to hold authorities to account
HM Treasury consults on ‘fit and proper persons test’ for lawyers
HMCTS reviews Welsh language scheme
Hogan Lovells agrees partnership with Chinese firm
Hogan Lovells boosts junior lawyers' pay
Hogan Lovells partners to put £50m into firm
Holman Fenwick agrees US merger
Home Office scraps 'insufficient evidence' notification
Home Office the most JR-ed department in 2016 after 18% increase
Housing white paper an ‘encouraging signal’
How much? Super-exam funding poser
HSBC to compensate customers hit by debt collection charges added by solicitors
HSF becomes second UK firm to get Malaysia licence
Hull solicitor Max Gold dies at 72
Hundreds join civil claims after Ian Paterson conviction
Hung parliament deals blow to justice reforms
Hunt: time to end ‘litigation culture’ in maternity cases
IBA 2016: ‘EU the sick man of Europe’
IBA 2016: call for action over 'long arm' of US law
IBA 2016: English law will thrive after Brexit
IBA 2016: Lawyers must rebuild trust - Lagarde
IBA 2016: Stock market listing comes at a price
IBA 2016: TTIP ‘promotes rule of law’
Ill solicitor whose judgement was impaired is fined £7
Immigration appeal delays 'shocking' as backlog reaches 63
Immigration appeal delays ‘shocking’ as backlog reaches 63
Immigration fees to soar despite overwhelming opposition
Immigration judge enraged by law firm's 'blackmail'
Immigration judge furious at ‘blackmail’ solicitors
In-house accountability regime ‘will create climate of fear’
including plans for new exam
Indecent images solicitor banned
Indemnity insurers secure key PII Supreme Court ruling
Indemnity premiums 'down by up to 20%'
Indian firms ‘blocking’ free legal market plans
Injured footballer 'faces bankruptcy' after delayed £80k payment
Insurance boss queries blanket increase in small claims limit
Insurance fraudster who duped law firm facing £37
Insurance premiums down by up to 20%
Insurer claims to have key to persuading lawyers to use DBAs
Insurers fear Truss has ditched whiplash reform
Insurers gloomy as Truss ditches whiplash reform
Insurers gloomy as Truss ditches whiplash reform plans
Insurers hit by share price falls in aftermath of discount decision
Insurers lament 'delay' to whiplash reform
Insurers lose High Court discount rate challenge
Insurers rejoice as Court of Appeal clarifies credit hire rates
Insurers threaten judicial review of damages discount decision
Insurers to pocket £200m a year from PI reforms
insurers urge chancellor
International Bar Association takes aim at Trump
International firm enters South Sudan market
International firms commit to pro bono work
International outcry as China sentences human rights lawyer
Interpreter CEO bullish over performance target
Intervened PI firm snapped up by high street consolidator
IP bill prevents 'threats' actions against attorneys
IP Enterprise Court still attractive despite alternatives – presiding judge
IP pro bono scheme launched
IP threats bill will help SMEs
IPO hints at extension of design infringement laws
IPO trademark boom ‘may be caused by Brexit vote’
Iraq claims: Leigh Day knew clients were militia members
Iraq firm 'failed to examine concerns about bribes'
Iraq press conference went ahead despite ‘conflicting evidence’
Iraq verdict ‘could deter future claims’
Irwin Mitchell takes a £12.2m profit hit after major acquisition
Irwin Mitchell takes a £12.2m profit hit after major acqusition
IT giant tells firms
IT hold-ups delay electronic bill of costs to 2018
IT success stories show online court can work – Briggs
It's a deal: CMS confirms merger with Olswang and Nabarro
JAC figures highlight solicitors' struggle to make the bench
Jackson fears NHS waiting time claim would open floodgates
Jackson fears opened ‘floodgates’ from claim over receptionist advice
Jackson hears from claimants over fixed costs
Jackson LJ calls for court funding rethink
Jackson promises ‘open mind’ on fixed recoverable costs
Jackson to lead government review of fixed recoverable costs
Jackson urges ‘culture change’ on ‘profitable' disclosure
Jackson wary of fixed costs for clin neg cases over £25k
Jackson wary of fixed costs for clinical negligence cases over £25k
Jackson: solicitors tell me costs budgeting is working
jailed and struck-off for taking £1.2m from dead clients
Jailed McKenzie friend facing £12
Jailed McKenzie friend facing fresh claim
Jailed solicitor denied 'second chance' following cocaine conviction
Jailed solicitor in 'abject sorrow' over £469k theft from clients
Jailed solicitor's 'abject sorrow' over £469k theft
JLD chair says
Jobs threatened as Minster Law closes home base
Joint enterprise ruling no ‘passport’ to quashing conviction
Judge 'disturbed' by 'fragile and vulnerable' woman's lack of legal aid
Judge allows extra court fee payment to push damages to £140k
Judge and ex-lover guilty of law firm fraud
Judge calls for feedback on adoption orders
Judge calls for LiP powers after court ‘bombarded’ with emails
Judge caught watching porn at work is rebuked by SRA
Judge condemns ‘self-defeating’ mass of evidence in Shell pollution claim
Judge lambasts witness for ‘throwing allegations around like confetti’
Judge punishes firm that placed 'scant importance' on court orders
Judge queries High Court trial at 'substantial cost' to public
Judge refuses to allow amendments filed a year after request
Judge rejects appeal against £1m costs of holiday claims
judge rules
Judge rules on £55m oil dispute after one-day hearing
Judge sacked over 'abusive' website comments
judge set to rule
Judge slams defendant firm Kennedys over costs budgeting 'games'
Judge slashes costs after CFA deemed unreasonable and unfair
Judge suggests ex-client could claim against defunct Blavo
Judge suggests Facebook for tracing parents in adoption cases
Judge suggests former client could make claim against Blavo & Co
Judge's election comments 'put reputation of judiciary at risk'
Judge's offer to pay victim surcharge 'failed to demonstrate impartiality'
Judge’s Turkey detention could set genocide organiser free
Judges must hang together
Judges should get a role in legal regulation
Judges told to increase seriousness threshold for domestic abuse
Judges v MoJ: government defends pension cuts
Judges warn fixed costs will drive expert witnesses away
Judges' intervention prompts video-link rethink for youth cases
Judges' pay review to seek data on previous earnings
Judges’ pensions battle reaches open court
Judges’ pensions: ‘no one complaining about the change itself’
Judicial appointment figures 'need to be more transparent'
Judicial fast-track would boost diversity
Junior advocates lose out to QCs in new fees regime - Society
Junior advocates lose out to QCs in new fees regime – Society
Junior lawyers division slams advocacy fee plans
Junior lawyers welcome proposed unpaid placement curbs
jurors to be told in new notice
Justice by algorithm 'could bring courts to a halt'
Justice committee outlines 'unfinished business'
Justice committee work screeches to a halt
Justice cooperation must be Brexit priority
Justice minister fined for firearms offence
Justice minister makes case for ADR
Justice reformer condemns digital criminal courts plan
Justice secretary Liz Truss: prison reform ‘urgent’
Justice should be higher up Brexit agenda
