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NewsDeal to streamline practising approval in Belgium
An agreement signed by 10 presidents and chairs of legal professional bodies will help UK lawyers to practise in Belgium, the Law Society said this week. The memorandum of understanding aims to simplify requalification in Belgium and commits professional bodies in both countries to advocating for visa-free travel for lawyers. ...
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NewsCourts in crisis? Uxbridge defies dismal rating
The Gazette is visiting the lowest and highest-rated courts in England and Wales. First stop: Uxbridge magistrates.
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NewsMazur: Furious legal executives rally as SRA makes first public statement
Anger at representative body - but legal executives are coming together to offer support and advice.
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NewsHundreds wrongly told SQE is cancelled
Exam administrator emailed 231 candidates on Wednesday evening saying the cancellation had been made at their own request.
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NewsSRA shuts down firm touted as UK's 'best criminal law specialists'
Solicitor-manager failed to comply with SRA principles, accounts rules and Code of Conduct.
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NewsIn the money: average equity partner income soars to £307,000
Analysis of HM Revenue & Customs data shows earnings jumped by nearly £100,000 in five years.
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NewsAI to be embedded across justice system
Action plan includes ’partnerships with legal serices providers and regulators to support AI driven legal innovation’.
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NewsLand Registry invites deeds signed electronically
Removing the need for a third party to witness the execution of a deed creates 'greater flexibility and simplicity'.
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NewsSociety secures funding for US market-opening work
Money will support work to create business opportunities in California and Florida legal markets.
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NewsRoyal stamp of approval for ‘CILEX chartered lawyers’
Law Society also ’deeply concerned’ about further step towards SRA regulation of paralegals.
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NewsRetired magistrate advised over ‘extensive reference’ to JP suffix
Clergyman was acting in his capacity as a union representative and denied acting inappropriately, JCIO said.
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NewsChancery Lane condemns SRA’s client account plans
Law Society responds to SRA consultation on client money and compensation fund.
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News‘Silly examples of bad practice’ should not put lawyers off AI - master of the rolls
’There is no real choice about whether lawyers and judges embrace AI – they will have to,’ Sir Geoffrey Vos tells LawtechUK event.
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NewsClyde continues US expansion with Dallas merger
International firm now has 19 offices and more than 100 attorneys in US and Canada.
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NewsDAC Beachcroft setting up shop in New York and LA
City firm will have opened four new international offices within the space of nine months.
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NewsProudman's 'boys club' tweet not misconduct, bar tribunal rules
Judiciary is ‘far more robust’ than to have been gravely damaged by family barrister's 'unpleasant' tweets, tribunal chair rules.
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NewsListed law firm founder seeks boardroom clearout
Ian Rosenblatt seeks replacement of three executives to revitalise ailing listed firm.
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NewsIP renewal commission claim settles ahead of hearing
International firm Marks & Clerk agrees to pay clients a percentage of payments received from IP renewals service.
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NewsProfessional bodies should regulate legal AI, say lawyers
More than two thirds of lawyers say bodies such as the Law Society and Bar Council should be responsible for technology.
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NewsProbe into SSB collapse slips into next year
Cases 'raise wider issues about whether the bulk litigation market is working as well for the public as it should be', says SRA.