All Law Gazette articles in 2 August 2021 – Page 8
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News
Land Registry to pilot 'lawyer certification'
Scheme will ensure application information can be trusted in end-to-end automation.
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News
Linklaters adds to magic circle success story
Pre-tax profit grows by 12% to over £815m after falling slightly in year to April 2020.
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News
Court throws out appeal by solicitor who turned ‘blind eye’ to scam
Judge says tribunal was entitled to find that Liverpool lawyer had acted dishonestly.
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News
Racism and bias 'barriers to career progression', say black lawyers
Report highlights perceived inconsistency between what firms say and do on diversity.
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News
Firm hire: Agriculture and estates solicitor returns to Birkett Long
Sarah Rider completed her training contract with the Essex law firm 12 years ago.
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Feature
The definition of ecocide
The Stop Ecocide Foundation’s expert drafting panel has released its definition of the crime.
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News
Rescue mission fails to find British lawyer missing on mountain
Friends and family had raised thousands of pounds to help locate mountaineer Mehri Jafari.
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News
Firm agrees 15-year lease for new London skyscraper
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates is to move to 22 Bishopsgate next year.
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News
Barrister who leaked Heathrow judgment appeals contempt ruling
Tim Crosland was fined £5,000 after leaking a Supreme Court decision last year as an ‘act of civil disobedience’.
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News
MoJ ordered to look again at victims' compensation scheme
High Court says government wording created legitimate expectation that views would be sought on exclusionary rule.
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Opinion
At the cliff-edge of 17
A defendant appearing before the adult court for an offence allegedly committed while they were legally a child can have a serious impact on their future.
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News
Law firm 'disappointed' at being named on minimum wage list
Blackburn practice 'named and shamed' alongside 190 other employers, after purportedly failing to pay £908 owed to one worker.
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News
SRA demands law firms confirm they are playing by transparency rules
Thousands of practices have less than three weeks to confirm they are compliant.
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News
Teaching union furious as lawyers line up A-level appeals
Law firm has opened dedicated service for helping students to challenge assessed grades.
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News
A&O heads to Silicon Valley in US expansion drive
Magic circle firms are increasingly looking to tap into the lucrative US market.
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Feature
Launching a law firm in a pandemic
Community engagement, harnessing technology, building a team and encouraging client engagements.
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News
Whitehall lawyers demand apology for 'outrageous' underpayment
Questions submitted for all-staff call with Government Legal Department's executive team reveal major discontent.
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'Political cat's paw': sacked Sharpston speaks out on CJEU
Former advocate general says top court's handling of her case risks undermining its moral and legal authority.