All articles by Gazette reporter – Page 28
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NewsConveyancer hit by phone scam
Solicitors Regulation Authority calls for extra vigilance after north-east firm loses 'significant amount'.
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NewsSolicitor-advocate Egan on Society presidency track
Criminal specialist Joe Egan to take office as deputy vice-president in July.
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NewsLaw scores well in employer-for-women table
Law firms account for nine out of the 50 ‘top employers for women’ ranked by The Times.
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NewsConveyancers’ regulator appoints former Law Society chief
Dame Janet Paraskeva to chair Council for Licensed Conveyancers.
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NewsLegal executives get a pay rise
Buoyant market is fuelling salary hikes – especially in property.
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NewsIncome and stability improving – Society’s practice bellwether
Survey shows dramatic rise in the percentage of practices operating profitability and within their overdraft limit.
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NewsFirst bar entities to be announced ‘in days’
Regulator's business plan sets out priorities for 2015-16.
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NewsTory government would review Islamic law
Pledge among a raft of measures to combat extremism outlined by the home secretary.
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NewsNew scheme to help avoid ‘costly’ design disputes
Intellectual Property Office planning opinions service for disputes over design rights.
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NewsTycoon’s ex-wife can claim – 23 years after divorce
Lawyers disagree on whether landmark Supreme Court ruling will 'open the floodgates' to historic claims.
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NewsPeers call for rethink on legal aid for extradition
House of Lords committee also recommends duty solicitor accreditation through ‘ticketing’ system.
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NewsSuper-regulator targets ‘unnecessary’ in-house rules
LSB calls on regulators either to justify restrictions on in-house lawyers or get rid of them.
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NewsOnline motoring pleas go national
Nearly one-third of people accused of low-level traffic offences have taken up the opportunity to plead online, the Ministry of Justice says.
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NewsLegendary Scottish solicitor dies
Criminal defence lawyer Joe Beltrami, who became a household name in Scotland, has died aged 83.
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NewsGrayling faces Magna Carta challenge to court fee hikes
Proposals tantamount to ‘selling justice’, contrary to the principles of 1215, Law Society says in pre-action protocol letter.
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NewsTrowers applies for Malaysia licence
Firm hopes to become first qualified foreign law firm following market liberalisation.
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NewsNationwide mandates quality scheme membership
Law Society welcomes lender’s decision for panel members to be CQS-accredited.
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NewsPEP edges up at growing Hogan Lovells
London and continental Europe accounts for 47% of income at firm created from merger of Lovells and Hogan & Hartson.
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NewsLegal charity sits on £200m cash pile
Legal Education Foundation was established when College of Law became a university.
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NewsLSB rubber-stamps abolition of mandatory CPD
Hours-based requirement for continuing education will be phased out from 1 April.