Katie Hopkins to appeal
Kennedys agrees US insurance tie up
Kent chief declares
Kent legal chief aims high with new ABS
King & Wood Mallesons confirms 'takeover offers’
King & Wood Mallesons on the brink amid staff talks
King & Wood Mallesons quiet on trainee futures
King & Wood Mallesons set to enter administration next month
King & Wood Mallesons to enter administration next month
KitKat trade mark crumbles before Court of Appeal
KitKat's four fingers crumble before Court of Appeal
KWM administrator's report reveals £1.2m pay out for advisers
KWM administrators confirm investigation
KWM administrators reveal contact with SRA
KWM confirms intention to appoint administrators
KWM Europe finally collapses into administration
KWM staff not being paid as administration looms
KWM to retain European presence after going under
KWM trainees face axe as depth of money woes becomes clearer
KWM: Administrator's report lays bare full story of collapse
LAA begins notifying law firms of crime tender outcome
LAA begins to deliver bad news over crime contracts
LAA criticised for 'half-hearted' pursuit of alleged £4m fraud
LAA denies striking off will create advice desert
LAA invitation highlights yet another ‘advice desert’
Labour backs ‘fat cats’ campaign against whiplash reforms
Labour delays justice review until summer 2017
Labour promises manifesto pledge on legal aid
Labour to keep court fees - but cap them
Labour tweaks legal aid commitment in election manifesto
Labour would oppose small claims limit rise
Labour: human rights law should apply to troops abroad
Lack of career progression ‘driving women to competitors’
Land con barrister disbarred for dishonesty
LASPO review welcomed – but Society repeats advice ‘deserts’ concerns
Late-night court solicitors will be 'victims of postcode lottery' - Society
Lateral moves driven more by culture than pay
Law chief calls for ‘culture of responsibility’ on business crime
Law Commission seeks to overhaul deprivation of liberty safeguards
Law firm attitudes ‘deterring solicitors from becoming judges’
Law firm checks out informal appraisals
law firm claims
Law firm M&A deals continue apace
Law firm rescue saves 44 jobs – but creditors could lose £3m
Law firm sees off negligence claim over settlement payout
law firm's fine tracker shows
Law firms among worst ‘nest-egg builders’
Law firms dominate social mobility ranking
Law firms dominate Stonewall chart for inclusive employers
Law firms dominate Stonewall ranking of inclusive employers
Law firms join forces in apprenticeships drive
Law firms join hands to encourage whistleblowers
Law firms under fire over China business
Law firms’ attitudes ‘putting solicitors off from becoming judges’
Law reform programme aborted by snap poll
Law Society – your law firm may need a Brexit ‘Plan B’
Law Society agrees next steps in governance shakeup
Law Society attacks ‘corruption enablers’ claim
Law Society backs ‘super-exam’ – but warns of cost
Law Society chief executive resigns
Law Society condemns 'no tribunal' clauses
Law Society custom posters promote brand – and profession
Law Society Excellence Awards open for nominations
Law Society Excellence Awards winners announced
Law Society eyes Korea legal deal
Law Society joins Pride
Law Society launches election manifesto
Law Society may intervene in landmark fraud case
Law Society of Scotland rolls out red carpet to non-solicitors
Law Society president: why are regulators silent on cuts?
Law Society publishes ‘transparency toolkit’ for firms
Law Society slams SFO 'restrictions' on representation
Law Society to press on with reform after CEO resigns
Law Society unveils election manifesto for Brexit Britain
Law Society urges probe into crime contract IT failures
Law Society urges profession to give views on ‘dramatic’ changes
Law Society: don’t place consumers at risk
Laws tackling online hate crime 'out of date'
Lawyer fined after sensitive details posted from home computer
Lawyer groups urge Jackson to rethink fixed costs plans
Lawyer invented medical firm to raid £25k legal aid funds
Lawyer less trusted than hairdressers - but more than pollsters
Lawyer questions SFO's retrial request in Barclays case
Lawyer says Leigh Day 'created mechanism' for illicit payments - tribunal
Lawyer says Leigh Day 'created mechanism' for referral fees - tribunal
Lawyers aghast at SRA plans to lift cold calling ban
Lawyers can’t be compared to sewage workers
Lawyers concerned as MoJ revives plans for extended court sittings
Lawyers deny PI discount rate ‘conspiracy’ to hike fees
Lawyers gloomy about keeping current PI award adjustment rate
Lawyers less trusted than hairdressers – but more than pollsters
Lawyers make the grade in BAME 'power lists'
Lawyers recognised for LGBT work
lawyers say
Lawyers voice backlash fears over EU patent court move
Lawyers wanted for the reserves
lawyers warned
Lawyers who suffered ‘years of anxiety’ cleared of fraud allegations
Lawyers’ outrage as Trump takes axe to legal aid funding
LCJ concerned about McKenzie friends ‘preying’ on vulnerable clients
LCJ insists
LCJ sought police protection after press attacks
LCJ suggests
LCJ: Liz Truss ‘completely and utterly wrong’ in press criticism stance
LCJ: recorder ‘comfort’ threatens recruitment
Leading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’
Leading sports lawyer denies money laundering charges
Leasehold property guide released
Legal ‘Siri’ gives insurance customers instant access to support
Legal 'super-exam': second consultation closes
legal academics say
Legal aid 'mistake' could cost firm £40
Legal Aid Agency contracts chief quits
Legal Aid Agency contracts chief to leave
Legal Aid Agency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Legal Aid Agency looking for extra £11m in cuts
Legal Aid Agency looking for extra £11m in savings
Legal aid contracts delay will 'add to solicitors' anxiety'
Legal aid safety net applications soar
Legal aid solicitor 'working incredibly hard' fined £5k over disbursement errors
Legal apprenticeship pioneers present their new starters
Legal assistant fined £2k after university lie on CV
Legal assistant fined £2k over bogus CV
Legal assistant fined £2k over university lies on bogus CV
Legal author and Twitter star Gary Slapper dies
Legal cannibals: law firms fuelling rise in negligence claims
legal conference hears
Legal costs in Hillsborough inquests pass £63m
Legal costs in Hillsborough inquests top £63m
Legal M&A activity continues apace
Legal privilege safeguard strengthened in snooping bill
Legal profession ‘ahead of rivals on social mobility’
Legal profession 'united on Brexit'
Legal representation in care proceedings under review
Legal services from banks and insurers? Public starting to buy it
Legal services market shrinks for the first time since financial crisis
Legal services market shrinks for the first time since financial crisis – report
Legal stories you may have missed over Christmas
legal year event hears
Leigh Day 'alive' to chance Iraqi clients were lying
Leigh Day alleges
Leigh Day and its lawyers cleared of all 19 charges
Leigh Day cleared of all allegations
Leigh Day demands answers after lawyer arrest in Zambia
Leigh Day eager to 'do things by the book' on Iraq claims
