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Criminal legal aid crunch
Public Defender Service
New Law Society CEO
Harm from unregulated providers
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New Law Society CEO
Brussels office closure
Harm from unregulated providers
Bill of Rights signals collision course with rule of law
SIF closure
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Criminal barristers begin walkout
Bill of Rights signals collision course with rule of law
Divorce and pensions
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Bill of Rights signals collision course with rule of law
SRA continues to pursue increase in fining powers
Gender gap in the legal profession
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Bill of Rights signals collision course with rule of law
SRA continues to pursue increase in fining powers
SRA fining power increase should not be conflated with sanctions regime issues
Conversation about family law with I. Stephanie Boyce
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Bill of Rights signals collision course with rule of law
Women in law pledge anniversary
Barristers take direct action
SQE providing opportunities?
Family law advice
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Criminal barristers vote to strike
No fault evictions
Handling Russian sanctions
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Criminal courts backlog
Rwanda removal challenges
Attacks on lawyers
Electronic tagging for asylum-seekers
Support Through Court funding at risk
SRA continues to pursue increase in fining powers
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Rwanda removal flights and attacks on lawyers
No-fault eviction ban proposed
Spike in divorce applications
Court spending on agency staff
Can LawTech help reduce stress?
LGBT+ estate planning
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Rwanda deportation flights and attacks on lawyers
SRA fining powers
Spike in divorce applications
Black interns begin work at the Law Society
25 years of LawCare
Crown Court backlog
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Flight to Rwanda for asylum-seekers cancelled
NI Protocol Bill threatens rule of law
Spike in divorce applications
Work-life balance for lawyers
Black interns begin work at the Law Society
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Criminal Bar Association ballot & solicitors’ direct action
LawTech cements UK as global legal centre
Vice president heads to Bradford
Parking fines
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High court challenge over Rwanda removals
Criminal Bar Association ballot & solicitors’ direct action
Parking tickets
Spike in ‘no-fault’ divorce applications
Ask a solicitor: How to stop landlords evicting tenants
Crown court backlog
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Crown Court backlog
Legal aid means test threshold doesn't take into account rising cost of living
LGBT+ employees' rights
Half-term flight cancellations: Consumer rights
Evidence lacking for new SRA health and wellbeing rules
Junior lawyers eschew criminal defence careers
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Criminal justice crisis
Junior lawyers eschew criminal defence careers
Court rules regulator should keep costs protection
Legal aid means test thresholds doesn't take into account rising cost of living
Evidence lacking for new SRA health and wellbeing rules
Half-term flight cancellations: Consumers' rights
London Legal Walk
Ask a solicitor: Neighbourhood disputes
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Legal aid means test thresholds doesn't take into account rising cost of living
Little action on crime
Evidence lacking for new SRA health and wellbeing rules
Parking rules
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Judicial diversity still lacking
Evidence lacking for new SRA health and wellbeing rules
Parking tickets
Law firms' cybersecurity
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Legal aid deserts
LPA modernisation
SRA set to increase its fining powers
UK-Mexico trade talks
Parking fines
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Criminal courts backlog
SRA set to increase its fining powers
Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda
UK-Mexico trade talks
Solicitors Qualifying Examination
Rising star diversity award
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SRA set to increase its fining powers
Law firms support new Black British civil rights group
Criminal trial procedures
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Lasting power of attorney
In-house lawyers and climate change
Helping Ukraine
IT gaps
Home-working
Immigration solicitors
Rip Off Britain
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Lasting power of attorney
Criminal defence solicitors to escalate legal aid action
Nationality and Borders Act
Parking fines
Neighbourly dispute
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SLAPPs consultation response
Lasting power of attorney
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SLAPPs consultation response
Kinship carers
Diversity in the legal profession
Action over criminal legal aid
Crown court backlog
New Zealand trade deal
Airport delays
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Crown court backlog
Wills, wills, wills
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Crown court backlog
Passport expiry
Global Legal Centre
Early disclosure scheme
Find a Solicitor
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Crown court backlog
Disability in the profession
Climate change and the law
Small claims pilot
Consumer advice
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Queen's Speech
Abortion rights
Japanese Knotweed
Concern over crime contracts
Workplace banter
LeO scheme rules review
Mental health awareness
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Queen's speech: Bill of Rights
Afghan evacuees
Nationality & Borders Act
Litigation forum of choice
Mental health awareness
Solicitors under review
The apprenticeship
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Queen's speech: Bill of Rights
Government attacks on lawyers
Mental health awareness
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Assault on Human Rights Act
Rwanda asylum deal
Queen's speech
Mental health awareness
Legal services excluded from sanctions
Airport delays
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PM's 'lefty lawyers' criticism
Who makes the law?
