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FeatureA helping hand
Covid-19 deaths, the consequent surge in legacies becoming due and the complication of a backlog of probate cases mean charities – and the solicitors that serve them – are emerging tentatively from the pandemic.
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NewsCharity pledges to help solicitors bounce back from pandemic
Long established welfare body says it will widen access to support to help those whose income has been cut.
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NewsLaw firms keep up community work during Covid lockdown
Practices across the country raising money to plug gaps left by cancellation of events.
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NewsCoronavirus: Spate of legal events cancelled but some will go ahead
Organisers taking difficult decisions to cancel or go ahead with events in the diary for months.
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NewsLitigation funder names beneficiaries of £1m annual giveaway
Two law centres among nine recipients of Therium Access grants.
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NewsCharities warn MoJ over impact of probate fee hike
Probate fee statutory instrument is set to come into force in April.
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NewsNorth-east gets the legal walk season off to a fine start
Event is one of 30 across England and Wales to raise money for legal support charities.
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NewsThousands go legal walking for justice
The London Legal Walk attracted a record turnout from across the profession. View our image gallery of all the best pics.
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OpinionWhy lawyers and mediators must pull together
To expand the market for family law, lawyers and mediators must learn to work in tandem and make their services affordable for average-income private clients.
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NewsLegal support charity reports huge rise in cases
LawCare statistics for 2013 show rising levels of stress in the profession.
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NewsSpecial bodies keep exemption from ABS licences
Review of regulation sees proposed change delayed once again.
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NewsFirm money could help plug aid gap
Low Commission report calls for a £100m 10-year national advice and legal support fund.
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NewsCharity sets up its own law practice
A Leicester charity has become the first such not-for-profit organisation to set up and own a law firm.
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OpinionThe Law Society Charity
The Law Society Charity focuses on those who cannot get funding elsewhere
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OpinionWorkplace giving could help your firm demonstrate its CSR credentials
Charitable giving can be a very personal thing, and at a time when we all have our hands on the purse strings charities need extra support now more than ever.
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Tell clients to donate more in wills, charities group urges
A charities group has called on solicitors to remind clients to consider leaving money to good causes in their will, after a trial scheme increased legacies left by £1m.