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All Law Gazette articles in 7 January 2022
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NewsFirm promotions: Collas Crill announces number of appointments
Fiona Wilson, Gareth Morgan, Lynne Calder and Kayleigh Oliver have all been promoted across the firm.
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NewsSolicitor named in Westminster ‘influence buying’ alert
SRA confirms that Christine Ching Kui Lee was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in February 2002.
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OpinionMother in law: Look after good staff
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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NewsFirm fined for dumping 1,200 unallocated payments into holding account
Delays in handling payments caused at least one person to be wrongly pursued through county court.
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NewsLinklaters narrows gender and ethnicity pay gaps
Senior partner says magic circle firm moving in the right direction 'but not yet where we want to be'.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses JR over immigration detainees’ legal advice
Mr Justice Calver rules that the lord chancellor’s operation of a free legal advice scheme is not unlawful.
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FeatureCan courts rely on benchmark figures for cartel overcharges?
A number of recent antitrust cases have recycled ‘benchmark’ overcharge estimates from previous cases.
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OpinionPutting health and wellbeing first at a time of seismic change
Leaders of law firms will emerge from the last couple of years as more empathetic leaders – they cannot afford not to.
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NewsLaw firm worker was not entitled to his offered bonus, tribunal rules
National firm Simpson Millar had deferred payments due to issues arising from coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsLitigation funder went under owing £43m to its backer, administrator reveals
Main finance provider called in administrators after default on payment obligations.
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NewsIn-house solicitor found with 15,000 indecent images of children struck off
Solicitor of almost nine years was found with material 'of the highest category of seriousness' following an arrest at home.
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NewsEnd-to-end e-conveyancing is here, supplier claims
Data company announces system allowing lawyers to manage the entire residential process through a central dashboard.
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NewsSolicitor Soophia Khan jailed for contempt
Mr Justice Leech said Khan's conduct merited immediate custodial sentence of significant length.
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NewsFirm hire: Kingsley Napley welcomes co-head of new international protection practice
Aaron Watkins will co-head the practice alongside partner Rebecca Niblock.
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News‘VIP lane’ for PPE contracts unlawful, High Court rules
Mrs Justice O’Farrell says the relevant companies’ offers ‘justified priority treatment on [their] merits’.
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OpinionCrypto: Let’s party like it’s 1996
The current NFT craze may feel like 17th century tulip-mania. But what if it’s more like the birth of the worldwide web?
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NewsMishcon expects ‘very strong’ year as IPO looms
London firm says 2020-21 ‘significantly ahead of financial forecasts’, enabling pandemic mitigation measures to be reversed.
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NewsEx-solicitor banned 30 years ago loses bid to return to profession
Tribunal hears that applicant worked for three law firms without permission despite removal in 1993.