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David Wolchover and Anthony Heaton-Armstrong pour cold water on the government’s rape trial myth-busting proposals

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Ware restores stability to the law on bias, says Nicholas Dobson

How vulnerable are adjudicators’ decisions? Lisa Sinclair investigates

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Sadness and anger mark David Burrows’s decision to stop doing legal aid work

How vulnerable is the legal profession to lenders’ claims? ask Mike Willis and Charles Bending

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Does automatic disclosure mean no more refuge in self-incrimination privilege? Susan Edwards investigates

Bryant and another v The Law Society [2007] EWHC 3043 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 379 (Dec)

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NLJ Career Profile: Francis Ho, City of London Law Society

Francis Ho, Charles Russell Speechlys partner, was recently appointed chair of the Construction Law Committee of the City of London Law Society. He discusses the challenges of learning to lead, the importance of professional ethics, and the power of the written word, withNLJ

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

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Solicitors’ regulator sanctioned for failures

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) must overhaul its complaints and risk assessment processes to fix ‘systemic shortcomings’, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has said

Collective actions at ‘critical juncture’

The opt-out collective actions regime is facing ‘significant challenges’ but could benefit the UK by £24bn a year if enhanced and expanded, a report by Stephenson Harwood has found

Full review of county court rejected

Ministers have rejected the Justice Committee review’s key recommendation for the ailing county court system—an ‘urgent and comprehensive’ review by spring at the latest

Firms weigh up post-Mazur tactics

Firms preparing to mount Mazur applications alleging the other side has acted in breach of the Legal Services Act 2007 may be left disappointed, the Law Society has said

More faulty Post Office software convictions referred

The first Post Office Capture conviction—the accounting software used before the faulty Horizon system—has been referred for appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

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Legal services

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Francis Ho, City of London Law Society

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade