All articles by Gazette newsdesk – Page 5
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NewsCoronavirus: Priority courts scheme starts today
Lawyers urged to check online list of open courts and 'staffed courts' before they travel.
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NewsCoronavirus: MoJ lists lawyer ‘key worker’ categories
Duty solicitors and solicitors acting in connection with execution of wills on restricted list.
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NewsCivil and family courts to go virtual by default - LCJ
Rules in both jurisdictions are 'flexible enough to enable telephone and video hearings of almost everything'.
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NewsCoronavirus Bill: What it will say on courts and justice
Emergency measure will expand availability of video and audio links in court proceedings.
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NewsCoronavirus: events and meetings latest
The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the legal calendar.
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NewsCoronavirus: Top law schools move teaching online
Thousands of law students affected as ULaw and City suspend face-to-face teaching.
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NewsCoronavirus: Law firm shares plunge as FTSE reels
Legal sector hit as London market slumps to four-year low.
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NewsHMCTS says sorry after court boots out Gazette reporter
Monidipa Fouzder was rebuked for not telling a security guard at Edmonton she was a journalist.
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NewsLaw Society of Scotland accredits first non-lawyer tech guru
Pioneering scheme was introduced last November.
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NewsLegal services ‘worth £60bn to UK economy’ - report
New gross value added figure in report commissioned by Law Society is more than double previous estimate.
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NewsNew Year honours: controversial ex-DPP among lawyers recognised
Former director of public prosecutions leads line-up of lawyers receiving honours.
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NewsGallery: Hale presents LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards
Supreme Court president salutes winners in 11 categories at Chancery Lane.
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News‘Rapid review’ urges Welsh government to ‘sell’ separate jurisdiction to lawyers
Research also found that law firm leaders ‘don’t care’ about getting government grants.
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NewsStudents flock to law as profession gets more diverse
Law Society’s latest Annual Statistics Report finds nearly a sixth of solicitors now come from BAME backgrounds.
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NewsLaw Council of Wales mooted by government taskforce
A taskforce commissioned by the Welsh government to review the country’s justice system has today proposed the establishment of a Law Council of Wales to promote legal education and awareness of Welsh law. The proposal comes from the Commission on Justice in Wales, which was appointed in 2017 and is ...
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NewsRegional law firms doing better than City - survey
Two-thirds of firms increased PEP in the last financial year.
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NewsCity legal giant’s cleaners to strike over living wage
Staff working for sub-contractor announce ‘day of protest’ outside Addleshaw Goddard’s offices.
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NewsScotland’s law firms suffer profit slump
‘Fierce competition’ blamed in a market which has transformed over the last decade.
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NewsBuckland is lord chancellor and justice secretary
Barrister replaces David Gauke in Boris Johnson's cabinet.