All Law Gazette articles in 12 March 2018
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News
Freshfields gender pay report continues trend of omitting partners
Freshfields is the fourth out of the five magic circle firms to report its figures.
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Irwin Mitchell loses £270k costs battle after moving clients to CFA
Legal aid certificates were discharged days before new rules came in around costs recoverability.
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Just one dodgy scheme could drain compensation fund – SRA chief
Consultation into scope and shape of professional indemnity insurance opens next Friday.
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Shelve super-exam for six months, say MPs
Justice committee writes to Legal Services Board warning of damage to UK’s reputation.
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‘What’s your opinion on the burka?’: barristers share race stories
QC says he is often seen as ‘everything but the lawyer’.
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Opinion
Second-guessing policy: the rule of law after UNISON
Supreme Court judgment took over a policy question that it was not for the court to decide.
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83-year-old jailed for contempt over divorce settlement
His Honour Judge Wildblood QC says no one wishes to see an elderly man go to prison unless it is genuinely necessary.
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'Room for improvement' on conveyancing clarity - SRA
Regulator concedes that most buyers and sellers happy with their legal service.
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Promotions: Potter Rees Dolan
Potter Rees Dolan promote five of their senior solicitors to partner.
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‘Stand up and be counted’ to halt Handbook reforms – Law Society
Rule changes could undermine confidence in solicitors both at home and abroad, Blacklaws says.
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News
Deprivation of liberty safeguards to be reformed
Government says it will bring forward legislation to create a new system called Liberty Protection Safeguards.
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Opinion
Future claimants will feed algorithms, not fight insurers
Opponents of PI reforms seem to miss a key factor: the legal system as they know it is disappearing.
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News
Philippines seeks exit from Hague court
International Criminal Court probe into thousands of deaths prompts backlash from president.
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Feature
Data page – March 2018
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Firm hire: Thursfields Solicitors
Thursfields Solicitors hires two additional employment solicitors.
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Departing SFO chief urges retention of deferred prosecutions
David Green leaves his role at the end of next month.
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Justice charter to identify key campaign principles
Former London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association president says various disasters should not be viewed in isolation.
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Panama Papers law firm to close
Mossack Fonseca says firm has suffered ’reputational deterioration’ since scandal broke.
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Appeal court rejects apparent bias claim over judge's private meeting
Appellant in dispute over building work said trial judge should have taken up his own offer to recuse himself.