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Court backlog deadline
LSB should renew focus
Building Safety Act 2022 guide
Rule of Law
Housing legal aid work
Legal aid cuts
Nigeria-UK legal services agreement
Probate enquiry phoneline hours
Rwanda policy
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Housing legal aid work
Probate enquiry phone lines
Evictions on the rise
Nigeria-UK legal services agreement
Presidential priorities
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Public confidence in lawyers undermined
NAO report on legal aid cuts
Legal Heroes 2024 open for nominations
Climate change guidance
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NAO report on legal aid cuts
Video will witnessing ends
Evictions on the rise
Generative AI
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NAO reports on legal aid cuts
Duty solicitors raise health and safety concerns
Evictions on the rise
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Presidential priorities
Judicial review
Video witnessing of wills
Flight tracker
Consumer protection review
Legal advice and mediation
Flawed research
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Criminal court delays
Court closures
Consumer protection review
Rwanda policy
Judicial review
Requirements for foreign qualified lawyers
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Consumer protection review
Legal aid deserts
Judicial review
Crumbling courts
Video-witnessing of wills
Generative AI
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Judicial review
Courts backlog
Criminal legal aid
Mental Health Act
Generative AI
Housing legal aid
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Judicial review
Legal Heroes 2024Family law
Probate professionals’ concerns
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Judicial review
Day of the Endangered Lawyer
Family law
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Criminal legal aid
Mental Health Act
Employment tribunal fees
Legal services sector and economic growth
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Rwanda policy
Mandatory mediation abandoned for separating couples
Criminal legal aid
Employment tribunal fees
Requirements for foreign qualified lawyers
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Mental Health Act
Mandatory mediation abandoned for separating couples
Spring Budget submission
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
Justice imagery
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London Legal Walk
India opening up legal services sector
UK firms in Saudi Arabia
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Civil legal aid system is on its knees
No Commons debate on Rwanda treaty
Day of the Endangered Lawyer
Mandatory meditation
Board Chair appointment
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Day of the Endangered Lawer
King’s Counsel
Career change
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Access to clients in prisons
Civil Legal Aid Review: Provider survey
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
LSB will examine regulation gaps
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Access to clients in prisons
Sheffield Crown Court
Civil Legal Aid Review: Provider survey
Courts and tribunal fees
King’s Counsel
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
Colleague tribute
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Crumbling courts
Rwanda policy
Hague 19 Convention
Private prosecution powers
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
Colleague tribute
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Awaab’s Law
Hague 19 Convention
Court backlogs
Family court reporting pilot
Rwanda bill
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Lady Chief Justice comments on Rwanda fast-track
Post Office scandal
Sheffield Crown Court
CILEX regulation
SLAPPs reform
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Post Office scandal
Rwanda Bill
UK signs Hague 19 Convention
Renters Reform Bill
Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2024
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Post Office scandal
Rwanda Bill
Sheffield Crown Court
Criminal court backlogs
Regulation of legal executives
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Civil Legal Aid Review
Post Office scandal
Legal Executives regulation
Divorce Day
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Post Office scandal
Statutory consultation process
Inappropriate relationships in prison
Women and Diversity in Law Awards
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Post Office scandal
Role of AI in the legal profession
Diversity and social mobility
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English law post-Brexit
AI and judges
Neurodiversity in the profession
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CTS cyber attack
Judicial review
Neurodivergent defendants
AI and junior lawyers
Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil
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Criminal court delays
Access to justice
Legal Ombudsman Service
Looking ahead to 2024
Pro Bono Awards
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Criminal court delays
Hopes for 2024
Legal Ombudsman Service
Getting divorced
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Human rights law
Rising backlogs in family courts
Criminal court backlogs
Collapse of Axiom Ince
Rwanda immigration policy
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Criminal court backlog
Crisis in the family court system
Wills reform
Temporary accommodation
Legal Ombudsman Service complaints backlog
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Criminal court backlog
Crisis in the County Court
Guidance to legal professionals
Collapse of Axiom Ince
Today’s rundown:
Criminal court backlog
Crisis in the County Court
Collapse of Axiom Ince
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Criminal court backlog
Judicial review
Housing crisis
Wills reform consultation response
New appointment by Treasury
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Criminal court backlog
Judicial review
Rwanda bill controversy
Temporary accommodation a grim reality for children this Christmas
