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Don’t put up a barrier with your business, in-house lawyers told

In-house lawyers should not think they are special because of their wider duties to the court as this risks alienating them from their business colleagues, it was claimed yesterday.

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Probate delays putting law firms in clients’ firing line

Law firms are suffering a backlash from clients, and increasing unbillable time, as a result of the continuing delays at the Probate Service, the Law Society has said.

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Former Lord Chief cautions against regulation of litigation funding

Regulation may not be answer for the future of the third-party litigation funding market, a former Lord Chief Justice has cautioned ahead of the Civil Justice Council review of the sector.

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Community order for disbarred barrister over antisemitic blog posts

A former barrister who was disbarred for antisemitic and racist tweets has now been handed a nine-month community order for grossly offensive antisemitic material posted on his blog.

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Restraint order for academic who sued chambers over website reference

The High Court has imposed a three-year extended civil restraint order on a former academic who has been pursuing Cloisters Chambers over a reference to him on its website.

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Simpson Millar buys personal injury practice out of administration

National firm Simpson Millar has rescued personal injury firm Novum Law out of administration, with the funder that owns the former also a creditor of the latter.

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Hefty AML fine for firm that facilitated vendor fraud

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has handed out three more hefty fines for anti-money laundering failures, one for a firm that facilitated a vendor fraud as a result.

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Increased awards for pupil barristers – but also debts

Pupil barristers are receiving increased awards for their work but debt levels are also rising, a survey by the Bar Council has found.

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Solicitor jailed after falling for scam loses appeal against sentence

The former senior partner of a Norfolk law firm, jailed for four years for fraud, has failed in his appeal against sentence, with the court saying it was, if anything, “lenient”.

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High Court rejects immigration solicitor’s “meritless” strike-off appeal

An immigration solicitor secretly recorded by the BBC advising how to obtain “fraudulent” evidence for a visa application has failed in his appeal against being struck off.

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