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Holding the state to account
Long delays in courts continue
Role model
Remote witnessing
Probate fees
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Family mediation
Criminal legal aid
Building Safety Bill
Police powers
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Increased powers for magistrates courts
Anti-vax protestors claim defunct law
Misogyny as a hate crime
Championing social mobility and disability inclusion
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The rule of law is non-negotiable
Family mediation vouchers
Unvaccinated staff isolation pay slashed
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Unvaccinated staff isolation pay slashed
Release under investigation
The importance of Lasting Power of Attorney
In conversation with I. Stephanie Boyce
Law Society interim CEO starts work
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Extension of remote witnessing for wills
The future of criminal legal aid
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Probate fee hike
Extension of remote witnessing for wills
Do Downing Street parties/work dos break the law?
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Extension of remote witnessing for wills
Family law
Government announces cladding plans
Crypto
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New joint practitioner group proposed to fight legal aid cuts
Human Rights Act reform
Role models key to improving diversity in the profession
No-fault divorce
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Probate delays
Raab and the Bar Council
Legal aid
Wills and foreign assets
Bill of rights
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Criminal legal aid
Safety in courts and police stations
Remote hearings
Gender recognition laws
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Probate delays
UK Australia trade deal
Diversity
Human Rights Act
LawTech
Nationality and Borders Bill
Conveyancing forms
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Criminal legal aid
Impact of remote hearings
Time to retire?
Avoiding property title fraud
Legal ombudsman needs radical action on backlog
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Criminal legal aid
Gender pay gap
Legal Ombudsman needs radical action on backlog
Anti-money laundering
Professional Qualifications Bill
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Human Rights Act 'overhaul' launches
Legal Ombudsman needs radical action on backlog
Billable hours
Reopen closed courts
Property fraud
Wills, wills, wills
Working from home
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Human Rights Act 'overhaul' launches
Legal Ombudsman needs radical action on backlog
Profession still has a way to go for gender pay parity
Remote witnessing of wills useful but no game-changer
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Profession still has a way to go for gender pay parity
International Human Rights Day
Undiverse judiciary
Anti-money laundering
Homebuyer fraud
Property title fraud guidance
Wellbeing woes
Remote witnessing of wills useful but no game-changer
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Long wait for justice
Family law and legal aid
Hack continues to hit house buyers
Undiverse judiciary
Title fraud
Anti-money laundering
Premature release
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Hate crimes
Rising revenue
Law Society Awards
Anti-money laundering
Solicitors Indemnity Fund
Surge in rental fraud
Interim CEO
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US boss sacks 900 over zoom
The war on judges
The Nationality and Borders Bill
Priti Patel bullying and interpretations bill
Surge in rental fraud
Interim CEO
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Government plans to 'correct' court judgments
Christmas consumer rights
PII pressures
Remote witnessing of wills useful but no game-changer
WTO agreement will cut costs for solicitors
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Remote witnessing of wills useful option but not game-changer
WTO agreement will cut costs for solicitors
Flexible working should begin with job offer
Diversity targets in recruitment
Spotlight on the Diversity Access Scheme
LSB must give frontline regulators room to understand consumer engagement
Law Society awards to be discontinued
Lasting power of attorney
Lawyers with disabilities in the spotlight
Women lawyers working more hours than male counterparts
Low prosecution rates in rape cases
Low prosecution rates in rape cases
Courts backlog
Closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund
Courts left in the cold
Embracing mistakes as a junior lawyer
Financial abuse
Nationality and Borders Bill
Neurodiverse and socially diverse talent
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Menopause workplace discrimination
Violence against women
Early legal advice for tenants facing repossession
Low rape prosecution rates
Conveyancers who "mis-sold" leasehold advice
Murder sentencing
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Nationality and Borders Bill
Former Law Society head of publishing becomes shadow justice secretary
Raising the bar on AML
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Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
Legal aid support for those facing eviction
How violence against women is treated in the family courts
Technology and innovation
Professional indemnity insurance
Home buying and selling process
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Trade mission to the Middle East
Law Society urges 'keep SIF'
Smart contracts 'legally sound'
Legal Aid support against eviction
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Hearing from the president
Pay and working conditions for junior lawyers
SRA plans to end SIF and PSYROC
Afghan judges hunted by ex-prisoners
Legal aid deserts
Project Rise
Social mobility index
Trade delegation to promote UK legal services in the Middle East
Harper's Law
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Home secretary urged to withdraw Liverpool bomber lawyer claims
Afghan judges hunted by ex-prisoners
SRA plans to end SIF and PSYROC
Trade delegation to promote UK legal services in the Middle East
Disability in the legal profession
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Home secretary urged to withdraw Liverpool bomber lawyer claims
Afghan judges hunted by prisoners
Push for upfront property information
Trade delegation to promote UK legal services in the Middle East
Law Society advanced family law panel
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Home secretary urged to withdraw Liverpool bomber lawyer claims
Legal aid cuts leave tenants exposed to eviction
New figures show fewer police probes lead to court action
Early legal advice pilot to launch in 2022
Prince Philp's will
SRA seeks to increase its fining powers
Fast-track ID scheme: Lawyers may still face court checks
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New figures show fewer police probes lead to court action
Content automation driving business?
