All articles by Gazette reporter – Page 33
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NewsLegal leaders join hands against client snooping
Professional privilege must be protected from state surveillance, Law Society and Bar Council demand.
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NewsNegligence actions against law firms soar
High Court cases multiply as time runs out to pursue ‘credit crunch’ claims.
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NewsGreer to review affordability of legal services
Law Society’s former corporate affairs chief commissioned by lord chancellor Chris Grayling.
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News‘Self-lawyering’ is the future, consumer watchdog forecasts
Panel says access to justice will be enhanced if consumers empowered to handle their own legal affairs.
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NewsShow us your evidence, Society tells MoJ consultation
President says government should consult on a study casting doubt on its plans for criminal legal aid cuts.
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NewsFirms face new hurdle for credit work
SRA proposes firms carrying out consumer credit activities apply to the FCA for authorisation.
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NewsLaw Society excellence winners announced
Winners of the Law Society Excellence Awards revealed at London ceremony.
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NewsLegal aid cuts top concern for lawyers in Wales
Annual Law Society snapshot shows divide over impact of legal aid reforms, with Wales hit hardest.
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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’.