All articles by Gazette newsdesk – Page 6
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NewsNew Association of Pandemic Lawyers launches
Forum aims to provide a ’co-ordinated response’ to the legal issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsLegal aid firms 'getting desperate' - Law Society
Chancery Lane warns that the sector is at risk of collapse without further government support.
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NewsRosenblatt slashes interim dividend
Shareholder payout at listed City firm pared amid Covid-19 uncertainty.
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News focus: Coronavirus is incubator of invention for law firms
Against a backdrop of Covid-19, law firms have come up with a plethora of client-facing instruments, encompassing wills and probate, property and insolvency. Is this the ‘new normal’?
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NewsSociety urges chancellor to bail out struggling solicitors
Extension of self-employed support scheme among measures called for by Chancery Lane.
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NewsFormer Law Society chief to lead arbitration body
Catherine Dixon was CEO at Chancery Lane from 2015 to 2017.
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NewsFirm furloughs and freezes – latest
Another six legal practices announce dramatic measures to protect jobs in the Covid-19 crisis.
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NewsBoE urged to consider emergency loans to top law firms
Law Society seeking clarification on eligibility for multi-billion-pound loan scheme.
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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.