Leigh Day ignored client's violent reputation to 'keep him sweet'
Leigh Day prepares for Supreme Court battle with MoD
Leigh Day press conference went ahead despite ‘conflicting evidence’
Leigh Day: 'No truth' to claims key client was Mahdi army member
Leigh Day: 'Reckless' solicitor agreed £25k referral fee without knowing rules
Leigh Day: 600 Iraq cases remaining
Leigh Day: email mentioned 'bribes'
Leigh Day: Firm's 'recipe for carelessness' over file handling
Leigh Day: Junior solicitor 'massively regrets' destroying document
Leigh Day: Martyn Day 'authorised bribe payments'
Leigh Day: Non-disclosure of case-busting list 'inexplicable'
Leigh Day: solicitor admitted non-disclosure of key list was 'inexplicable'
Leigh Day: SRA can't rely on Shiner to nail us
Leigh Day: SRA denies prosecution will open floodgates
Leigh Day: tribunal hears of 'orchestration' of defence
LeO fee could almost double - or halve - under tiered payment plan
LeO: Handbook overhaul will ‘confuse’ clients
Let couples divorce amicably
Let graduates represent litigants in person – master of the rolls
Lewis Silkin nabs ex-Nabarro director as COO
Lib Dem lawyers to fight Brexit ‘coup d’etat’
Lib Dems pledge separate jurisdiction for Wales
Liberty director urges lawyers to speak out on immigrant detentions
Libya torture cases must go before UK court
Linklaters board shares £19.6m as profits rise
Linklaters misses gender target in new partner round
Linklaters readies long-awaited China spinoff
Linklaters to trial reduced working hours scheme
Linklaters trials reduced hours scheme for associates
LiP handed 114 pages of legal documents ‘at the door of the court’
LiP with late claim blames court security for barring entry
Litigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from opposite side
Litigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from other side
Litigation expert Stewarts Law sued over lapsed PI claim
Litigation funder bought by banking giant in £31m deal
Litigation funder expands to create world's biggest legal financier
Litigation Funder expands with £138m acquisition
Litigation funder hires counsel as ABS plans accelerate
Litigation funder launches $200m US investment vehicle
Litigation funder makes damages guarantee to MasterCard claimants
Litigation funder offers lending package for court fees
Litigation funder raises £175m to grow business
Litigation funder reports bonanza 2016 as market continues expansion
Litigation funder reports bumper 2016 as market continues to grow
Litigation funders 'fuelling surge in FTSE-100 High Court battles'
Liverpool and Manchester family firm faces winding up order
Liverpool claims farmer fined for posing as law firm
Liz Truss drops in
Liz Truss fields first questions as justice secretary
Liz Truss gives hope of imminent LASPO review
Liz Truss: ‘we can do better’ on legal diversity
Lloyds Banking Group follows Barclays' lead in cutting panel numbers
Lloyds Banking Group follows Barclays' lead in shrinking panel
Loan write-off tips Minster Law into profit after £23m loss
London base for global forum of commercial courts
London firm and partner fined £16
London firm converts to plc
London Legal Walk - picture gallery
London legal walk in pictures
London seeks 350 magistrates to fill ageing bench
London's legal eminence will survive Brexit
Look on bright side of diversity
Loose circuit in judicial drive
Lord chancellor 'overstepping powers' with probate fee rise
Lord chancellor to face damages claim after judge's 'gross' error
Lord chancellor to face damages claim after judge's 'obvious' error
Lord Justice Jackson takes to the road on fixed costs
Lord Woolf joins hundreds of barristers in condemning bar training shakeup
Lords call for recognition of ‘growing body of distinct Welsh law’
Lords committee hears
Lords warn against powers in EU repeal bill
Low prices won't guarantee access to justice
LSB ‘not stepping back’ from diversity role
LSB confirms 12% hike for barristers’ practising fees
LSB outrage over IBA claim it is government-controlled
LSB promises lawyers
LSB protests at ‘government control’ attack
LSB softens ‘prescriptive’ diversity approach
LSB wants 'step change' in price transparency
Lutfur Rahman to face SDT hearing next week
Magic circle coy on ‘Dear Sirs’ communications
Magic circle firm pilots video game to test wannabe trainees
Magic circle firm posts impressive 23% jump in annual profits
magic circle firm reports
Magic circle firm takes on four from on-the-brink KWM
Magic circle law firms: retention rates rise
Magic circle partner set to become Law Society president
Magic circle partner to become Law Society president
Magic circle stationery thief banned from legal profession
Magic circle: retention rates rise
Magistrate sacked for failing to understand legal adviser’s role
Magistrates 'are facing several unresolved issues'
Magistrates need support strategy
Maintain UK’s legal reputation
Major companies missing legal human rights risks
Major PI firm reveals £13m profit hit as reforms loom
Male and white Supreme Court aims to open up
Man arrested after solicitor found dead
Man charged with solicitor's murder appears in court
Managing partner and brother jailed over sham legal aid company
Manchester firms continue growth after financial surge
Manchester pro bono panel to be extended to London
Manchester solicitor becomes 'youngest coroner' aged 31
Mandatory child abuse reporting ‘not the right solution’
Mansfield joins forces with 1 Gray’s Inn Square
market failure and advice deserts – Society condemns fee plans
Market watchdog seeks fresh look at Slater and Gordon records
Marketing and startup specialist to chair complaints body
Mau Mau claimants denied relief after year-long delay
May makes clear
May pledges to end ‘industry of vexatious claims’ against forces
McKenzie friend entrepreneur backtracks on student portal
McKenzie friend jailed for ‘deceit in family court’
McNally tells lawyers
MedCo disciplines dozens of doctors for late reports
MedCo suspends 134 shell companies as new rules kick in
Media law cases get their own court
Mel Goldberg struck off after dishonesty finding
Mencap sets up volunteer legal panel
Mental health issues rife in the law but support not there
Mergers faced greater scrutiny in 2016
Mergers lose appeal as top firms look to poach departments
Mexico investors bypass London
Mid-tier accounting firm eyes legal services after solicitor hire
Millennial lawyers won’t be wedded to firms in future
Millions of nuisance claims calls in a week
Mills & Reeve snaps up Maxwell Winward to create £93m firm
minister insists
Minister lukewarm about cold-call ban for PI claims
Minister shows no sign of budging over PI reforms
Minister: solicitor super-exam will not 'stifle' legal learning
Minister: solicitor super-exam will not constrain legal learning
ministers tell disability parents
Ministry of Justice raised JAC chair salary by 44%
Minority defendants more likely to plead ‘not guilty’
Minster Law turns £23m loss into £2m profit
Mishcon’s £1m ID fraud bill sounds alarm bells
MoD leaned on SRA over Iraq war claims
MoD leant on SRA over Iraq war claims
MoD unveils plans to take military combat claims away from court
MoJ ‘considers’ additional protections for vulnerable witnesses
