All Law Gazette articles in 20 May 2019
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Profits and turnover up at Taylor Wessing
International firm announces record rate of UK revenue growth.
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Listed firm Ince Gordon Dadds shakes up its brands
Most affiliated entities, including the international offices acquired from Ince, will be known as Ince.
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Junior lawyers invited to help High Court judges
Recently qualified barristers and solicitors can apply to be judicial assistants in a new High Court programme.
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Falconer: my 'regret' over Labour's effort to curb legal aid budget
Former lord chancellor says his government's actions led to public perception that all lawyers had their noses in the trough.
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Opinion
NDAs and the ethics debate
To suggest that the Law Society has failed to discharge our responsibility to the public is simply not correct.
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Couple jailed for harassing judge after birthday card sent to her home
High Court says appellants intended to show the judge they had extensive knowledge about her.
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Hundreds of new firms predicted to set up in 2020
Serviced offices becoming more acceptable as 'entrepreunerial' lawyers feel encouraged to go it alone.
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SRA-backed scheme offers £50,000 for lawtech innovators
Bids invited for ideas about how to make legal advice 'more affordable and accessible'.
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Conveyancing consolidation squeezing out local knowledge
Top 200 firms controlling record share of the market, according to data tracker.
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Opinion
BAILII needs your support
A free and reliable source of case law is an essential part of our rule of law fabric.
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Legal aid heavyweights to merge
Steel & Shamash and Edwards Duthie will join forces to become Edwards Duthie Shamash on 3 June.
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Companies House could require identity checks in transparency reform
Consultation document proposes what is claimed to be the biggest change since the Register of Companies was created.
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Crown court to hear crowdfunded prosecution of Johnson
District judge grants application for summons over three alleged offences of misconduct in public office.
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University and law firms team up to develop lawtech standard
University of Manchester’s law and technology initiative now has six legal services members.
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Opinion
No lifejacket under your seat: 100 years of aviation law
The year 1919 marked the debut of intercontinental flying - and of solutions to the legal challenges it presented.
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New hires lead launch of Sydney Mitchell's immigration department
Andre Minnaar and Melissa Southall both join the Midlands firm from Cartwright King.
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Three months 'not long enough' for domestic abuse review
Group of 37 practitioners has written to the justice secretary explaining what is happening on the ground.
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Firm promotions: BLM appoints 21 partners
The appointments mean that 44% of the firm's 234 partners are female.
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Second chance: Gauke widens prisoner release scheme
Ministry of Justice trialling rules that will allow prisoners from open and women's jails to go out and work.