Electronic wills
Renters Reform Bill
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Judicial review
Leasehold Reform Bill
Wills reform
Renters Reform Bill
Cyber attacks on law firms
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Judicial review
Rwanda Bill
Leasehold Reform Bill
Role of AI in profession
Renters Reform Bill
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Rwanda Bill
Electronic Wills
Leasehold Reform Bill
Legal Hero on women’s rights
Judges at risk of harm
New Justice of the UK Supreme Court
Social mobility in the legal sector
Professional ethics
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Civil court backlogs
Justice in crisis
Cost of the Rwanda plan
Pro Bono Awards
QLR scheme
Electronic wills need more scrutiny
Regulation of legal professions
AI and the profession
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Emergency legislation
Judicial review
Court backlogs
Judges at risk of harm
Today’s rundown:
Emergency legislation
Judicial review
Deprivation of liberty
Deputy High Court judges appointed
Regulation of the legal sector
Inquest anniversary
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New UK-Rwanda treaty
Disability inclusion in the profession
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British lawyers in Rwanda
Justice budget cuts
Gig economy
Lifetime achievement award
Disability inclusion
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Judicial Review
Reoffending statistics
No immediate levy in response to Axiom Ince fallout
Justice Committee on regulation of legal professions
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RAAC-related court closures
Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council ruling
Whiplash backlog
Axiom Ince fallout
OBR analysis of Autumn Statement
Inheritance law
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No immediate levy in response to Axiom Ince fallout
Cyber-attack on CTS
OBR analysis of Autumn Statement
CILEX regulation
SRA fining power
Lifetime achievement award
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Criminal legal aid judicial review
Rwanda asylum ruling
OBR analysis of Autumn Statement
HMCTS launch podcast
Fall in number of conveyancing solicitors
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OBR analysis of Autumn Statement
Extension to SRA powers
Leaving the ECHR
Role of AI in legal profession
Arbitration Bill
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Hague 19 Convention
Autumn Statement
Reframing Justice – talking differently
Opening up legal markets
Family court delays
LSB complaints procedure
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Hague 19 Convention
Autumn Statement
Rwanda asylum ruling
Inquiry into probate delays
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Autumn Statement
Vision for the future of the family and civil courts
Legal regulators
Climate change guidance
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SLAPPs
Criminal court delays
Online divorce service
Role of AI in legal profession
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SRA regulation of CILEX could risk consumer confusion
Support for disabled lawyers
Leaving the ECHR
The importance of inclusivity
Civil legal aid funding report
Today’s rundown:
Supreme Court ruling on Rwanda policy
Children caught in private family law proceedings
Civil legal aid funding report
SRA regulation of CILEX could risk consumer confusion
Renters (Reform) Bill
Support for disabled lawyers
Managing an estate
Global legal centre report
COP28
Women Who Will Report
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Supreme Court ruling on Rwanda policy
Support for disabled lawyers
AI in contract negotiations
Impact of climate change
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Supreme Court ruling on Rwanda policy
ECtHR interim measures
Regulation of the profession
Courts protocol
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Regulation of the profession
Finance Bill
Axiom Ince fallout
Supreme Court appointment
Challenges faced by the profession
Consumer Rights Act
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Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil
Commitment to net zero
Israel-Gaza
Law firm residual balances
Lawyers at risk
Today’s rundown:
King’s Speech
‘No-fault’ evictions and court reform
Reoffending statistics
Israel-Gaza
Mistreatment of lawyers in Turkey
Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil
EU equality laws
SLAPPs
Pro Bono Week 2023
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Courts protocol
Compulsory Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mental Health Bill reform
CILEX regulation changes
Women Who Will Report
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Mediation
Sentencing reforms
King’s Speech
AI and the legal profession
Alternative dispute resolution
SLAPPs
Criminal legal aid
Climate target
London calling
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King’s speech
Axiom Ince fallout
EU-derived worker protections
SLAPPs
Climate target
IBA annual conference
Property exchange protocol
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AI and the legal profession
EU equality laws
Management companies
CILEX proposals are misguided and fail to consider the wider regulatory context
Reoffending statistics
Global legal centre report
Pro Bono Week 2023
Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board
Honorary doctorate
Property exchange protocol
Today’s rundown:
Reoffending statistics
Axiom Ince fallout
CILEX proposals are misguided and fail to consider the wider regulatory context
Criminal solicitors urged to join union
Law Society sets 2030 net zero target
Pro Bono Week 2023
IBA 2023
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Reoffending statistics
Axiom Ince fallout
Companies House given new powers
Pro Bono Week 2023
Role of AI in legal profession
IBA 2023
Today’s rundown:
Regulatory reforms
Reoffending statistics
Solicitors may pay for Axiom Ince fallout
Role of AI in legal profession
Unbundled legal services
Global legal centre report
Llanelli police station fee uplift
Criminal legal aid
Lifetime Achievement Award
