All articles by Gazette reporter – Page 27
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NewsScottish firms tight-lipped on merger rumour
MacRoberts and Morton Fraser said to be in late-stage merger talks.
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NewsPublic opposed to SRA handbook proposals
Ipsos-Mori survey shows the public likely to be overwhelmingly opposed to removal of key client protections.
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NewsMan arrested after solicitor found dead
Alison Jane Farr-Davies, 42, ‘was always helping others’, family says.
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Lateral moves driven more by culture than pay, recruiter claims
Study finds that only 15% of newly moved partners 'motivated by compensation’.
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News‘Unduly lenient’ sentences hiked for 102 offenders
Number has risen 13% since 2010, but requests have more than doubled – suggesting judges ‘generally get sentencing right’.
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NewsMoney claims ‘being priced out of court’, says bar
Bar Council raises concern over 19% drop in county court judgments against businesses in first half of 2016.
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NewsCMC rapped by watchdog over misleading ads
Lloyds Bank complained that Stanton Fisher made claims about PPI compensation that were not substantiated.
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NewsAward for trainee solicitor’s injury to feelings not excessive
Employment appeal upholds £14,000 compensation for woman treated 'in a demeaning and disrespectful manner'.
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News‘Support programme’ to boost diversity of High Court bench
Thirty places set to be made available to women, BME candidates and the ‘less advantaged’.
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NewsWelsh law officer says justice curbs threaten human rights
Counsel general Mick Antoniw says legal system in Wales is ‘at a crossroads’.
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NewsSharia review seeks experiences
Formal call for evidence for those who have used a sharia council in the past five years.
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NewsChancery Lane remembers the Somme
'As we reflect on the horrors of the past, we draw strength for the challenges of the future' – chief executive.
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NewsPenningtons Manches pays tribute to Lesley Lintott
First female partner and chief executive has died.
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NewsSolicitor becomes Welsh government’s law officer
Labour AM for Pontypridd Mick Antoniw is a former partner of trade union firm Thompsons.
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NewsBrexit lobby lawyer sets out practice priorities
Clive Thorne of pro-Leave group Lawyers for Britain wants to see urgent action in areas including IP and competition law.
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NewsTribunal fee increases will deny justice, Law Society warns
Chancery Lane responds to proposals to increase Asylum and Immigration Tribunal fees by more than 500%.
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NewsCautious welcome for insolvency regime change
Government proposes three-month moratorium on legal action against struggling businesses.
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NewsBar regulator clears penultimate hurdle to licensing ABSs
Subject to the lord chancellor’s rubber stamp, the Bar Standards Board will be able to regulate non-lawyer-owned legal firms.
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NewsQS founder offers stakes in comparison site to law firms
Saleem Arif is looking for practices willing to invest at least £3,000 in ReviewSolicitors.
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NewsSlashing back the SRA Handbook could be ‘too much’ – LSB
SRA ‘moving in the right direction’ but firms could struggle to cope with wholesale review of the handbook, super-regulator warns.