MoJ ‘spending millions’ to cope with LiPs
MoJ backs down on fixed terms for judges
MoJ backs home support for vulnerable witnesses
MoJ concession on 'borderline' legal aid cases
MoJ confirms hike in probate fees
MoJ defies critics to go ahead with London court closures
MoJ extends jury service to over-70s
MoJ finds rule breaches in marketing for sickness claims
MoJ ignores travel time request for alternative court venues
MoJ issues clarification on probate fees after outcry
MoJ not minded to regulate third-party litigation funding
MoJ opts into EU family law proposal over Brexit risk
MoJ PI proposals at a glance
MoJ proposes tougher sentences for dangerous drivers
MoJ publishes advocacy fee proposals
MoJ refuses to publish research on unrepresented defendants
MoJ retreats on immigration fee hike
MoJ rules out homicide law review
MoJ says it sets no travel time target when closing courts
MoJ sits on three closed courts for six years
MoJ takes page count out of fee calculations
MoJ to introduce allowance to stop judges quitting
MoJ told to comply with drug baron’s kosher food FoI demands
MoJ told to comply with jailed drug baron’s kosher food FoI demands
MoJ unmoved by MPs’ damning verdict on court fee hikes
MoJ unveils plan to rid MedCo scheme of shell companies
MoJ: employment tribunal fees review ‘imminent’
MoJ: tell us what you think of the Legal Ombudsman
MoJ: Truss willing to drop legal aid fee cut
MoJ's whiplash reform blunder 'could open door to judicial review'
MoR claims
More City firms post falling trainee retention rates
More men calling lawyers’ helpline
Morgan Lewis embraces flexible working
MP: Shiner ‘threatening’ media who seek to expose him
MPs assert
MPs hear
MPs say
MPs tell MoJ
MPs to lobby Truss direct on whiplash reform
MPs told
MPs urge
MPs urge government to preserve access to European legal services market
Multinationals ‘failing to check’ contractors
Munby calls for action on England-Scotland enforcement
Munby relies on problem-solving courts to solve 'care crisis'
Munby to step down next year
Munby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’
Munby: court did not ‘cave in’ over release of jailed 71-year-old
Munby: judges should not have to justify their decisions
Munby: video-links in family courts 'a disgrace'
Munby: vulnerable witnesses reform ‘matter of priority’
Mutual recognition critical
Nabarro
Nabarro and Olswang 'to merge'
Nabarro and Olswang confirm 'combination' talks
NAHL profits rise as it edges away from mass PI market
Nationwide challenges poor leasehold practices
Nearly 500 law firms targeted by fraudsters in new email scam
Nearly half of judges say independence not respected by government
Nearly one-fifth of MoJ civil servants want to leave
Netherlands eyes UK's EU court role
Neuberger fears workloads forcing ‘refuseniks’ away from senior judiciary
Neuberger speaks out on constitutional divide between judges and politicians
Neuberger: judiciary must stay off government's turf
New alarm over role of McKenzie advisers
New bill of costs to be compulsory from October 2017
New call to respect LPP
New discount rate dooms Direct Line’s special dividend as profits sink
New effort to free war crimes judge held in Turkey
New HMCTS chief eyes 'once in a generation' opportunity
New law to introduce ‘failure to prevent’ offence
New legal aid ‘advice deserts’ emerge
New legal firms set to top 1
New Legal Ombudsman chair cleared by MPs
New Legal Ombudsman chair wants online portal for complaints
New lenders in control at Slater and Gordon plan 'solvent restructure'
New litigation funder targets £100k-plus claims
New LSB interim chair
New manifesto for homebuying reform
New protests over legal aid cuts
New terms and conditions for judges will hinder diversity – Society
New watchdog to oversee profession's anti-money laundering regime
News focus: ‘blockbuster’ living up to hype?
News focus: 'Virtual justice' and the IT panacea
News focus: a vulnerable child failed by the system
News focus: a Welsh legal jurisdiction?
News focus: agency aspires to maturity
News focus: Algorithms and 'Schrödinger’s justice'
News focus: Autumn Statement point by point
News focus: Civil obedience
News focus: Civil obedience post-Denton
News focus: Five years on
News focus: from billion-dollar firm to administration – what went wrong at KWM
News focus: Funders helped the RBS fight
News focus: GCs fear heavy-touch regulation
News focus: Labour’s charm offensive
News focus: Loose circuit in judicial drive
News focus: lord chancellor’s identity agenda
News focus: McKenzie friends
News focus: my McKenzie friend nightmare
News focus: New model army
News focus: sad saga of system failure
News focus: Solicitors set free - at what price?
News focus: tax laws and the Finance Bill
News focus: Three years on
News focus: UK failing ‘open justice’ tests
News focus: what lies ahead for the council of European bars?
News focus: What the manifestos say about law and justice
News focus: Whipping up a storm
News of the World adviser cleared of ‘repugnant’ spying on lawyers
Newspapers furious as Lords vote to make them foot legal costs
NHS England prepares ban on PI firms advertising in hospitals
NHS England prepares to ban PI firms from advertising in hospitals
NHS Litigation Authority rebranded to focus on ‘early case settlement’
NHS whistleblower protections ‘won’t allay fears’
NHSLA confirms mediation service after pilot success
NHSLA faces new probe into £1.5bn clin neg costs
NHSLA invites firms to fight over £544m contracts
NHSLA paying out 76% of claims after proceedings issued
NHSLA tests in-house working to cut £120m defence costs
NHSLA to face new probe into £1.5bn costs
No break for Nestlé as EU court revives Kit Kat IP row
No genocide trial until Turkey releases judge
No goodwill in solicitor’s name
No sense in 'pulling the rug' from under SFO
No sense in SFO 'rug pulling'
North-east gets the legal walk season off to a fine start
North-west merger creates 27-lawyer firm
Norton Rose agrees US merger deal
Norton Rose Fulbright close to merger deal
Norton Rose secretary banned for helping herself to £558
not lawyers
Nottingham student-run law centre enters commercial market
Nottingham to host online divorce pilot
Number of solicitors taking silk doubles
Number of solicitors taking silk highest ever
Nuns accused of fraudulent misrepresentation in planning row
Obituary: Bevan Brittan partner Tim Rowe
Obituary: Wallace Bogan
Official secrets reform gets more time
Offshoring back-office functions is ‘not so easy’
Ogden rate change costs insurers £3.5bn as motor premiums soar
Olswang merger
Olswang to lose former interim chief ahead of super-merger
Ombudsman keen to grow but not ‘explicitly expansionist’
Ombudsman staff pocket £434k in one-off bonus compromise
Ombudsman warns SRA plans will confuse consumers
Ombudsman's budget set to rise by £1m- as cases remain static
One in four junior lawyers suffers 'severe' stress at work
One-third of family court cases have no representative at all
Online court 'entirely voluntary'
Online court pilot set to begin this summer
Online court won't repeat failure of Dutch model
Online courts ‘need further thought’
Online courts guidance must be in ‘plain English’
Open thread: Are human rights 'in the way'?
