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NewsListed Gateley announces 11th acquisition
£2.5m acquisition of patent and trade mark attorneys will broaden range of business services.
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NewsAccident victim signed up to CFA within two minutes, transcript shows
National firm Slater and Gordon offers £4,000 refund to sister of late client as gesture of goodwill.
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News'Hillsborough Law' seeks to curb legal spend by public bodies at inquests
Labour mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram urge government to support new campaign.
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NewsFormer publican makes legal history with abuse of process claim
Local authority will pay Geoffrey Monks ‘substantial’ damages for an ‘abusive’ food safety prosecution more than two decades ago.
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NewsSussex firm moves into 'house of brands'
Mayo Wynne Baxter has joined legal and professional services group Ampa.
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NewsGrowing Yorkshire firm hands ownership over to employee trust
Ison Harrison eschews other merger options to offer staff chance to buy stake in the business.
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NewsUse of secondary legislation ‘dangerous for democracy’, peers warn
A lack of legislative scrutiny is ‘turning parliament into a graveyard of democracy’, the House of Lords hears.
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NewsCounsel’s fee stripped back for claim settled two weeks before trial
Claimant had argued for small reduction on basis of ‘lost opportunity’ to take on other work.
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NewsJoint practitioner group mooted to fight legal aid cuts
Edward Henry QC says Criminal Practitioner Association could wield the 'hard stick' during government negotiations.
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NewsIncrease in judicial retirement age could help diversity, MPs told
Raising the mandatory limit would present ‘a huge opportunity’ for women and late starters, former lord chancellor says.
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NewsFiduciary duty breaches do not need to go to High Court, costs judge rules
‘An argument that a contract should be set aside [does not] of itself’ mean the case ought to be dealt with by the High Court.
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NewsLPC pass rates unaffected by pandemic
Deferrals more than doubled last year, which the SRA says is due to candidates choosing to wait to sit assessments face-to-face.
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NewsTrainee solicitor prepares for Syria trip to help at refugee camps
Manchester-based lawyer gets ready for his second stint volunteering on the ground.
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NewsHMCTS spends £236m on troubled case management system
Figures for implementing Common Platform programme revealed in written parliamentary answer.
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NewsNews focus: 'Dr Bitcoin' lawyers up for courtroom jamboree
A torrent of litigation relating to Bitcoin appears to have scotched the crypto-visionary dream of technology rendering lawyers redundant.
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NewsNews focus: Yorkshire law firm bucks trend and branches out
As tumbleweed blows through solicitors’ offices across the land, one firm keeps opening more of them. Launching a new branch ‘feels like a good news story’, says Ison Harrison
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NewsECtHR declares appeal in 'gay cake case' inadmissible
Ruling brings an end to seven-year saga over Belfast bakery’s refusal to bake a cake with the slogan ‘support gay marriage’.
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NewsInternational firm stays in City with Walkie-Talkie lease
Kennedys reveals plans to occupy 50,000 square feet in the landmark skyscraper for ‘hybrid working’.
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NewsHigh-profile firm's owners forgo profits to invest in business
Profits increase at Thompsons Solicitors despite 'challenging' pandemic year.
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NewsLawyers furious as judges demand proof of positive Covid tests
Reports emerge that advocates are being told to show they have tested positive if they want a remote hearing.