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Litigation funders have seen off a legal challenge to funding agreements amended to take account of PACCAR

Defendants would be able to opt out of jury trials, under recommendations put forward by senior judge Sir Brian Leveson

The Bar Council has raised concerns after the latest judicial diversity statistics showed no movement on the under-representation of Black lawyers among the judiciary

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has clarified that serious bullying and harassment in financial firms amounts to misconduct, and will extend this to about 37,000 other regulated firms next September

The High Court has awarded a divorcee £230m—the third largest divorce settlement in English legal history—despite an existing post-nuptial agreement

A proposed £20m boost for housing and immigration legal aid practitioners has been confirmed

The government is banning employers from using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence victims of harassment and abuse

Arbitration professionals prefer the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration rules

The Solicitors’ Charity, which helps practitioners with emotional, physical, financial and professional difficulties, received three times its usual number of requests for support last year

Judges are facing attacks, threats and abuse for doing their jobs, Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, has warned

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