Unanimous: profession votes for ‘training days’ action in protest over cuts
Thursday, 23 May 2013 In an unprecedented show of unity by the legal pro...25 Comments
International firms call off merger
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Welsh valleys merger
South Wales firms Hughes Jenkins and Trevor Griffiths have merged to provide services throughout the South Wales valleys. Nigel Jenkins, managing director of the newly merged firm, said: ‘Our two firms complement each other well and now enable the combined practice to offer a full and complete range of legal services to all our clients across South Wales.’ ‘Poor-quality’ experts face cull Experts whose evidence is ‘not up to scratch’ will be driven out of t...More news:
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