Parole Board grants release of Baby P's mother
Employment law
Dare to dream
Inheritance in a multi-generation household
Find a Solicitor
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PM's 'lefty lawyers' criticism
Brexit: Boris Becker could be deported
Parole board grants release of Baby P's mother
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PM's 'lefty lawyers' criticism
Criminal legal aid fees debate
Who gets custody of the dog?
Whole-life orders
Apprenticeships
Dare to dream
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New laws in England and Wales
Human rights reform
London criminal defence solicitors demand 25% fee increase
The future of law and legal AI
Bradford's female Muslim lawyers win big
Stronger than expected performance during the pandemic
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Judicial review on discharging patients without testing
Bills get royal asset
Criminal legal aid crisis
Stronger than expected performance during the pandemic
Today's rundown:
Stronger than expected pandemic performance
Criminal legal aid crisis
Law Society helps secure access to justice win
Support for Ukraine
MP report warns of threat to justice
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Law Society helps secure access to justice win
Criminal legal aid solicitors may decline work
MP report warns of threat to justice
Legal aid cuts impact victims of sexual violence
Ask a Solicitor
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Crown court backlog
Ministry of Justice to be grilled over legal aid
Ask a Solicitor
Stronger than expected pandemic performance
Fines waived for families caught in HMRC trust clampdown
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Law firms perform well during the pandemic
Rwanda asylum plan
Asylum seekers
Electronic bundles guidance highlights plight of litigants in person
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SIF reprieve
Crown courts facing delays & postponements
Judicial diversity
Legal comparison sites
Climate change
Trinidad and Tobago political witch hunt
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Regulators need flexibility
Modern Law awards
Crown courts facing delays & postponements
Criminal barristers begin direct action
AML in sharp focus
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Crown courts facing delays & postponements
Criminal barristers begin direct action
'No fault' divorce
Judicial appointments process locks out diversity
PC fee consultation
Law firms and Russian clients
Diversity in the profession
London International Disputes Week
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'No fault' divorce comes into law
Ed Sheeran wins copyright case
Family court delays
Offshore migrant processing plans
Today's rundown:
'No fault' divorce comes into law
Ed Sheeran wins copyright case
Family court delays
Offshore migrant processing plans
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'No fault' divorce comes into law
Ask a Solicitor
'Dangerous' scapegoating of lawyers
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'No fault' divorce
Ask a Solicitor
'Londongrad'
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British rights being dismantled
Quarterly criminal court stats
Crown court backlog
Delays in family law courts
'No fault' divorce
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Quarterly criminal court stats
Visit of Ukrainian bar president
Undiverse judiciary
LSB business plan response
'No fault' divorce
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British judges resign from Hong Kong's top court
Legal aid promises fall short
Being queer in the legal profession
Ukrainian refugees
Family voucher scheme
Divorce fee criticised
Legal Services Board's business plan
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Legal aid promises fall short
Judicial recruitment disadvantaging solicitors
Small firms peril from comparison sites
Alternative dispute resolution consultation
P&O Ferries mass sackings
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P&O Ferries mass sackings
Comparison sites
'No fault' divorce
Spring statement
Legal world unites to help tackle cyber threat
Law should be taught in schools
Solicitors face higher hurdles
Law firms and Russian clients
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Law firms and Russian clients
P&O Ferries mass sackings
Ukrainian refugees and the Nationality and Borders Bill
Lasting Power of Attorney
'No fault' divorce
Spring statement
Legal world unites to help tackle cyber threat
Economic Crime Act
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Law firms and Russian clients
Criminal court backlogs
Spring statement
P&O sackings
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The relationship between English law firms and Russian clients
Criminal court backlogs
Government at odds with voters over refugee policy change
Legal aid
Higher hurdle to jump
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Government at odds with voters over refugee policy change
Law in Action
P&O sackings
SLAPPs
President leads tributes to Gemma Lodge
Legal aid funding boost
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
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Government at odds with voters over refugee policy change
Changing demographics of the profession
Low pay for trainee solicitors
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
P&O sackings
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P&O sackings
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine: Surrogacy and war
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Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Overhaul of legal aid system
P&O sackings
Rethinking ageism
Human Rights Act
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Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Overhaul of legal aid system
Economic Crime Act gets Royal Assent
Cyber security questionnaire
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Overhaul of criminal legal aid system
Economic Crime Act gets Royal Assent
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Overhaul of criminal legal aid system
