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Accountants get green light for full legal services offering
Two applications from Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales recommended for approval by oversight regulator.
City firm agrees Russian crime tie-up
SRA to canvass public over conveyancing experience
Legal advice plight for undocumented children
Calls for grace period for solicitors to adapt to AML regulations
'Actually I quite enjoyed a lot of it' - Martyn Day full Q&A
Merger plan prompts fears over advice delays
Collapsed firm consultant transferred client data for new job
News focus: What made it into the Queen's speech - and what didn't
Society plans 4% cut to individual fee
Martyn Day – check you are covered against SRA
Firms to face fee hike to cover SRA scam payouts
Bar backs CJEU protection for EU nationals in post-Brexit Britain
Judicial independence key to post-Brexit success
City fears legal talent drain prompted by Brexit uncertainty
SRA intervenes into Asons offshoot Coops Law
'Get your house in order': councils warned following £100k data fine
Warnings that went unheard
The Grenfell Tower disaster has highlighted the need to empower tenants of social housing.
Changing the record
Regulators should drop their obsession with ownership and focus on more urgent matters.
Budgeting: do we now have all the answers?
Ruling in Harrison provides some welcome certainty - but only some.
Owen strikes out with Gowing
Tanks for the memories
Lovely lolly
Flying squad ace with gift of gab
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Trucker appeals jail sentence for causing death by dangerous driving
32-month prison sentence appealed: Joseph Smith was jailed in February for causing death by dangerous driving.
My legal life: Naomi Newell
Media-tech entrepreneur wins share of firm
My legal life: Shirley Brookes
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Roundtable: Professional indemnity insurance
Solicitors’ mandatory indemnity insurance has never been more competitive, nor the claims environment more benign. So why are solicitors and brokers still losing sleep over PII? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
Features
Arbitration: Centre ground
Arbitration has never been bigger business, but the ‘traditional’ centres face stiff competition. Marialuisa Taddia reports
Slave to the algorithm
What we learnt about AI in law during London Technology Week.
Claims against unnamed defendants
Naming of parties still a necessary step in any claim application.
Divorce
In Sharp v Sharp, the Court of Appeal held that held that the wife was correct to contend that the combination of potentially relevant factors was sufficient to justify a departure from the equal sharing principle.
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