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NewsCharles Russell and Speechly Bircham confirm merger talks
The merger would create a firm with a combined turnover of £126.4m.
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NewsJRs without merit may see solicitors referred to SRA
Sir Brian Leveson warned that firms who make ‘abusive’ judicial review applications risk referral to the SRA.
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NewsClampdown targets personal injury CMCs
The number of personal injury CMCs has fallen by more than 1,000 from a peak of 2,553.
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NewsSolicitor fraud case dismissed
The defendants had set up a complex commercial transaction involving opencast mining sites and restoration obligations.
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NewsCall to hire 10,000 more magistrates
A Policy Exchange report proposes recruiting 10,000 magistrates and expanding their roles – including being placed in police stations.
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NewsHome secretary backs down on terror suspect rights
New position is a recognition of the right to consult with a solicitor.
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NewsSociety prepares for legal aid announcement
Chancery Lane said it is seeking views from the profession to inform its response to the MoJ’s final announcement.
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NewsLegal regulators must have lay chairs, LSB decides
Super-regulator says reform will demonstrate independence from profession and representative bodies.
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NewsFour solicitors are among the six to receive honorary silk
Nicola Mackintosh, Saimo Chahal, Michael Smyth and Paul Newdick have been appointed by lord chancellor Chris Grayling.
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NewsFive solicitors make the silk cut
All five are at City firms practising in international arbitration.
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NewsHappy days are here again, say City recruiters
Average salary for City lawyers is up £5,000 to £108,690, according to a legal recruiter.
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NewsCourt of Appeal upholds whole-life principle
The decision follows a Strasbourg ruling last year that whole-life sentences without review breached article 3 rights.
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NewsSociety expresses concern on EU ‘Robin Hood’ tax
Society backs government stance on Financial Transaction Tax.
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NewsHigh Court action taken against firm closed for ‘dishonesty’
Zangir and Nazmin Mehrban claim they are victims of Deidre Newell-Austin’s firm.
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NewsConveyancing boom exposes skills ‘gap’
Warning over recruitment despite renewed confidence in the sector.
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NewsRolls Building to get new IT in 2015
The £300m site has been without a modern IT system since a £10m upgrade attempt was cancelled in 2012.
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NewsFracking law will ‘radically interfere with rights’
At present, energy companies require the homeowner’s permission before carrying out drilling.
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Euro ruling to protect reputation of deceased
Strasbourg court ruled that courts might sometimes be required to protect the reputation of the deceased in the interests of surviving relatives.