Open thread: May on ECHR withdrawal
Open thread: President Trump
Open thread: President-elect Trump
Osborne Clarke extends Asian footprint with China move
Outer Temple Chambers hires solicitor after entity approval
Outgoing Law Society CEO to head York FE college
Overworked judges facing 'unprecedented difficulties' - LCJ
Overworked judges facing ‘unprecedented difficulties’ – LCJ
Oxbridge law graduates enjoy biggest earnings - official
pale and privately educated - and it will take women 50 years to catch up
pale and privately educated – and it will take women 50 years to catch up
Panama papers probe puts 64 firms under the spotlight
Parents facing school holiday fines consider litigation
Parliamentarians call for unpaid internship ban
Partner and football agent fined for employing banned solicitor
Partner profits flat at Hogan Lovells
Partner who 'pushed the boundaries' on investment schemes fined £40k
Partners fined for failing to stop crooked cashier
Partners given extra punishment over £573k Axiom loan
Partners handed extra sanctions over £573k Axiom loan
Partners vote 'overwhelmingly' for CMS
Party tightens screw on Chinese lawyers
Passmore re-elected senior partner at Simmons & Simmons
Passport forfeit
Patent court likely to face delay after election announcement
Patents ‘still have value’
Pay-gap tracker highlights gender divide in legal profession
Persistent fraudster jailed for series of false claims
Personal injury law firm owing £7.14m plunges into administration
Personal injury market ‘generally working well’ – SRA study
Personal injury proposals at a glance
Phil Shiner colleague reprimanded by SDT
Phil Shiner faces strike-off as he admits recklessness and lack of integrity
Phil Shiner facing £723k costs bill for SRA prosecution
Phil Shiner struck off for dishonesty over Iraqi claims
Phil Shiner tribunal rejects ‘manoeuvre’ to delay case
Phone hacking lawyer charged by SRA over surveillance
PI discount rate u-turn fear
PI firms say whiplash reforms will finish them off
PI lawyer fined for using old signatures on claims form
PI lawyer paid damages from his own account to cover mistakes
PI lawyers welcome Conservatives' cold calling pledge
PI reform opponents ask for more time
PI reforms blamed for firm’s collapse
PI reforms blamed for law firm’s collapse
PI reforms will displace fraud but not reduce it
PI specialist banned over £3m misuse of Axiom loan
PII cover denied after dishonesty claim
Pioneer says no to charges by McKenzies
Piracy and space experts awarded New Year Honours
Plan for ‘role-plays and grammar tests’ in single legal exam
Plans to bin SFO 'sunk'
Plans to bin SFO 'sunk' by poll result
PM ‘hopeful’ over legal aid for Birmingham pub bombings victims’ families
PM to ‘pave way’ for India liberalisation
Police ‘unlawfully accessed’ solicitor’s phone
Police bail changes could see solicitors 'doing more for less'
Police force ‘unlawfully accessed’ solicitor’s phone
Police force fined £150k after unencrypted DVDs lost in the post
Police officer targeted ex-wife's divorce solicitor
Political knives out for lord chancellor
poll suggests
Posthumous pardons for gay men 'not enough'
Potential regulation changes prompt council to set up ABS
Practising restrictions lifted on ex-Blakemores chief
predicts law firm
Preserve UK’s legal reputation
Pressure mounts on third-party funders to reveal identity
Price collusion on Justin Bieber posters brings director disqualification legal landmark
Price collusion on Justin Bieber posters brings landmark director disqualification
Prison charities hail 'groundbreaking' legal aid win
Prisoners face advice struggle on release
Prisons and Courts Bill scrapped
Prisons and Courts Bill: don’t trivialise law
Prisons and Courts Bill: MPs to debate reforms
Prisons and Courts Bill: reforms will create 'user-friendly' courts
Private equity investor snaps up major family law firm
Pro bono barristers praised despite ‘disappointment’ in wills case
Pro bono boost for Whitehall lawyers
Pro bono clinics report greater number of ‘distressed’ clients
Pro bono panel extended to Finsbury Park attack
Pro bono panel extended to Finsbury Park Mosque attack
Pro bono panel to be set up for London terrorism victims
Pro bono training scheme to help vulnerable witnesses
Pro bono week: cold water poured on levy plan
Problem-solving courts in prison crisis strategy
Profession expresses concern over online courts plan
Profession faces £723k costs bill for Shiner prosecution
Profession reacts: 'Astonishing' that CMA downgrades consumer protection - Law Society
Profit gap widens as large firms grow faster
Profit gap widens as large law firms grow faster
Profit growth lags behind turnover at Osborne Clarke
Profits hit at top 100 firms - survey
Profits tumble 32% at leading claims management company
Profits up 44.8% at listed law firm Gateley
Prolegal pre-pack deal 'best possible' for clients
Promotion-hungry lawyers 'desperate for work-life balance'
Prosecution was 'political game' to attack human rights - Day
Protest planned over council's 'emergency' grant to law firm
Pub bombing victims firm shortlisted for legal aid award
Public access barrister disbarred after third hearing in month
Public access barrister suspended for second time in a month
Public believe solicitors are still best option for wills
Public misconduct offence in need of reform
Public warned about bogus firm posing as Linklaters
PwC integrates legal arm with UK business to launch MDP
PwC Legal chief predicts
PwC strengthens offering to in-house sector
QC pay hike divides bar and solicitors
QualitySolicitors founder member quits to return to 'core roots'
QualitySolicitors pioneer and strategist leaves to go it alone
QualitySolicitors predicts resurgence – but it will be ‘boring’
QualitySolicitors secures trial to supply legal services to Nisa stores
Queen's speech: Labour condemns whiplash plans
Queen's speech: Lidington says prison legislation not needed
Queen's speech: Society hails 'positive element'
Queen's speech: Society hails 'positive' elements
Quindell owner waits on £53m Slater and Gordon claim
Quiz show barrister fined and reprimanded by BSB
RAVN takeover emphasises rise of legal AI
RBS compensation report criticised by claimants
RBS could face 'thousands' of global restructuring claims
RBS group claim to press ahead
Record low for CCJs revives court fee fears
recruiter claims
Recruitment and retention law firms' top concerns for 2017
Recruitment and retention top concerns for 2017
Reed Smith announces agile working for (almost) all
Reed Smith takes team of 50 from collapsed KWM
Referral fee probe over claims for holiday bugs
Refuse work if it's uneconomical
Regional solicitors facing financial hardship turn to charity
Registry announces new steps to digital conveyancing
Regulator considers lower threshold for prosecuting barristers
regulator told
Regulator told PII reforms must not threaten trust in legal profession
Regulator urged to rethink bar training reforms
Regulator urged to rethink future bar training plans
Regulators fear they were misled over PII insurer’s collapse
Relief for claimant solicitors as Supreme Court backs assignment of CFAs
Religious discrimination laws ‘working well’
Remote firm Keystone Law finds a permanent home
Renowned agriculture solicitor struck off for property scheme
Renowned clin neg solicitor struck off over costs
Renowned clinical negligence solicitor struck off over legal aid payments
Renowned north-west family firm shuts citing 'financial difficulties'
Repeal bill admits massive legislative programme needed for Brexit
Research exposes £60k gender pay gap
Research exposes £60k gender pay gap at top end
research finds
research shows
Reshuffle: Heald goes to 'make way for a younger person'
Rethink SDT standard of proof – Leveson
Retiring solicitor 'grossly negligent' to allow property fraud
Retiring solicitor suspended after hiring fraudsters
Revealed: Jackson's fixed fees pilot to cap costs at £80k
Rich nations pledge 'nail in the coffin' for global tax avoidance
Right to die claim will test ambiguity of past judgments
rights committee says
Rocket Lawyer stays grounded in UK with £3.1m liabilities
Rocket Lawyer steams into European expansion
Rota 'mistake' could cost firm £40
Row brews over holiday illness claims
Russell Group elite tumble in top law school rankings
Russell Group universities fall in top law school rankings
Russia withdraws ICC statute signature
say MPs
says bar
says Bar Council head
says bar's next chair
says Bourns
says Chancery Lane
says judge
says Labour commission
says Law Society
says LCJ
says lord chief
says minister
says MoJ
says national equality body
says new Chancery head
says senior judge
says Sikh top judge
says University of Law
says veteran rights campaigner
says watchdog
Scale of legal challenge emerges as article 50 triggered
Schrödinger’s justice?
