All Law Gazette articles in 7 August 2017 – Page 5
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Linklaters adds to healthy magic circle retention rates
Firm keeps on 84% of its autumn cohort.
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Beleaguered solicitors highlight ongoing disclosure fight
Rules on procedure a 'stick to beat the defence with', criminal practitioners complain.
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No announcement on tribunal fee refunds until September
’Detailed arrangements’ are yet to be finalised.
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Opinion
MoJ consultations: head-banging exercise
How many people does it take to disagree with the government before it abandons a proposal?
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Feature
Data page – August 2017
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Flexible courts could bankrupt solicitor firms - Law Society
Compensating solicitors for working overtime could doom firms operating on ‘zero profit margins’, Chancery Lane warns.
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Solicitors spared after filing costs budget late
Judge decides delay did not affect progress of litigation.
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Consumer champion: SRA must justify cuts in public protection
Legal Services Consumer Panel praises intention but urges caution about watering down safeguards.
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Admiral bemoans discount rate - but hikes dividend as profits rise
Insurer accused of talking up legal costs to scare motorists.
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The wait is over: LAA announces civil tender timetable
Relief over start date but government to press ahead with controversial plans for housing possession court duty schemes.
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Opinion
Gender Recognition Act and the road to self-declaration
Self-declaration will help ensure our gender marker is recorded officially and allow transgender people to integrate seamlessly into society.
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Top litigation firm takes on just one of four trainees
Stewarts Law recently posted bumper profits but trainee retention has dipped to a record low.
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Woodsford funds litigation boutique
Litigation funder teams up with US firm Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss.
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Ban for legal assistant who stole from vulnerable clients
Dianne Spragg was sentenced to 30 months in January last year.
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Grenfell Inquiry: terms of reference 'won't satisfy government's legal obligations'
London firm representing some of the victims says broader social questions such as the availability of legal aid should also be considered.
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I would never sign a power of attorney - retired judge
Denzil Lush, former Court of Protection judge, has accused the MoJ of a misguided ‘crusade’.