Bringing men into the frame
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Asylum seeker appeals
Industry tokenism claims
Legal aid crisis
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Growing demand for in-house lawyers
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New figures show fewer police probes lead to court action
Ethnicity pay gap reporting
Homes under the Hammer
Managing probate
Corruption in the UK
Finance Bill
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New figures show fewer police probes lead to court action
Fraud warning as home owners targeted
Super court welcomed
Climate change resolution
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New figures show fewer police probes lead to court action
Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Diversity and disability
Billable hours
Diversity and Inclusion Conference
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Anger at Raab's defence solicitor slur
No jab no job for frontline NHS England workers
Diversity and disability
Security attack on firm
Video witnessing of wills
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No jab no job for frontline NHS England workers
SRA warning over SIF
Central government lawyers urged to vote
Domestic abuse victims unable to access legal aid
Mediation and family proceedings
'Super courtroom' opens its doors
Climate change resolution
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No jab no job for frontline NHS England workers
Survivors of domestic abuse ineligible for legal aid
Loughborough gets 'supercourt'
Legal aid bills
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Criminal defence lawyers concerned about return to face-to-face interviews
SRA priorities
AI and the legal profession
Integrating diversity in the sector
SRA introduces reasonable adjustments to SQE assessments
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The drive for net zero
SRA priorities
Judicial review reforms
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Estate dispute
Pay rates and protected characteristics
Firms co-operate to boost representation
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Diversity in the legal profession
Estate dispute
Nationality and Borders Bill
Lawyers to the barricades
House is sold without owners' knowledge
Mining risk
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Climate change resolution
Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Identity fraud warning
Commercial drainage and water enquiry
Magic circle firms look to improve diversity
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Pro bono week begins today
Budget
Climate change resolution
Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Legal personality of the year
Top divorce lawyer profiled
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Budget
Climate change resolution
Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Wills
Black History Month
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Budget
Council reforms
Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Legal dress codes
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Judicial review in the House of Commons
Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Cyber losses clause in insurance terms
Pro bono week turns 20
Virtual legal careers events
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Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Diversity in the legal profession
Post-pandemic working adjustments
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I. Stephanie Boyce on Channel 4 News
Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Criminal courts backlog to last years
New Zealand trade deal
AGM and Council meeting
SRA confirms cybercrime clause
Tickbox AML regime isn't working
Conveyancing solicitors braced for further change
The need for legal aid reform for special guardianship
Shantha David celebrated as part of Black History Month
Fire & rehire
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Criminal courts backlog to last years
Tickbox AML regime isn't working
Wills, wills, wills
New Zealand trade deal
Litigation is a game of chess
Rise in Japanese knotweed claims
Changes to Professional Indemnity Insurance policies
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Tickbox AML regime isn't working
Damning legal aid report
Accessing the profession as a young, deaf solicitor
Law Society Council workings
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Tickbox AML regime isn't working
London legal walk
'Correcting' judgments
Courts backlog
Recruitment experience of black candidates
Today's rundown:
I. Stephanie Boyce inaugurated
Legal aid deserts
Solicitors Indemnity Fund: Council statement
Lasting power of attorney
Alice Kinder takes on role at Birmingham Law Society
Menopause pledge
SDT 'inequality of arms'
Law Society Awards
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I. Stephanie Boyce inaugurated
Black Powerlist 2022
Economic crime levy
Alice Kinder takes on role at Birmingham Law Society
Japanese knotweed
Solicitors Indemnity Fund: Council statement
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Black Powerlist 2022
Pace of change in law accelerates
Nightingale Courts
Lasting power of attorney
Common Platform
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Lasting power of attorney
Nightingale Courts
Interview with the Law Society president
Japanese knotweed
Inauguration day
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Immigration spotlight
Law Society Awards
Clearing the conveyancing backlog
Today's rundown:
Criminal courts backlog
Lunch with I. Stephanie Boyce
Fire and pestilence
Law Society Awards
Legal aid deserts
HMCTS invests in green tech and solar panels
SDT support for junior lawyers
Financial planning for the future
One week until London Legal Walk
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Conveyancing backlog
Remote legal advice
Educators can help students find law
Lunch with I. Stephanie Boyce
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Proposals to change the law on crimes motivated by misogyny
Lugano Convention
SQE loans
English law
Economic crime levy
Conference call
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Legal aid deserts
No more cuts warning
Australia trade deal
SQE loans
Ethical implications of AI
Weakening check on power
Blaming the defence
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Legal aid deserts
Law Society president at Conservative Party conference
Black History Month
Pride in the Law
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SDLT holiday officially ends
Police station protocol changes today
Legal aid deserts
Firms spend nearly £1m on money laundering compliance
Dis-abled?: the language of the Equality Act 2010
I. Stephanie Boyce on diversity & inclusion
My legal life: Laura Thomas
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Record criminal court backlog
End of stamp duty taper
Furlough finale
New role for chief executive
Police station protocol
Black History Month begins
Today's rundown:
Stamp duty land tax holiday ends
Legal aid deserts
New role for chief executive
Money laundering compliance
Probate fees hike
Reasonable adjustments for disabled staff
National pro bono centre
Solicitors indemnity fund
Risk of burnout
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Flat swapping
Mental health problems
Pro bono centre
Pride in Law
Disability inclusion guidance
Flexible working
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Legal aid deserts
Fuel shortages
Disability inclusion guidance
Flexible working
Probate fee increases must reflect improvements
Today's rundown:
- Legal aid deserts
- Crown Court backlog forces cases out of London
- Criminal legal aid sector is shrinking
- Economic crime levy
- Nationality & Borders Bill
- Lasting Power of Attorney
- I. Stephanie Boyce discusses leadership at conference
- Diversity and inclusion in the profession
- Probate fee service must be up to scratch before increase
- Flexible working for new employees
- Strictly come vaccinated?
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Economic crime levy
Strictly come vaccinated?
Nationality & borders bill
Conveyancing Q&A
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M25 climate protesters
Concerns over Patel's asylum plan
Raab in strong position to defend justice
Fixed fee for considering unused material
Being out as a bisexual solicitor
LGBT+ equality
Due diligence
Non-disclosure agreements
Lasting powers of attorney
Economic crime levy
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New Nightingale court
Russia responsible for killing of Alexander Litvinenko
Ask a conveyancer
BAME lawyers
Nationality and borders bill
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Pride in the Law
London Legal Walk
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The Chancery Lane Project aims to reduce climate change
Brexit hasn't started
UK government to streamline data protection regime
I. Stephanie Boyce featured in new book
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Flexible working
New lord chancellor
Law Society president in book
Brexit hasn't started
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New lord chancellor
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Criminal courts backlogs
Reliable for research
Protecting truth tellers
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Power of Attorney
Legal aid
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Rule of law
Courts backlog
Success in-house
New build property and environmental compliance risks
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Probate fees rise unjustifiable
Fixed costs would blow a hole in access to justice
Inquest delays add to grief
Law Society strengthens relationship with counterparts in Hong Kong
Stephanie Boyce featured in new book
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Cladding crisis
Lasting powers of attorney
Legal walk
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Fixed Recoverable Costs extension
Building Safety Bill
Understanding the legal aid system
Solicitors Qualifying Examination
Legal services in Indonesia
Today's rundown:
Fixed Recoverable Costs extension
Return to office working
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Access to justice and moral complexity
Lawyers band together for Afghan refugees
'Staying on' in the EU
Commercial drainage and water search
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Find a Solicitor
Commercial drainage and water search
Solicitors Indemnity Fund
Empty in Angel
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Solicitors qualifying exam introduced
Nationality and Borders Bill
New committee member appointed
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Rule of law under fire
SQE arrives
Will disputes 'shoot up'
Today's rundown:
Find a Solicitor
Legal professionals in Afghanistan
Cyber essentials
SQE