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Spiralling court backlogs
Solicitor appointed to DPP
Home Office tracking UK waters
New Wills and Equity Committee member
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Legal Heroes
Rise in unrepresented defendants
Taskforce launched to stop SLAPPs against journalists
Civil contract tender
Diversity Access Scheme
Unregulated will-writing
Court of Protection
Future of Work conference
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Prisons crisis
E-conveyancing coalition
Taskforce launched to stop SLAPPs against journalists
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JUSTICE report on the rule of law
Criminal court backlog in Thames Valley
Taskforce launched to stop SLAPPs against journalists
Legal Heroes
Practising fee rise
British prison conditions
Today’s rundown:
Taskforce launched to stop SLAPPs against journalists
Legal Heroes
British prison conditions
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Professional ethics in the legal sector
British prison conditions
Practising fee rises
Legal Heroes
Today’s rundown:
Professional ethics in the legal sector
British prison conditions
Barrister appointed shadow justice secretary
Legal Heroes
CILEX regulation
Targeting immigration lawyers
Practising fees
Today’s rundown:
Barrister appointed shadow justice secretary
Lubna Shuja on rule of law
Professional ethics in the legal sector
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
British prison conditions
Today’s rundown:
Barrister appointed shadow justice secretary
Change to the national conditions of sale
Russian sanctions
SRA consultation on CILEX
Society creates ethics hub
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Government targets ‘lefty’ lawyers
SRA consultation on CILEX
New board members announced
Russian sanctions on UK legal services
Diversity and inclusion in the profession
Today’s rundown:
New board members announced
SRA consultation on CILEX
New law to force offenders to the dock
Legal Pride
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Government targets ‘lefty’ lawyers
£11.3m investment needed for early legal advice
Russian sanctions on UK legal services
Home Office still fighting immigration backlog
Government reinstates EU-derived law
Today’s rundown:
£11.3m investment needed for early legal advice
LSB’s plan to increase financial penalties
Role of technology in the legal profession
Today’s rundown:
Government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
£11.3m investment needed for early legal advice
Lubna Shuja on being first Asian and first Muslim President
Javed Malik welcomes Law Society President
Russian sanctions on UK legal services
Home Office still fighting immigration backlog
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Law Society President in Dubai
HLPAS delays court further
Past president’s advice
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Offenders not appearing for sentencing
Conveyancing and the climate crisis
Government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
New Civil Justice Committee Chair
Today’s rundown:
Offenders not appearing for sentencing
Critical need for investment in housing legal aid
Rise in recommended minimum salary
Today’s rundown:
Offenders not appearing for sentencing
Justice system woes
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Government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
Claiming asylum in the UK
Regional admissions ceremony
Prison law legal aid
SRA fining power
Back to school
Will power
Residential conveyancing
Today’s rundown:
Government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
Cyber insurance
University highlights
Court backlogs
Today’s rundown:
Government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
Extradition laws
Legal Heroes shortlist
Role of technology in the profession
Today’s rundown:
Government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
Government hints at leaving the ECHR
Critical need for investment in housing legal aid
Extradition laws
UK law firms practising in Luxembourg
Legal Heroes shortlist
Regional admissions ceremony
Regulators’ enforcement tools to be reviewed
Rise in recommended salary
CILEX consults on SRA regulation
Today’s rundown:
Response to government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
Government hints at leaving ECHR
More action and investment needed for Crown Court delays
Critical need for investment in housing legal aid
Conditional selling
Legal Heroes shortlist
Regional admissions ceremony
Rise in recommended minimum salary
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Response to government targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
Government hints at leaving ECHR
Housing legal aid
Delays in family courts
Legal Heroes
Today’s rundown:
Response to govt targeting ‘lefty lawyers’
Govt hints at leaving ECHR
Home Office ‘taskforce’ for solicitor misconduct
Election of new DVP
LSB’s plan to increase financial penalties
HLPAS scheme
Dentons parts ways with Chinese law firm
Today’s rundown:
Home Office ‘taskforce’ for solicitor misconduct
Delays in family courts
Will witnessing in the pandemic
Today’s rundown:
Home Office “task force” for solicitor misconduct
Delays in family courts
Mark Evans elected as new Deputy Vice President
LSB to review enforcement tools available to regulators
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
Today’s rundown:
Criminal legal aid rates
Delays in family courts
Mark Evans elected as new Deputy Vice President
LSB to review enforcement tools available to regulators
E-conveyancing steering group
First regional Admissions Ceremony
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E-conveyancing steering group
Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service
Latest in judicial diversity data
Allegations of corrupt immigration lawyers
Prison sentences for repeated shoplifting
Common Platform
Regional admissions ceremony
Today’s rundown:
Delays in family courts
Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service
Minimum salary rise for trainees
Digital Property Market Steering Group
Out-of-court disposals
Cyber insurance
Non-disclosure agreements
Climate change guidance
Today’s rundown:
Delays in family courts
