Thursday

28th February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The number of barristers being awarded Queen’s Counsel status is on a downward trajectory with just 84 taking silk in the latest round, the lowest number since the system was reviewed in 2006. Full story - The Lawyer


Wednesday

27th February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Bar Council has reacted furiously after The Times published extracts from a leaked email, which suggests that the CPS is deliberately sending complex and low earning cases to external barristers, while keeping the easier, more remunerative work for itself. Full story - Solicitors Journal


Tuesday

26th February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Practitioners face a sea change in litigation funding from April. The new costs budgeting regime comes into force for most multi-track civil cases, with warnings that practitioners who get it wrong face limited scope to apply for relief, disciplinary action for professional misconduct and being sued by clients for negligence. Full story - Law Gazette


Monday

25th February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Pryce of a jury's failure - Questions asked by those entrusted with reaching a verdict on Vicky Pryce push us towards a disturbing inquisition of our own. Full story - Guardian Law


Sunday

24th February - LAW NEWS

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Saturday

23rd February - LAW NEWS

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Friday

22nd February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY:  The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has rejected a demand by the Legal Services Board (LSB) that it start a review of the separate business rule, saying it can see “very little public interest justification” for doing so. Full story - Legal Futures


Thursday

21st February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Lord Kerr warns that councils will 'exploit' Supreme Court ruling. Homeless families can be accommodated in separate flats and do not have to be housed in the same units, Supreme Court justices ruled. Full story - Solicitor's Journal