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• US colleges and universities are ‘selling access’ to supreme court justices

  11-07-2023 20:46
  
  Papers show how judges come in regular contact with big donors and have lent the prestige of their position to aid partisan activityWhen supreme court justice Clarence Thomas headlined a 2017 program at McLennan Community College in Texas, his hosts had more than a speech in mind.Working with the prominent conservative lawyer Ken Starr, school officials crafted a guest list for a dinner at the home of a wealthy Texas businessman, hoping an audience with Thomas would be a reward for school patron
  
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• Common Platform inflexibility 'causing issues', admits government

  11-07-2023 17:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court staff have had to 'check in' barristers given a case at short notice.
  
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• Panel member issued with formal advice for misconduct

  11-07-2023 17:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says doctor revealed personal details about fellow panel members.
  
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• Medical panel member issued with formal advice for misconduct

  11-07-2023 17:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says doctor revealed personal details about fellow panel members.
  
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• News focus: AML supervision - HM Treasury ponders new state regulator

  11-07-2023 16:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Consolidating the fractured anti-money laundering system under a single regulator is one of four proposals put forward by a new consultation. But who would pay for it?
  
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• Private equity a 'potential bonanza' for corporate firms - M&A expert

  11-07-2023 15:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  It’s 'game on', says law firm adviser Jeff Zindani, as reports suggests DWF lawyers set to scoop over £1m each from buyout.
  
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• The US supreme court has hijacked American democracy | Moira Donegan

  11-07-2023 15:02
  
  The court has vastly overextended its own power and flaunted its corruption. It will take a political movement to stop themHow much do the supreme court’s six Republican justices care about what Americans think of them? The question haunts most accounts of the supreme court, an anxious subtext detectable in every discussion among court watchers and pundits when the court agrees to hear a specific case and after every oral argument.There is a safe assumption – borne out in the conserv
  
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• Victims call on lawyers to explain Post Office disclosure failings

  11-07-2023 14:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Inquiry postponed again after Post Office says it cannot even identify which documents need to be reviewed.
  
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• Judge says family litigation 'stymied any meaningful focus' on children

  11-07-2023 12:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment highlights ‘litigious’ proceedings ‘inimical’ to children’s interests and ‘enourmously stressful’.
  
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• Garden Court must pay £20k over 'unreasonable conduct' in Allison Bailey case

  11-07-2023 12:48 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Accusations and attitude' of chambers to the claimant’s solicitor described 'unmerited and unhelpful'.
  
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• Solicitor apologises to MP over 'lynched' LinkedIn post

  11-07-2023 11:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Labour MP said he had been ‘deeply upset and alarmed’ by solicitor’s comment.
  
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• Aretha Franklin’s children to contest her will in court

  11-07-2023 11:33
  
  Three of Franklin’s four children are disputing the validity of documents left by the late singer in 2010 and 2014A jury is to determine which of two handwritten wills found at Aretha Franklin’s home in Detroit, Michigan, is the late musician’s valid last testament, as disputed by her sons.One was found in a cabinet, dated June 2010, which Ted White II, Franklin’s third son, claims is her true will and lists him as co-executor. Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin, her sec
  
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• AG defends judicial review over Covid-19 inquiry messages

  11-07-2023 11:28 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Victoria Prentis says court was being asked to decide novel question in legal challenge over Covid-19 inquiry.
  
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• Firm without AML risk assessment for four years fined by SRA

  11-07-2023 10:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator says breaches were serious and had potental to harm public confidence in profession.
  
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• Fewer consumers shopping around but most still happy, finds survey

  11-07-2023 10:10 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Consumer watchdog concerned that law firm information appears more difficult to find.
  
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• Fewer consumers shopping around, but big majority still happy, watchdog finds

  11-07-2023 10:10 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal Services Consumer Panel concerned that law firm information has seemingly become more difficult to find.
  
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• Robodebt class action law firm prepared to sue for alleged ‘misfeasance in public office’

  11-07-2023 03:45
  
  Gordon Legal, which previously ran a $1.8bn class action, hopes federal government will reach out-of-court settlement offering further compensationFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe law firm behind the $1.8bn robodebt class action says it is prepared to launch a fresh civil case alleging misfeasance in public office, potentially against former ministers and public servants, unless a settlement for
  
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• New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex could see federal takeover

  11-07-2023 00:14
  
  Court-appointed monitor urges judge to hold the city in contempt after the prison failed to address violence and mismanagementA court-appointed monitor is urging a judge to begin contempt proceedings against New York City over conditions at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex, setting the stage for a potential federal takeover of the jail system in the nation’s most populous city.In a report filed Monday in Manhattan federal court, the monitor said the city had failed to comply with a
  
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