Scotland society puts out red carpet to non-solicitors
Scots bodies tussle over who should handle legal complaints
Scots review legal regulation over fears consumers are 'exposed'
Scottish firms tight-lipped on merger rumour
Scottish Society threatens court action on legal complaints
SDT activates suspended ban after breach within days
SDT criticises Clyde & Co’s ‘unacceptable’ errors
SDT explains Blacker rehearing decision
SDT hears
SDT refuses Leigh Day access to Shiner's medical records
SDT set to give verdicts on Leigh Day and three lawyers
SDT strikes off Clyde & Co associate who concealed case mistakes
sector experts say
See you in court: judges prepare to sue lord chancellor
Senior judge warns on ‘salami-slicing’ of courts service
Senior judges back Briggs civil justice plans
Sentencing ‘starting points’ for disqualified directors
Sentencing: 'Developmental harm' should be considered in child cruelty cases
Serious Fraud Office hints at more 50% discounts in DPAs
Seriously injured say legal system is failing them
Sex shop judgment bans excessive regulation costs
SFO announces
SFO bucks trend of decline in sick days over mental illnesses
SFO says ‘independence is crucial’ amid NCA concerns
SFO says ‘independence is crucial’ amid takeover fears
SFO steps up fraud probe over Quindell
SFO wins disclosure bid in legal privilege case
Share price tumbles as listed company increases debt by £10m
Shareholder group's RBS action edges towards settlement
Shareholder revolt against S+G bonuses
Shareholder revolt against Slater and Gordon bonuses
Shares plummet as law firm owner issues profit warning
Shares plummet as Simpson Millar owner admits poor results
Sharia law’s appeal to Muslims is ‘diminishing’
Sharp v Sharp: ruling 'gives couples more to bicker about'
Shiner did wrong - but torture is worse
Shiner paid £500 for each referral as he 'lost his bearings'
Shiner paid £500 per referral as he 'lost his bearings'
Shiner told ‘deliberate and calculating lies’
Shiner tribunal hears of ‘deliberate and calculating lies’
Shiner tribunal rejects ‘manoeuvre’ to delay case
Shortage of judges hits immigration tribunals
Silence over Gove's legal aid advisory council
Simmons & Simmons back on track after last year's profit hit
Simpson Millar owner reviews business amid job loss speculation
Simpson Millar owner warns of troubled 2017
Simpson Millar owners net further £3m
Sir Cliff gets courts boost after police row settled
Sir Cliff handed BBC boost after police row settled
Six weeks to plead on PI discount rate
Slater and Gordon admits to owing more than it is worth
Slater and Gordon boss won't quit - but rival ABS loses two leaders
Slater and Gordon faces third legal battle over shareholder losses
Slater and Gordon report reveals 640 UK jobs cut in a year
Slater and Gordon seeks £600m over Quindell's 'fraudulent misrepresentation'
Slater and Gordon shares dive as UK recovery takes ‘longer than expected’
Slater and Gordon shares slump as UK recovery takes 'longer than expected'
Slater and Gordon sustained by £22.7m facility from new lenders
Slater and Gordon to chase £53m refund on Quindell
Slater and Gordon to sue Quindell successors over £637m deal
Slater and Gordon writes down £216m of UK business
Slater and Gordon writes down value of UK business by £216m
Slaughter and May considering applications from KWM trainees
Slaughter and May in talks with future KWM trainees
Small businesses call for overhaul of civil dispute process
SME adviser branches into legal services
Social worker ‘left court bundle on car roof’
Societies cautious on SDLT proposals
Society – your law firm may need a Brexit ‘Plan B’
Society calls for independent enforcement in 'gig economy' workplaces
Society calls for more detail on compliance waivers
Society calls for SQE clarity as new consultation opens
Society challenges government’s ‘concern’ for road accident victims
Society condemns penalties for 'enablers' of disallowed tax schemes
Society defends solicitors as media firestorm rages over claims against military
Society guidance to support 'stressed' junior lawyers
Society issues guidance as apprenticeship levy looms
Society raps report branding solicitors 'corruption enablers'
Society recommends higher trainee pay
Society report: solicitors ready for 'automation revolution'
Society suggests
Society tells attorney general: open advocacy panels to solicitors
Society tells legal aid firms
Society to look again at training elements of conveyancing quality scheme
Society warns
Society: fixed costs ‘totally inappropriate’ for high-value cases
Society: lifting reserved activity restrictions could threaten UK competitiveness
Sole practitioners challenge 'decline' claim
Sole practitioners rebut claims they are in decline
Solicitor
Solicitor ‘gave veneer of respectability’ to £2.8m fraud
solicitor alleges
Solicitor anger over late night court pilot
Solicitor appointed as deputy High Court judge
Solicitor banned for falsely holding out firm as authorised
Solicitor banned for nine-fold overcharging of deceased clients
Solicitor banned for overcharging dead clients up to 871%
Solicitor escapes jail after headbutting LiP inside Rolls Building
Solicitor faces £46k prosecution bill despite charges being found unproven
Solicitor faces jail after ‘burying head in sand’ over ombudsman
Solicitor fined £7.5k - with four times that in costs
Solicitor fined after giving fraudster ‘inappropriate influence’ in firm
Solicitor fined over ‘inappropriate advances’ to junior
Solicitor fined over ‘inappropriate advances’ to staff member
Solicitor fined over £2m SDLT avoidance scheme
Solicitor general defends fraud office funding
Solicitor gets three years for client cash fraud
Solicitor groups say cold call ban - not PI reforms - will fix sector
Solicitor had affair with £550k beneficiary of client's will
Solicitor helped himself to estate after court rejected excessive costs
Solicitor ignored £600k tax bill to prioritise bank repayment
Solicitor issued fictitious invoices to prop up failing law firm
Solicitor jailed for £60k tax fraud
Solicitor judge bemoans lack of diversity on bench
Solicitor MP added to MoJ team
solicitor MP says
Solicitor named in £2m FCA confiscation order
Solicitor of 'remarkable integrity' banned despite 14 'impressive' testimonials
Solicitor of 25 years agrees to leave profession for altering file
Solicitor ran up £529k client shortage then lied to cover his back
Solicitor rebuked for acting alone for impoverished clients
Solicitor showed fake documents to SRA to conceal mistakes
Solicitor struck off after abandoning his firm
Solicitor struck off despite ‘utmost integrity’ reference
Solicitor struck off for distributing indecent images of children
Solicitor takes up reins of Europe bar body
Solicitor to face SDT over ‘persistent abuse’ of immigration system
solicitor urges
Solicitor used client funds to help daughter's purchase
Solicitor warned over ‘meritless’ claim against two barristers
Solicitor who 'pushed the boundaries' on investment schemes fined £40k
Solicitor who breached PC conditions is suspended
Solicitor who claimed to be McKenzie friend loses SDT appeal
Solicitor who fleeced elderly clients jailed for four years
Solicitor withheld client damages to 'prop up' ailing firm
Solicitor-free access 'working well'
Solicitor-general tells lawyers: take your skills into school
