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• Most law students still fixed on moving to London

  27-01-2023 17:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Undergraduates reveal fixed ideas of what they want from a training firm.
  
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• England and Wales still lowest-risk jurisdiction

  27-01-2023 16:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘Predictability and certain outcomes’ the most important features of English law for commercial parties.
  
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• TLT’s profits break £50m in record year

  27-01-2023 13:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bristol-headquartered national firm repaid Covid grants as profits grew by 26%.
  
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• Listed firm sells book of PI work for £1.3m

  27-01-2023 12:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ince Group says it wants to dispose of non-core business.
  
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• Strasbourg chief defends Human Rights Act

  27-01-2023 12:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  President of the European Court of Human Rights speaks of 'open and cordial' exchange with Dominic Raab.
  
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• Family court reporting pilot scheme to begin in England and Wales

  27-01-2023 12:28
  
  Journalists will be able to report on proceedings provided they protect anonymity of families involvedJournalists will be able to report what they see and hear in the family courts in three locations in England and Wales from next week as part of a long-awaited pilot to improve transparency in the justice system.Currently, reporters may attend hearings that are closed to the public but can only publish details of what they observe if the judge agrees to vary the automatic reporting restrictions
  
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• Lords can stop police getting pre-emptive protest ban rights, Green peer says

  27-01-2023 12:22
  
  Labour must whip its benches to vote against controversial proposed powers, Jenny Jones saysControversial proposed powers for police to pre-emptively ban protests believed likely to cause “serious disruption” could be killed in the House of Lords if Labour whips its benches to vote against them, the Green peer Jenny Jones has said.The powers, described as “a blank cheque to shut down dissent”, were introduced by the government this month in late amendments to a public ord
  
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• Devolving justice to Wales: MoJ acts on just five Thomas recommendations

  27-01-2023 12:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Counsel general believes ‘door will be open’ to devolving responsibility for more justice matters if Labour government takes power at Westminster.
  
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• Devolution of justice: MoJ agrees to five recommendations in landmark report

  27-01-2023 12:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Counsel general for Wales believes ‘door will be open’ to devolving responsibility for more justice matters if Labour government takes power at Westminster.
  
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• 'Unionisation may be our only choice,' legal aid chief tells members

  27-01-2023 11:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association president says talks with unions will continue.
  
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• Trustpilot reviews of law firm defamatory, judge rules

  27-01-2023 10:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Narrative provided by reviewers... is one that the reasonable reader will understand as factual.'
  
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• Tyre Nichols: five Memphis ex-police officers charged with murder over motorist’s death

  27-01-2023 04:28
  
  Nichols, 29, died three days after a traffic stop turned into a fatal physical attack on 7 JanuaryFive former Memphis police officers were charged on Thursday with murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist in Memphis, Tennessee, who died three days after a 7 January traffic stop spiraled into a fatal physical attack, local jail records indicated.Shelby county sheriff’s office online records showed that Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr, Emmitt
  
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• News focus: 'Wagner mercenary' row highlights role of lawyers in SLAPPs

  27-01-2023 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Campaigners against ‘SLAPP’ legal actions have seized on the Wagner revelations to pile the pressure on legislators to tackle abusive litigation. Will this mean more powers for the SRA?
  
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