All Law Gazette articles in 10 December 2018 – Page 3
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NewsControversial £500,000 PII limit plan kicked into long grass
SRA set to prioritise changes to the compensation fund as big claims expected to put pressure on reserves.
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NewsPrice transparency rules 'not about giving firms a hard time' - SRA chief
Extra requirements central to discussions at SRA compliance conference.
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News'Buy any files' firm bets on PI future with Manchester move
'Ideal time for a fresh new legal face in the North West,' says Hudgell Solicitors.
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OpinionRise and fall
End of an Era: How China’s Authoritarian Revival is Undermining Its Rise | By Carl Minzner
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NewsJailed solicitor's conviction quashed on appeal
Emma-Jane Kurtz had been convicted of wilfully neglecting her mother.
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NewsFirm improves client protection against 'kidnap for ransom' demands
London-headquartered Schillings says crises are happening more frequently.
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NewsFirm hire: Regulatory partner joins Browne Jacobson
Jeremy Irving has been appointed as Head of Financial Services at the firm.
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NewsFirm hire: Druces appoints new finance director
Druces LLP welcomes Edward Gordon-Hall as its new finance director.
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NewsStop calling me 'learned', pleads Rafferty LJ in call for concision
Judicial College says grounds of appeal can be be too long, rambling, wafflng and warbling.
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NewsSix months too long to finalise a divorce, bar warns
Ministry of Justice believes its proposal will give couples sufficient time to consider the implications of splitting up.
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NewsNumber of conveyancing firms at all-time low
Land Registry data shows smaller competitors dropping out of the market.
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NewsGatecrasher fails the SRA compliance test
Unknown client delivers a scripted rant against a solicitor.
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NewsFirm promotion: Thorneycroft Solicitors appoints new board member
Nicola Dickinson has been announced as Director of Volume Legal Services and Legal Operations on the firm’s solicitors board.
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Flexible court hours: minister offers assurances as juniors protest
Letter to Ministry of Justice reveals concerns over workload have not been allayed ahead of proposed rollout next year.
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OpinionFlexible hours in civil and family courts
Impact of pilots on judiciary and legal professionals will be closely monitored, writes justice minister Lucy Frazer.
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NewsSRA reveals £3.1m spend on failed Leigh Day case
Correspondence reveals persistent requests for updates from the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Justice.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: December's Council meeting
Council met at Chancery Lane for the last time in 2018 on 5 December.
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NewsLASPO review publication delayed again to early 2019
Review was originally supposed to have been completed by April 2018.
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NewsFirm promotions: Three senior associates appointed partners at boutique law firm
Lisa Brown, Denise Moran and Jennifer Curtis have been made partners at Cheshire-based Maguire Family Law.
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News'Yes, minister' - SRA's Leigh Day correspondence revealed
Correspondence disclosed today by the SRA shows that the regulator cooperated closely with government in connection with its high-profile and ultimately fruitless investigation into human rights firm Leigh Day. That interaction included lobbying the Ministry of Defence to back reform of the disciplinary process, when claims against the same government ...