Solicitors ‘conned Legal Aid Agency out of £600
Solicitors 'crucial' to charitable bequests
Solicitors ‘will fight tooth and nail’ to resist another legal aid fee cut
Solicitors agree sanctions over charity dinner money
Solicitors and accomplices jailed for £426k insurance fraud scam
Solicitors asked to provide help pro bono over Manchester Arena bombing
Solicitors attack MoD compensation plans for soldiers
Solicitors battle through ‘technical difficulties’ to reach next JAC round
Solicitors demand answers over Bolton firm's 'secret' grant
Solicitors demand answers over Bolton firm’s ‘secret’ grant
Solicitors feel the pinch in spring budget
Solicitors fined and suspended over role in investment scheme
Solicitors flood MoJ with whiplash protests on consultation D-day
Solicitors from poorer backgrounds earn £6
Solicitors in limbo as delays reported in prosecutions
Solicitors relieved as Supreme Court upholds liability cap
solicitors say
Solicitors stressed by recorder competition glitches
Solicitors to ‘vociferously oppose’ fee cuts
Solicitors unite to oppose fee cuts
solicitors warn
Solicitors’ fees should not pay for LeO expansion – Law Society
Solicitors' letters make debtors sit up
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Specialised court encourages boom in IP cases
Sports Direct drops RPC from working practices review
SQE won’t widen access to profession
SQE: one provider could offer both training and exam
SQE: Profession cautiously optimistic but 'clarity needed'
SRA ‘breached confidence rules’
SRA 'disingenuous' over super exam
SRA admits same provider may offer SQE training and assessment
SRA armed with data in preparation for new PII battle
SRA ban for paralegal who pretended to be a solicitor
SRA chief: ABS best placed to meet consumers' 'one-stop' demands
SRA chief: ABSs best placed to meet consumers’ ‘one-stop’ demands
SRA closes board meetings to public
SRA counsel alleges
SRA denies abuse of process to discipline fraud victim
SRA downbeat on immediate changes to standard of proof
SRA extends support to youth court challenges
SRA fails to brush off ‘confidence breach’ claim
SRA fails to throw out ‘confidence breach’ claim
SRA in spat over public warning notice
SRA keen to lift barriers to solicitors offering unbundling
SRA obtains freezing order against legal aid fraud firm
SRA opens probe into abuse gang's immigration lawyers
SRA preparing rules on forcing law firms to publish prices
SRA ready with new enforcement plan for errant solicitors
SRA reforms could lead to more ‘silent sufferers’
SRA refuses to budge over private board meetings
SRA relaxes rules on client account and where solicitors can practise
SRA removes practice curbs on former Blavo & Co directors
SRA repeats investment warning after sanctions
SRA sanctions lawyer convicted of distributing indecent images
SRA says
SRA sings praises of asylum firms after sector review
SRA to cap profits made by super-exam provider
SRA to examine how well firms handle complaints
SRA to investigate how well firms handle complaints
SRA to renew battle over central legal examination plans
SRA to warn public
SRA used Leigh Day case to lobby government for reforms
SRA wants more rulebook waivers for ‘innovative’ firms
SRA wants more rulebook waivers for ‘innovative’ law firms
SRA warns it will shut down law firms over ‘dubious’ investment schemes
SRA will shut law firms over ‘dubious’ investment schemes
SRA yet to receive reports of solicitor touts
staff and creditors
statistics show
Stealing barrister disbarred following SRA sanction
Stewarts and Enyo merger called off
Stewarts and Enyo tight-lipped on merger rumour
Stop bandying on about access to justice
Strike-off for £90
Struck-off rights lawyer Phil Shiner declared bankrupt
Struck-off solicitor refused SRA’s air ticket offer
Struck-off solicitor refused SRA’s air ticket offer to 'show trial'
Struck-off solicitor who fleeced clients of £56k is jailed
Students pen letters to prisoners to plug legal aid gap
Study shows improvement in legal diversity
Super exam gets go ahead - in 2020
Super exam gets go ahead - in three years
Super exam reaction: Profession calls for 'clarity'
Super firm to pay 25 trainees £10
super regulator finds
Super-exam could create 'tiered system' says SRA study
Super-exam could harm trust in legal profession
Super-firm to pay 25 trainees £10
Super-regulator announces Law Society-SRA governance probe
Support for leasehold reform gathers momentum
Supreme Court asked to consider deprivation of liberty ‘confusion’
Supreme Court backs immigration income threshold
Supreme Court confirms pre-Jackson position on costs recovery
Supreme Court confirms pre-Laspo position on recoverability
Supreme Court denies councils' appeals in housing policy case
Supreme Court dismisses newspapers' costs appeals to prevent graver injustice
Supreme Court favours insurer after law firm goes under
Supreme Court hands down mixed ‘bedroom tax’ rulings
Supreme Court hears
Supreme Court hears council’s challenge to school absence case
Supreme Court hears tribunals fee challenge
Supreme Court rules
Supreme Court rules in favour of animal charities in ‘reasonable provision’ wills dispute
Supreme Court to hear ‘unfair wills’ test case
Supreme Court to rule on animal charity will row
Supreme Court victory for FCA in banker identification case
Supreme Court? Millions have never heard of it
Suspension for barrister convicted of stalking
Swearing judge not guilty of misconduct
Tabloids claim victory as Phil Shiner prosecution to go public
Tardy doctors warned about MedCo uploading guidelines
Targets 'with teeth' needed to improve judicial diversity
Tax advice penalties 'threaten human rights'
Tax advice penalties won't be retrospective
Tax raids to soar under ‘failure to prevent’ offence
Taxi case fuels self-employment law debate
Tchenguiz case reignited as court grants permission to appeal
Tea v underwear trade mark dispute gets steamy
Temporary worker jailed for £700
Thailand corruption probe: SFO keeps its own counsel
The bar: ‘change or get left behind’
The break-up: Councils sever legal services partnership
The EU's energetic week
The Hague urged to look at Australia detentions
thinktank reports
Thinktank sets out £2.6m blueprint for problem-solving criminal courts
Three struck off after fraudsters infiltrate law firm
Three-fold rise in legal employers paying 'real living wage'
Tight-lipped Truss keeps committee guessing
Tobacco smuggling barrister disbarred
Todner fined for keeping SRA in the dark over cash flow problems
Top CMC: whiplash reforms give us chance to be ‘more proactive’
Top degree ‘no longer employment guarantee’
Top divorce lawyer Stowe pockets 'over £10m' after selling firm to private equity
Top firms ‘hindered’ by partners’ lack of language skills
Top firms back legal innovation centre at university
Top judges signal mass exodus amid plunging morale
Top legal aid firm rebuked over referral payments
top legal aid firms tell MoJ
Top QC implied sex assault victim 'bore responsibility'
Top twenty stories of the year
Top-10 firm snaps up Canadian practice
Top-100 firm enters medical negligence market
Top-50 firm restructures following 'ambitious' review
Top-60 law firm goes flexible after finding desks left empty
Top-tier barristers set creates BSB entity
Top-tier set creates BSB entity