Minimum salary rise for trainees
Digital Property Market Steering Group
Mandatory jail sentences
International trade in legal services
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Delays in family courts
Proposed National Legal Service
Duty solicitors decline
Minimum salary rise for trainees
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House prices
Building Safety Act
Decaying court infrastructure
Lord Chief Justice retires
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
Today’s rundown:
Retirement of Lord Chief Justice
DIY Divorce
Today’s rundown:
Duty solicitors
Cyber insurance
LawTech and the profession
Small civil claims mediation
Criminal and civil justice is failing
Today’s rundown:
Compulsory mediation
Fall in duty solicitors
No fault divorce
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Domestic abuse survivors
Competition and Markets Authority crackdown
Cyber insurance
Building Safety Act
Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board
Today’s rundown:
Professional indemnity insurance
Non-disclosure agreements
Duty solicitors
Judicial diversity
Crown Court backlog
Judicial review over criminal legal aid rates
Today’s rundown:
Illegal Immigration Bill passes
Chalk before the Justice Committee
JR on legal aid rates
PII premiums rise
Today’s rundown:
Persecution of human rights lawyers
Five short-term fixes for the justice system
Criminal courts backlog
Fight against fraud
Judicial diversity
Today’s rundown:
Fall in number of duty solicitors
Five short-term fixes for the justice system
Criminal legal aid fees
Role of AI in legal sector
Today’s rundown:
Fall in number of duty solicitors
Judicial diversity
Today’s rundown:
Fall in number of duty solicitors
UK lawyers to practise in Luxembourg
Divorce: Why couples are turning to ‘nesting’
Aretha Franklin’s will
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Judicial diversity
Duty solicitors decline - Cumbria
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Youth justice
Transparency over fees and services
UK lawyers to practise in Luxembourg
Lawtech usage
Solicitors Regulation Authority budget
Artificial intelligence regulation white paper
Today’s rundown:
UK lawyers to practise in Luxembourg
Climate risk advice
Legal consequences of Brexit
Inclusivity in the legal workplace
Consumer credit laws
Today’s rundown:
Criminal court backlog
UK lawyers to practise in Luxembourg
Climate risk advice
Practising fees
Lasting Power of Attorney
Today’s rundown:
Criminal justice system facing collapse
Court backlogs
Duty solicitors’ fees
Sentencing guidelines
Civil legal aid in dire state
Trial differences
SRA business plan and budget
Today’s rundown:
Court backlogs
Artificial intelligence regulation
Mandatory mediation
Today’s rundown:
Illegal Migration Bill legal aid consultation
Court backlogs
State of the courts
Compulsory mediation
Rwanda deportation ruling
Shortage of duty solicitors
Bill of Rights Bill scrapped
Artificial intelligence regulation
Today’s rundown:
Government grant for free early legal advice
AI regulation
Rwanda deportation ruling
Legal aid increase for deportation cases
Legal duty and ethics
Today’s rundown:
Legal Aid increase for deportation cases
Funding for housing, welfare, family and debt
Criminal justice mired by delays
Legal Pride Gallery
Today’s rundown:
Court reforms
Rwanda deportation ruling
Cumbria losing duty solicitors
New SI on Russian sanctions laid
Children facing delays in family courts
Climate Change Charter
Cybersecurity
Today’s rundown:
Court reforms
Illegal Migration Bill
AI regulation
New Russian sanctions on legal services
Duty solicitors decline – Cumbria
Family court delays
Criminal court backlog
Economic Crime Bill
Today’s rundown:
Mandatory mediation
Illegal Migration Bill
Bill of Rights Bill scrapped
AI regulation
Lawtech report
Cybersecurity
Judicial review
Criminal court backlogs
Trial differences
Court modernisation
Memorandum of Understanding
Unbundling legal services
Today’s rundown:
Quicker payments for duty solicitors
Bill of Rights Bill scrapped
AI regulation
Lawtech report
SRA business plan and budget
The Aura Network
Today’s rundown:
Court challenge granted over legal aid rates
WFH cybersecurity risks
The Aura Network
SRA business plan and budget
Unbundled legal services
Today’s rundown:
Court challenge granted over legal aid rates
Crown Court delays
Housing legal aid crisis
First woman Lord Chief Justice
WFH cybersecurity risks
Climate Crisis Charter
Customer reviews
Real-world effect of SRA’s increased fining powers
SRA budget and business plan
Today’s rundown:
Court challenge granted over legal aid rates
WFH cybersecurity risks
Climate crisis pledge signed by firms
Delay in replacing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Concerns over SRA budget proposals
Legal aid expansion
Today’s rundown:
The impact of Brexit
Women in Law Pledge
SRA’s budget proposals
Unbundling
London Legal Walk
Mandatory mediation
Assessing capacity to make a will
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Today’s rundown:
Decline in criminal duty solicitors
Women in Law Pledge
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Legal Pride
Legal challenge against Home Office
US-Switzerland agreement
Today’s rundown:
Day in the life of a criminal duty solicitor
Criminal court backlog
UK-Switzerland agreement
First woman Lord Chief Justice
Life as a conveyancing solicitor
Inaccessibility in the court estate
CQS Enforcement
Today’s rundown:
First woman Lord Chief Justice
Resolving family disputes
#10000BlackInterns
Today’s rundown:
First female lord chief justice
Resolving family disputes
Social Mobility Awareness Day
Swiss-UK Mutual Recognition agreement
SRA report on unbundling
Broadband provider issues
Today’s rundown:
Civil court crisis
SLAPPs and economic crime
Swiss-UK Mutual Recognition agreement
London Legal Walk
Criminal court backlogs
Solicitor-apprentices
Undermining the rule of law
Home moving process
Today’s rundown:
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
SLAPPs and economic crime
UK-Swiss deal
London Legal Walk
Strategic partnership
Today’s rundown:
SLAPPs and economic crime
Law Society President speaks to US Muslims
London Legal Walk
Woman prosecuted for ending pregnancy
Reducing inheritance tax?
