All articles by Gazette newsdesk – Page 12
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NewsLaw Society custom posters promote brand – and profession
Posters will appear on 900 bus routes and 440 railway station sites across England and Wales.
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News70 firms sign up with LawBid tendering pioneer
Founder says auction site has far exceeded expectations, with 350 clients also registered.
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NewsSolicitor who fleeced elderly clients jailed for four years
Giles Scott, 63, was a ‘pillar of the local community’ in Stearsby, North Yorkshire.
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NewsPwC integrates legal arm with UK business to launch MDP
SRA hails disruptive potential of accountancy giant’s initiative, which will ‘convenience’ clients rather than ‘convenience the professions’.
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NewsAnti-Brexit group wins right to disclose government’s legal defence
‘Difficult to see a justification’ for secrecy in light of principle of open justice, says judge.
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NewsTransforming justice: judges face pay and expenses curbs
Judges would have to give notice to quit and many will face pay and expenses curbs under plans to overhaul judicial working conditions.
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NewsSolicitor judge Hickinbottom appointed to CoA
Six appointments fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal arising this autumn.
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NewsIndemnity premiums 'down by up to 20%'
Industry experts report that unrated insurers have been priced out of the market because their rated competitors are offering similar deals.
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NewsHMRC needs crack legal team and MoJ oversight – Labour
Labour party report calls for radical overhaul of the tax authority that would see it come within the remit of the MoJ or a panel of retired judges.
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NewsCheers! Lawyers net £200m from SABMiller deal
UK’s biggest corporate takeover is a fee boon for magic circle giants.
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NewsSlater and Gordon warns of billion-dollar trading loss
Stock market-listed pioneer is set to post record annual loss for a law firm.
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NewsBumper profits for Baker & McKenzie
International colossus posts 14% hike in dollar profits in face of ‘currency headwinds’.
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NewsProfits dive at BLM
Top-50 insurance litigation firm, which has expanded into Scotland and Northern Ireland, plans a global network.
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NewsNew chief coroner appointed
HHJ Mark Lucraft QC will become the second chief coroner on 1 October.
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NewsFirms line up for asset recovery ‘privatisation’
City of London Police has fielded strong interest from profession in inaugural fraud panel.
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NewsFears for ‘arrested’ Bangladeshi defence lawyer
Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem is a member of the bar of England and Wales, and Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.
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NewsPress regulator IPSO sets up arbitration scheme
Bespoke ADR pilot will cap costs at £2,800 plus VAT.
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NewsCourt fee hikes behind fall in business judgments
‘Common sense’ suggests number of court judgments reduced by fee rises – as well as economic recovery.
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NewsBrexit: Addleshaws postpones pay review
Corporate firm has warned that growth this year will be a ‘challenge’ following June’s Brexit vote.
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NewsJudicial pension scheme delayed again
New scheme for fee-paid judges now on course to be implemented a year late.