Tuesday

5th February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Collective actions will fuel ‘litigation culture’. The US Institute for Legal Reform echoed the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) warning that US-style collective actions would ‘fuel a litigation culture in the UK’. Full story - Law Gazette


Monday

4th February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Solicitors acting for thousands of construction workers are appealing a decision by the Metropolitan police not to investigate claims that officers supplied information to an illegal blacklist of construction workers. Full story - Guardian Law


Sunday

3rd February - LAW NEWS

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Saturday

2nd February - LAW NEWS

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Friday

1st February - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Bar Council and Law Society at loggerheads as standard terms of contract come into force. Full story - Legal Futures


Thursday

31st January - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Costs budgeting: why judges need more training. Now that we are only two months from Jackson D-Day, solicitors are waking up to the prospect of costs budgeting. Full story - Law Gazette


Wednesday

30th January - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: A recent case clarifies the point at which employee consultation should start in regard to redundancies. In a recent case (USA v Nolan), the advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Paulo Mengozzi reminded us of a key principle in any restructuring: a company’s communication strategy. Full story - The Lawyer


Tuesday

29th January - LAW NEWS

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FOCUS OF THE DAY story: Libel litigant exceeded costs budget ‘for good reason’. The Court of Appeal has ruled that a libel litigant who greatly exceeded her costs budget could depart from it ‘with good reason’. Full story - Solicitors Journal