Tories urged not to forget personal injury shakeup in new government
Torture report condemns UK over lawyer-client confidentiality
Tory manifesto: May targets professional advisers
Tory MPs confront Truss as Gove backs 'brilliant' Article 50 judges
Tower fire: housing lawyers mobilising to provide free advice
Tower fire: solicitor urges residents to demand inquest not inquiry
Train lawyers and raise their low fees – landmark youth justice report
Train youth justice lawyers and pay them more – landmark report
Trainee lawyers left in limbo by firms
Trainee solicitors underpaid and overworked
Training scheme to help vulnerable witnesses
Transforming Justice: Fixed costs regime on the way
Transforming justice: judges face pay and expenses curbs
Transforming justice: tribunals’ future unclear
Transparency proposals 'could mislead clients'
Transparency proposals 'could mislead clients' - Society
Travel agents bid to crack down on ‘unsubstantiated’ holiday illness claims
Travel bosses urge sickness claimants to 'sidestep' lawyers
Travers Smith announces LGBT mentoring
Travers Smith latest to promise agile working
Travers Smith reveals all-female partner promotions
Treasury promises
Tribunal backs judges in pensions dispute
Tribunal delays hearing over former City lawyer
Tribunal fees 'barrier to justice'
Tribunal fees blocking high-heels discrimination claims
tribunal hears
Tribunal refuses SRA’s ‘unnecessary’ hotel bill
Tribunal reserves judgment on judges’ pensions
Tribunal suspends 'chemsex' barrister
tribunal told
tribunals president urges
Tributes for church and charity law specialist
Tributes paid to ‘innovative’ local government lawyer
Tributes paid to Bevan Brittan partner
Tributes to church and charity law specialist
Truss delays discount rate decision despite ABI defeat
Truss delays personal injury discount rate decision despite ABI defeat
Truss on judiciary: 'I can think of no higher calling'
Truss reviews discount rate method but commits to '100% compensation'
Truss seeks to head off attacks on judiciary after Brexit ruling
Truss slashes discount rate but warns of impact for NHS
Truss slashes discount rate but warns of impact on NHS
Truss stands by ‘enemies of the people’ position
Truss tight-lipped on plans to promote legal services post-Brexit
Truss unrepentant over ‘enemies of the people’ row
Truss unveils immediate review of the discount rate method
Truss urged to speak out amid press onslaught on Brexit judges
Truss willing to drop legal aid fee cut – with strings
Truss: ‘we can do better’ on legal diversity
Truss: we won’t forget legal profession in Brexit talks
Turkey breaching UN resolution over judge's detention
Turkey defies Hague call for release of UN judge
Turkey in breach of Security Council resolution
Turkish colleagues celebrate Lawyers Day - with 370 behind bars
Turkish court rules
Turkish lawyers praised for human rights work
Turnover rise fails to deliver higher profits for Cripps
Two firms under investigation over potential MedCo rule breaches
Two London courts face axe in MoJ plans
Two more London courts face axe in MoJ plans
Two thirds of law firms dissatisfied with new business enquiries
Two-minute silence
Uber suffers EU court setback
UK expected to ratify unitary patent
UK expected to reveal stance on EU patent court
UK judges better paid and more male than Europe norm
UK not ‘re-entering EU through back door’
UK opts in to EU enforcement agency
UK will ratify EU unitary patent
UK’s unitary patent court ‘could survive’ post-Brexit
UKIP MP’s patent court warning fails to find support
Ukraine judged to have inadequate defence in $3bn Russian debt claim
ULaw profits dip as highest-paid director banks nearly £800k
UN judge convicted in Turkey resumes trial work remotely
UN judge convicted in Turkey resumes trial work remotely after passport is forfeit
Unified patent court set for early sign-off
Union announces new ‘gig economy’ employment action
Universities back McKenzie friend portal
University of Law appoints third chief executive in a year
university study claims
University's 'super table' claims Russell Group success
University's £54
Unpaid SDT costs now run into millions
Unreasonable defendant must face costs consequences
Unregistered barrister allowed to serve claim for LiP
Unregistered barrister disbarred for theft
Unrepentant Mail demands ‘public hearings’ for judges as Brexit row escalates
Unrepentant Mail demands 'public hearings' for judges as Brexit row rumbles on
US claims giant arrives in UK with ABS licence
US law firms get taste for cross-border mergers
US much tougher on rogue banks
US senator Jeff Sessions nominated attorney general by Trump
US-style murder laws ‘would not be accepted’
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VAT on searches - new guidance for conveyancers
VAT on searches – new guidance for conveyancers
Vaz survives bid to block him from justice committee
Verification concerns over legal aid procurement process
Veteran conveyancing solicitor couldn't account for missing £148k
Veteran solicitor fined for ‘aberration’ in backdating file
Veteran solicitor who couldn't sell his firm suspended after hiring fraudsters
Victims should be given right to restorative justice
Virtual court pilot is ‘not fit for purpose’
Virtual firm receives £3.75m venture capital boost
Virtual small claims Dubai-style ‘could work here'
Vos to head Chancery Division
Vulnerable people 'more likely to face multiple legal problems'
VW emissions claims set for court debut this month
Wales levies first tax in 800 years
Wales-based law firm awarded £400k government grant
Walkers march for access to justice in Cardiff
war crimes court decides
War crimes judge joined a ‘terrorist’ organisation
warns South London society
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Weightmans and Ward Hadaway call off merger
Weightmans and Ward Hadaway in merger talks
Welsh government plans national legal code
Welsh law officer vows to defend 'integrity' of devolved justice after press attacks
Where's Wally: final day of Leigh Day SDT pleadings
Whiplash clampdown continues as shell businesses thrown out
Whiplash doctor sues for libel over insurer’s ‘guilty’ claim
Whiplash reforms set to return in today's Queen's speech - reports
Whiplash reforms treat victims ‘like an inconvenience’ – APIL
Whipping up a storm
Whistleblowers and journalists 'at risk of prison' in secrets law reform
Whistleblowing judge told she was not an MoJ employee
White & Case entices newly qualifieds with ramped up pay packets
White & Case entices newly qualifieds with six-figure pay packets
White-collar crime clampdown gets green light
Will writer fined £30k after complaints over nuisance calls
Winner takes all: mid-tier firms struggle to turn profits
with conditions
Witness statements ‘more concerned with the weather’ – DJ
Womble Bond Dickinson is latest transatlantic tie-up
Women and BAME hopefuls offered coaching to reach judiciary
Women comprise 30% of new partners at Eversheds Sutherland
Women own more than a third of law firms
Women solicitors honoured in birthday list
Women’s Day: solicitor-advocate makes judicial history
Women’s Day: Truss attacks ‘presenteeism’
Women’s Day: work allocation ‘prevents unconscious bias’
Young lawyers kick off pro bono month
Youth justice specialisation

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