All articles by Gazette newsdesk – Page 11
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NewsNew watchdog to oversee profession's anti-money laundering regime
The Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision will complement updated draft AML regulations.
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NewsNew lenders in control at Slater and Gordon plan 'solvent restructure'
Firm believes ’debt for equity lender scheme of arrangement’ is in the best interests of stakeholders.
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NewsCourts bill: whiplash plans will clog up courts to boost insurer profits, says Law Society
Chancery Lane hotly disputes the government narrative underpinning the proposals.
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NewsProblem-solving courts in prison crisis strategy
Lord chancellor stresses need for mental health treatments to accompany community service orders.
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NewsTop judges signal mass exodus amid plunging morale
The proportion of judges who would quit if they could has doubled in two years, according to an official survey of judicial attitudes.
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NewsFreshfields bosses share £18.1m as executive pay climbs 8%
Top executives at magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer shared £18.1m in the last financial year, an 8% increase on the previous 12 months. The joint remuneration of the senior partner, managing partners and global practice group heads is disclosed in newly filed group accounts for the year to 30 ...
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NewsSociety report: solicitors ready for ‘automation revolution’
Landmark Law Society study considers how firms should embrace technologies that were 'unimaginable even a decade ago’.
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NewsFTSE giants launch GC network to tackle rule of law failures
Network - including Vodafone, BP, HSBC and others - will be chaired by Graham Vinter, formerly GC of BG Group, who is now at Covington & Burling.
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KWM Europe finally collapses into administration
‘Too early’ to speculate on redundancies, says Quantuma, after managing partner bows out with farewell message.
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NewsNumber of solicitors taking silk highest ever
Six solicitor-advocates have been appointed Queen’s Counsel in this year’s selection round, of 13 who applied.
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NewsOutgoing Law Society CEO to head York FE college
Catherine Dixon is moving north to become chief executive of Askham Bryan agricultural college in York.
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NewsLaw Society to press on with reform after CEO resigns
Catherine Dixon told 100-strong ruling council she ‘cannot in good faith continue to be chief executive of an organisation which is not prepared to change’.
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VAT on searches – new guidance for conveyancers
Local councils may begin charging at any time from now until 31 March, Society warns.
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NewsLaw Society chief executive resigns
Catherine Dixon is leaving Chancery Lane ‘with a heavy heart’ over Council’s failure to progress governance reforms.
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NewsPiracy and space experts awarded New Year honours
Solicitors in private practice appear alongside MoJ and Government Legal Department heads.
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NewsCMA report: firms must publish price information
Competition and Markets Authority publishes final report after a year-long study of legal services market.
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NewsProfession reacts: 'Astonishing' that CMA downgrades consumer protection - Law Society
Bourns says deregulatory changes would undermine consumer protections and erode trust.
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NewsWelsh government plans national legal code
Programme to codify distinct body of Wales law will help solicitors, who can struggle to establish what the law is in areas such as planning.
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NewsTrain youth justice lawyers and pay them more – landmark report
Quality of legal representation in Youth Court often ‘very poor’, says government-commissioned report, partly because criminal lawyers appearing there are badly paid.
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