Moving home
Cyberflashing
Burberry British Diversity Awards
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Ukraine refugee visa woes
Life of a divorce lawyer
Burberry British Diversity Awards
House theft
Human Rights Act
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Ukrainian refugee visa woes
Criminal legal aid spend
Unacceptable court delays
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Unacceptable court delays
Sanctions and the legal profession
House theft
Will add ons
International Women's Day
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Rapid investment needed to tackle unacceptable court delays
International Women's Day
Divorce reform
Human Rights Act
Economic Crime Bill
LSB looks to change status quo on competence
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UK visas for Ukrainian refugees
ICC investigation into Ukraine
Legally Vocal
Kids Law Podcast
London law firms with Russian clients
International Women's Day
Economic Crime Bill
LSB looks to change status quo on competence
SRA consultation on health and wellbeing
Legal Ombudsman's plan to close complaints more quickly
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Invasion of Ukraine
ICC investigation into Ukraine
LSB looks to change status quo on competence
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Invasion of Ukraine
Nightingale courts
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Invasion of Ukraine
SQE results delay
Public defenders
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Law firms review work in light of Ukraine war
Law Society support for Ukraine
SQE results delay
Criminal defence crisis
Covid sick pay
No-fault divorce
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Law firms in Ukraine
Pressure mounts for action against 'enablers' of Russian regime
Can you claim your unmarried partner's estate?
Russian sanctions
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Law firms in Ukraine
Lie detector tests
UK-Singapore DEA
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Courts backlog
Law firms in Ukraine
Employment rights after lifting of restrictions
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UK sanctions on Russia
SQE attainment gap
Criminal duty solicitors
Diversity access scheme open
Employment law
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Lifting of Covid restrictions
Ofgem powers would be futile
Diversity and Inclusion Charter
Climate change resolution
No-fault divorce
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No fault divorce
Lifting of restrictions
Fixed Recoverable Costs
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Afghan evacuees' rights at risk
Living with Crohn's disease: life in the profession
A solicitors' story of living with Cystic Fibrosis
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Afghan evacuees' rights at risk
In danger: criminal defence solicitors
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
SIF warning
Ticket trouble
No-fault divorce
Domestic abuse
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In danger: criminal defence solicitors
Court closures – the full impact
SIF warning
Future of RSPCA as prosecutor
Where there's a will
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Criminal duty solicitor crisis
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'I want to gift my son a house deposit'
SRA's fining powers should not be hiked to £25k
Should a lawyer go on strike?
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Fuelling distrust of the courts
No justice without a defence
SRA's fining powers should not be hiked to £25k
Gender pay gap
Leasehold reform becomes law
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Slow pace of criminal legal aid reform
Gender pay gap
Dilemmas for employers post-Covid restrictions
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Rights and responsibilities of a private property landlord
Gender pay gap
Spyware threat
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Decline of legal aid
SIF closure in the spotlight
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Car parking fines
Levelling up
UK-India trade talks
Legal Services Board
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Levelling up
Postcard from Abroad: Brazil
Pre-action protocol reforms
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Levelling up
Information for buyers
Domestic abuse and the law
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Diversity within law firms
Urgent need for criminal legal aid funding
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Conveyancing fees on the rise
LGBT History month
LawCare landmark
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Financial advice for your divorce
Lawyers boycotting courts
Sue Gray report
Courts backlog
SQE diversity gap
Legal charity celebrates milestone
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The complexities of criminal law
Probate fee increase
Funding for criminal legal aid essential
Waiting for justice
Solicitor profession
Legal charity celebrates milestone
Remote witnessing of wills
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Plummeting prosecutions
Legal charity celebrates milestone
SQE attainment gap
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Day of the Endangered Lawyer
SQE attainment gap
Criminal investigation into Downing Street parties
Family mediation voucher scheme extended
Corporate re-domiciliation
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Funding for criminal legal aid essential
Criminal investigation into Downing Street parties
Conveyancing stress
Probate fee rise condemned
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Jury trials
London calling
Mental capacity
SQE1 results show pass-rate disparity
Divorce backlog
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Thousands of victims and defendants still waiting for justice
Criminal legal aid
SQE1 results show pass-rate disparity
Changing career direction
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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