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• Legal victory in UK Japanese knotweed case could lead to more claims

  14-02-2023 19:24
  
  Court of appeal ruled homeowner could recover loss of value even if knotweed has been treatedA significant legal victory in a case brought by a householder affected by Japanese knotweed has raised the prospect of an increase in claims from people stricken by the hazardous plant.The court of appeal ruled that a homeowner could recover damages for a loss of value of their property from having had Japanese knotweed, even if it had been treated. Marc Davies was awarded £4,900 from Bridgend cou
  
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• Solicitor who had shotgun in car fined

  14-02-2023 16:43 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  SRA sanction follows magistrates’ court conviction for motoring and firearms offence.
  
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• Heart transplant for boy stymied by Northern Ireland assembly deadlock

  14-02-2023 16:11
  
  DUP criticised as Dáithí Mac Gabhann and others needing operation hit by Stormont impasse choking organ donation lawThe plight of a six-year-old boy who needs a heart transplant has taken centre stage in Northern Ireland’s political deadlock but has failed to break the impasse.The Stormont assembly met on Tuesday to debate an organ donation law but the recall session ended without the election of a speaker, perpetuating a year-long paralysis of the assembly and executive. Con
  
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• Heart transplant for boy of six stymied by Northern Ireland assembly deadlock

  14-02-2023 16:11
  
  DUP criticised as Dáithí Mac Gabhann and others needing operation hit by Stormont stalemate choking organ donation lawThe plight of a six-year-old boy who needs a heart transplant has taken centre stage in Northern Ireland’s political deadlock but has failed to break the stalemate.The Stormont assembly met on Tuesday to debate an organ donation law but the recall session ended without the election of a speaker, perpetuating a year-long paralysis of the assembly and executive.
  
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• Former solicitor Khan gets 'very last chance' to purge contempt

  14-02-2023 14:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment in relation to sanctions against Soophia Khan adjourned following psychiatric report.
  
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• SLAPPs: Solicitors ignorant of reporting duties, SRA review finds

  14-02-2023 13:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law firm visits found senior lawyers handling reputation management cases were not aware of SRA guidance on abusive litigation.
  
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• Barristers cannot frustrate disciplinary proceedings by renouncing status

  14-02-2023 11:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Tribunals & Adjudications Service sets out position in report on climate campaigner Timothy Crosland.
  
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• LSB should focus on 'more pressing' areas than conveyancing

  14-02-2023 10:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Oversight regulator told it needs to widen its focus on improving customer information.
  
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• LAA fails to attract sufficient bids for housing legal aid contracts

  14-02-2023 08:47 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society says second procurement opportunity shows work has become financially unviable.
  
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• Sudan court sentences three men to hand amputation for stealing

  14-02-2023 07:30
  
  The verdict, the first of its kind in almost a decade, has shocked many who fear country is sliding back into state extremismThree Sudanese men have been sentenced to hand amputation for stealing, the first time in almost a decade that such a punishment has been handed down in the country’s courts.The three men in their 20s were convicted of stealing gas cylinders in Omdurman, Sudan’s most populous city, which sits across the Nile River from the capital, Khartoum. Continue reading...
  
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• News focus: Dr Bitcoin raises the stakes on cryptoassets

  14-02-2023 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  As Australian billionaire Dr Craig Wright’s court cases over the bitcoin digital currency continue, growing judicial expertise on cryptoassets may help to make England a forum of choice.
  
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• News focus: Australian billionaire raises the stakes on cryptoassets

  14-02-2023 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  As Australian billionaire Dr Craig Wright’s court cases over the bitcoin digital currency continue, growing judicial expertise on cryptoassets may help to make England a forum of choice.
  
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