Online dispute resolution moves forward
Today’s rundown:
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
Mental Capacity Act
Illegal Migration Bill
Bonn Climate Change Conference
Today’s rundown:
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
Court backlogs concern
London Legal Walk
Project Rise
Full-equity partnership
Today’s rundown:
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
Legal aid deserts
Historic appointment
Prince Harry and privacy
Attainment gap research
Retained EU Law Bill
Today’s rundown:
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
Legal aid deserts
Survey on wills reform
Prince Harry and privacy
Technology in the legal sector
Today’s rundown:
Rape trial delays
Legal Pride
New trade deals with Australia and New Zealand
Today’s rundown:
New trade deals with Australia and New Zealand
Professional ethics
Climate change and the law
Inheritance tax
Central England Law Centre on a cliff edge
Legal community celebrates Pride
Today’s rundown:
Legal community celebrate Pride
LGB lawyers workplace experiences
Navigating LGBTQ+ identity at work
Crypto technology in the legal profession
Today’s rundown:
New trade deals with Australia and New Zealand
Means test review
Junior lawyers’ mental health
Climate change guidance
Technology and the profession
Today’s rundown:
Post-Brexit trade deals
Role of AI in legal profession
International membership organisations
Legal project management
Today’s rundown:
Means test review
Key legal consumer protection clarified
Property Data Trust Framework
Today’s rundown:
Means test review
Appointment of new justice secretary
Property Data Trust Framework
Harassment in the workplace
New Law Society board chair
Launch of City Community Legal Advice Centre
Today’s rundown:
Advice for trainees when firms go bust
Human trafficking
Property information
Climate change guidance
Harassment in the workplace
New board chair announced
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Balancing victim’s rights with that to a fair trial
President visits Bradford
Judges under pressure
New board chair announced
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Housing legal aid increasingly out of reach
New board chair announced
Today’s rundown:
NCA denies targeting solicitors
Renters’ (Reform) Bill
Housing legal aid increasingly out of reach
Today’s rundown:
Solicitors Indemnity Fund
Knife crime in England and Wales
North Wales’ first law centre
ABA president on rule of law
Today’s rundown:
Illegal Migration Bill
Solicitors Indemnity Fund
21st Century Justice project
Climate change guidance
Grants of representation
Solicitors Regulation Authority’s strategy
Today’s rundown:
Criminal court delays in Sheffield
Finance Bill warning
Law firm launches new health and wellbeing strategy
PM calls for change to international law
Today’s rundown:
PM calls for change to international law to prevent break
Mental health lawyers are willing to strike over pay
Finance Bill warning
Mental Health Awareness Week
London Legal Walk
Families’ wait for Lasting Power of Attorney
Today’s rundown:
Retained EU Law Bill scrapped
Climate change guidance
Redefining the legal landscape
Today’s rundown:
Climate change
Practising fees
Special Guardianship Orders
Legal wishes
Prince Harry and privacy
Today’s rundown:
National Lawyers Wellbeing Week
Bill of Rights Bill
Special Guardianship Orders
Coronation protest arrests
Backlog for Power of Attorney
Today’s rundown:
The end of the Bill of Rights Bill?
Post Office scandal spotlight
Tackling the court backlog
Russian litigation in London
Today’s rundown:
Lawyers using AI
Special Guardianship Orders
London Legal Walk
Retained EU Law Bill
Climate change guidance
Power of Attorney
Today’s rundown:
Power of Attorney
Special Guardianship Orders
Top Lawyers of 2023
Wellbeing research
Today’s rundown:
Special Guardianship Orders
Misuse of NDAs
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion in the legal profession
Climate change guidance
Wellbeing research
CBI scandal
Today’s rundown:
U-turn on Retained EU Law Bill
Climate change guidance
Today’s rundown:
Climate change guidance
Trainees at risk
Today’s rundown:
Illegal Migration Bill
Climate change guidance
Alex Chalk named as new Justice Secretary
LGBTQIA women in the legal profession
Housing legal aid
Divorce reform
Today’s rundown:
Illegal Migration Bill amendment
Climate change guidance
Alex Chalk named as new Justice Secretary
Solicitors’ Charity annual report
Career options within the legal sector
UK solicitors abroad
Today’s rundown:
Illegal Migration Bill amendment
New justice secretary
Climate change guidance
Family Law Awards panel