Property exchange protocol
Saudi Arabia launch
Today’s rundown:
Reoffending statistics
Solicitors may pay for Axiom Ince fallout
Role of AI in legal profession
Unbundled legal services
Unmet legal needs
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Global legal centre report
Women partners
Lawyers and the rule of law
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Unbundled legal services
Women partners
Llanelli police station fee uplift
Implications of generative AI
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Llanelli police station fee uplift
Renters (Reform) Bill
Today’s rundown:
Digitisation of the court system
Mediation in freefall due to lack of legal aid
Covid pandemic: Safer conditions for police interviews
Lack of judges
Barrister fee increase
AML regime
Implications of generative AI
Work relationships
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Renters Reform Bill
Criminal solicitors urged to join union
AML regime
ESG issues
Cab-bank rule
Today’s rundown:
Renters (Reform) Bill
Lack of judges
Family courts overwhelmed
Today’s rundown:
Digitisation of the court system
Law Society publishes proposals to reform civil justice
AML regime: Legal sector expertise must be retained
How to use the small claims court
Hague Convention
Organisational culture’s role in law firm diversity
Today’s rundown:
Solicitors may pay for Axiom Ince fallout
AML regime: Legal sector expertise must be retained
“Growing climate of hostility” for immigration lawyers
Power of AI in the legal profession
Access to justice improvements
D&I Framework
Today’s rundown:
Nick Emmerson becomes 179th President of the Law Society
Updated portraits
Social mobility issues
Collapse of justice system in Afghanistan
Digitisation of the court system
Crown Court backlog
Prison crisis
Practising certificate renewal
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Digitisation of the court system
Autumn Statement asks
Prison crisis
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Prison crisis
Collapse of justice system in Afghanistan
Practising certificate renewals
Guide to the legal profession
Today's rundown:
Nick Emmerson becomes 179th President of the Law Society
Prison crisis
Decade-long wait for compensation and unpaid fines hit £1.5bn
Court backlog
LSB chief hints at merging the BSB and SRA
AML regime: Legal sector expertise must be retained
Property law conference
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Nick Emmerson becomes 179th President of the Law Society
Prison crisis
Reforming mental health legislation
Climate change
Law Society publishes proposals to reform civil justice
Qualifying work experience
Redefining diversity
Avoiding financial instability while you grieve
Access to legal aid
Carey Street
Lasting Power of Attorney
Today’s rundown:
Reforming mental health legislation
Reframing Justice project
Issues facing conveyancers
Role of technology in the profession
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Law Society publishes proposals to reform civil justice
Will writing
World Mental Health Day
LawCare reports 24% rise in lawyers’ calls
Whistleblowing charity debates SLAPPs and NDAs
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Innocence tax
Rape suspects released due to court delays
Grenfell: Flat sales still lottery six years on
Backlog in fraud cases
Law Society publishes proposals to reform civil justice
Reframing Justice
Equality, diversity and inclusion
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Innocence tax
Backlog in fraud cases
SRA takes control of scheme
Fixed recoverable costs
New Lady Chief Justice
Legal ethics
Employer protections for carers
Today’s rundown:
Backlog in fraud cases
Black History Month
Fixed recoverable costs
SRA takes control of scheme
Legal aid work arising from Illegal Migration Act
Criminal court backlog
Today’s rundown:
Backlog in fraud cases
Fixed recoverable costs
SRA takes control of scheme
Climate change guidance
Axiom Ince shutdown
UK govt plans to leave EHRC
Legal aid work arising from Illegal Migration Act
Today’s rundown:
Dame Sue Carr becomes Lady Chief Justice
Fixed recoverable costs
Professional ethics in the legal sector
New taskforce for City firms
R v Lawtop
SRA takes control of scheme
Wills and inheritance
Concerns about chair of Board
Public order offences
Worker rights
Today’s rundown:
Criminal court backlog
Families continue to be victims of a broken justice system
Legal aid work arising from Illegal Migration Act
Black History Month
R v Lawstop
ECHR
Power of Attorney reforms
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Shambolic state of court infrastructure
Criminal court backlog
Lasting powers of attorney
Tributes to Elizabeth Cruickshank
Today’s rundown:
Lasting powers of attorney
Failure to bring defendants to court
Demolition plan
Climate clauses
Youngest president
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Prioritisation protocol in family law cases
Letby set to face retrial over attempted murder charge
Laws around age of consent
Westminster Alumni Awards
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Wills and inheritance
PII survey
HLPAS scheme
Letby set to face retrial
Delays in private children cases
Climate Change guidance
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Renters Reform Bill
India opens up legal services sector
Net zero U-turn
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‘Small boats week’ campaign
PII findings
ECHR final amendments
Today’s rundown:
Open justice
Statutory consultation
Cyber attacks
Regional admissions ceremony
Inspirational visit
Backlog of personal injury cases
Climate change guidance
Diversity in the legal profession
Anti Money Laundering and Financial Crime conference
Today’s rundown:
Backlog of personal injury cases
Workplace wellbeing
Plural pronouns in legal drafting
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International Lawyers’ Conference in India
AI in the legal profession
Inspirational visit
Digital Property Market Steering Group
Today’s rundown:
Wills and inheritance
Surge in prisoners on remand
Spiralling court backlogs
Impact of legal aid deserts on asylum system
Role of technology in the profession
Tributes to Elizabeth Cruickshank