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Merricks funder: £23m profit on £46m investment “not reasonable”

The litigation funder in the Mastercard collective action has hit out at the CAT’s decision to allow it a £23m profit on its seven-year, £46m investment in the case.

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Stamp duty deadline pushed conveyancing fees to “all-time high”

Conveyancing fees hit an “all-time high” in the first quarter of this year in the run-up to the stamp duty deadline, with the average figure up by almost 12% on the same period last year.

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Arbitral tribunal panels lacking in diversity, IBA finds

There is “a strong consensus” that ethnic diversity is good for arbitrations – but little evidence of this being reflected in the make-up of panels, a report for the IBA has found.

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High Court rejects bias claim against SDT panel chair

The High Court has rejected claims of bias against the chair of a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal panel made as part of long-running proceedings against a major City law firm.

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In a legal market where tradition collides with transformation, law firms of every size and stripe are being approached almost daily by private equity houses.


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The world of legal compliance is a pressured one, with few positions carrying the weight of personal responsibility quite like that of the COFA.