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2018
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- History as women become majority of solicitors – but still lag badly at partner level
- SRA’s insurance reforms “piling too much risk on consumers”
- Law firms “complacent” about market changes, says bellwether report
- Credit hire and legal services group set to raise £25m from listing
- AI “will help law firms make business decisions”, says Law Society report
- LSE and Oxford deliver highest earnings for law graduates, research reveals
- MPs warned of court modernisation risks
- Surely no one would do this?
- Welcome to the new-look Legal Futures
- DWF weighing up £600m listing on stock exchange
- Negligent solicitors face damages rehearing after Court of Appeal ruling
- ABS launches programme to retrain lawyers in commercial contracts work
- Claims management company loses appeal against £533,000 fine
- Law firms will have to publish certain prices, but not complaints data, SRA decides
- Ethical risks of using algorithms in justice system under spotlight as Law Society launches commission
- SRA completes Handbook rewrite by tempering plan to allow solicitors to set up shop on qualification
- Saving on the cost of lifeboats on the Titanic
- Government makes some concessions on Civil Liability Bill but defeats bid to remove damages tariff
- PC fee frozen with Law Society budget steady at £134m, but compensation fund contributions soar
- Law firm insolvencies rising sharply, research finds
- CILEx Regulation clears major hurdle to licensing ABSs
- Let battle commence: Labour, Lib Dems and top judges bid to reduce impact of whiplash reforms
- 52:48 again – criminal barristers vote to accept government legal aid deal
- Contrasting fortunes for barristers appealing high-profile disciplinary rulings
- Law Society condemns SRA’s indemnity and compensation fund reforms
- KPMG hit with £3m fine for Quindell audit failures
- Lord Chief Justice hails potential of big data and AI to reduce litigation and promote settlement
- Jail for solicitor who forged documents and stole £800,000 of client money
- Call for action as firm hit by big VAT demand for electronic property searches
- AML v KYC v CDD v CID FYI
- Sanctions for solicitor who posted offensive comments on Facebook and barrister who got clerk to lie
- Online court’s strategy for assisting digitally excluded “needs reshaping”, says CJC report
- Bar Council chair says he would vote for government’s criminal legal aid deal
- Public opposed to government’s personal injury reforms, survey finds
- Top holiday sickness firm among 27 facing SRA probe amid claims “the bubble has burst”
- Court users “must buy in to reforms”, says MoJ as it pledges vulnerable will not be left behind
- University pioneers legal tech course for law degree students
- Could self-serve technology give barristers a way back into PI?
- Numeracy skills “massively more important” for future lawyers, tech pioneer predicts
- FCA unveils beefed-up regulatory regime for claims management companies
- Bar Council attacks BSB’s disciplinary reform plans
- Media law firm secures £16m investment in IP protection spin-off
- Licensed conveyancers to face price and service transparency rules
- Litigants in person “would benefit from human-centred design changes” in courts
- Back to the future – do the SRA’s PII proposals achieve its objectives?
- And then there were five: ABS pioneer Knights announces intention to float
- Conveyancing clients would pay more for “premium” service, research finds
- Solicitor who attributed false legal aid claims to depression struck off
- Authorities struggle to recover money from law firm frauds
- No point complaining about a barrister’s conduct to head of chambers or BSB, says judge
- What price unity? Criminal solicitors question why Bar is at the negotiating table without them
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