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NewsCity seeks competitive edge in arbitration
City of London Law Society launches new committee to speak for arbitration practitioners.
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NewsCriminal justice commission on indefinite hold
Staff appointed to the promised royal commission have been reassigned, the Gazette understands.
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NewsPI firm lost almost £8m ahead of restructuring
Simpson Millar says it now has the right model and teams in place to succeed.
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NewsSolicitor struck off after immigration clients misled for years
Tribunal finds solicitor failed to make applications leaving clients living unlawfully in the UK.
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NewsShearman & Sterling and Hogan Lovells respond to merger rumours
Combination would create a £3.43bn practice - comfortably inside the global top five.
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NewsScottish firm fails to avoid English negligence claim in jurisdiction appeal
Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness practice acted in unsuccessful Cornish wind farm planning application.
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NewsNew Year honours: OBEs for solicitor MP and child abuse campaigner
Limited recognition for lawyers in first honours list of King Charles' reign.
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NewsNew Year honours: MBE for inclusion champion
LGBTQ+ networking group for real estate professionals has grown to more than 1,000 members.
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NewsSlater and Gordon fined £82,000 for multiple historical breaches
SRA finds that dozens of clients with claims were left in the dark by previous owners.
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NewsJobs saved as big legal aid provider collapses into administration
Cartwright King acquired after a year in which the firm had to write off £625,000 in revenue.
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NewsFirst KC round for 70 years - just one solicitor makes the grade
Nine legal figures become honorary KCs - including professor Richard Susskind - as 2022 silk round is announced.
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NewsInce suspends share trading after account reporting delay
Shares plummet close to all-time low after latest missed deadline for publishing results.
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NewsGo-ahead for multi-billion pound Brazil dam claim - in 2024
Mrs Justice O’Farrell said it was time to make ‘substantive progress in determining dispute.’
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NewsContempt case against PI claimant given green light by court
Application succeeds despite judge admitting the delay in bringing it had been ‘significant’.
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News'Wholly mistaken': judge's adverse findings on non-party set aside
Appellant challenges findings of a judge in a conspiracy case where he was not a party.
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NewsPolice widow pension scheme survives human rights challenge
Scheme ceases pension payments if the widow or surviving civil partner remarries, forms a new civil partnership, or cohabits.
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News‘Dr Bitcoin’ to face court over alleged embargo breach
Ruling follows master of the rolls' warning about contempt proceedings.
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NewsSolicitors waived lien on litigation costs, Supreme Court rules
Candey examined whether solicitors should take priority over creditors in client’s insolvency.
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NewsMissing clause means solicitor cannot charge for executor role
Appeal of costs judge judgment is dismissed by the High Court.
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NewsCivil legal aid wait to continue into New Year
Ministry of Justice to announce terms of reference and process for major review in January.