All articles by Gazette reporter – Page 31
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NewsWest End firm hooks up with Essex practice
Barker Gillette will merge with Loughton-based Lucas McMullan Jacobs on 1 November.
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NewsSociety unveils election wishlist
Promoting access to justice is at the heart of the Law Society’s general election manifesto, published today to coincide with the party conference season.
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NewsLaw Society of Scotland calls for powers ‘roadmap’
Independence poll a ‘triumph of democracy’, says Scottish Society, while Tory lawyers publish new paper on constitution.
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NewsPEP talk can undermine ethics, warns Moorhead
‘Financialisation’ induces selfish impulses in law firm managers, says professor.
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NewsCampaigner and lawyer Gooding dies
Caroline Gooding played a key role in bringing about the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
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NewsLegal market growth nears pre-recession levels
UK legal services sector to grow by 3.8% in 2014 and 4.9% next year, Law Society predicts.
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NewsGovernment approves apprenticeship scheme
Apprentices will be able to qualify as solicitors, chartered legal executives or paralegals through workplace-based training.
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NewsICAEW approved to regulate probate and license ABSs
Chartered accountancy body breaks new ground in legal market liberalisation.
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NewsSecond council ABS approved
HB Public Law, combining the legal teams of London boroughs Harrow and Barnet, is awarded an alternative business structure licence.
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NewsLegal chief departs council in wake of shared services deal
Sanjay Prashar, executive head of legal services at Sutton, to leave following ‘corporate reorganisation’.
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NewsLawyer ‘leeches’ bleeding budgets – council leaders
APIL rejects Local Government Association attack on ’no win, no fee’ claims, arguing that fees have been ‘cut to the bone’.
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NewsProfits soar at Slater & Gordon
The quoted legal pioneer expects UK fee income to top £127m in 2015 in the wake of aggressive expansion.
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NewsQC aborts review of industrial relations law
Bruce Carr has blamed a ‘progressively politicised’ environment for his decision not to produce recommendations.
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NewsCouncil approves 17% cut in PC fee
Law Society’s governing council overwhelmingly endorses plans to reduce Law Society Group budget.
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NewsPractising certificate fee set to fall by 17%
Proposed levy of £320 is subject to Law Society Council approval and member consultation.
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NewsNo evidence incentives encourage fraud – Society
Law Society responds to government announcement of measures against ‘bogus claims’.
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NewsSociety warns of ‘Solicitors from Hell’ email scam
Threatening emails, which appear to be the latest in a series of attacks, may contain computer viruses.