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NewsWeightmans entitled to fire worker over internet browsing, tribunal rules
Former facilities assistant had brought claim for unfair dismissal against national firm.
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NewsQC selection company sitting on £1.4m cash pile as fees roll in
Queen’s Counsel Appointments charges lawyers £2,160 to apply for silk and an extra £3,000 + VAT if their application is successful.
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NewsFour City solicitors to take silk in 2020
Just 4% of QC appointments go to solicitors this year, as 110 barristers and four solicitors make the grade.
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NewsStatutory legacy for partners raised to £270,000
Overdue update increases the amount spouses and civil partners are entitled to if their partner dies without a will.
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NewsRegulatory revamp would put small firms at risk, warns Society
Organisation responds to proposals of academic’s independent legal services review.
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NewsAre you fit for law? Legal charity offers online wellbeing test
LawCare works alongside academics to develop resource for measuring professional resilience.
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NewsSentencing on screen: judges' remarks to be broadcast from Crown courts
Crown court filming will allow for greater transparency, lord chancellor says as bar expresses concern about 'spectator sport'.
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NewsLandlords urge government to hurry up over housing court
Association says landlords in London with good reason to reclaim possession face a 30-week wait.
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NewsBlack and Asian drug offenders 'more likely' to be locked up immediately
Sentencing Council research will fuel fears of racial bias in the criminal justice system.
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NewsInce shares crash as company raises £16m from shareholders
Money to be spent on expansion plans and reducing debt, group tells stock exchange.
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NewsStrike out decision sent back over judge’s ‘lack of adequate reasoning’
Tribunal will look again at whether claims against Duncan Lewis Solicitors should be allowed to continue.
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NewsSlow progress migrating land charge data
Land Registry hopes to have 15 local authorities signed up to digital register by April.
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NewsSwiss firm that bucked Brexit trend hires A&O regional managing partner
Disputes specialist Lalive appoints Thomas Brown as its first ever CEO, after opening a London office in 2018.
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News'Humiliated' employee sued law firm over birthday 'ambush'
Legal secretary claimed age discrimination after colleagues sent her a birthday card.
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NewsGateley plans new staff incentive scheme as profits rise again
Firm’s share price has doubled since first being listed in 2015.
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NewsSimplifying Immigration Rules 'could save government £70m'
Rules have grown from 40 pages to over 1,100 pages since they were introduced nearly five decades ago.
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NewsLive-stream family cases in Court of Appeal, says master of the rolls
Sir Terence Etherton says the public ‘should be able to see how we do our job’.
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NewsLunch means lunch: family judge issues wellbeing protocol
Growing workload made worse by electronic communication and 'twenty-four seven' culture.
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NewsAssociate intake dips at Clifford Chance
The magic circle firm is taking on just 34 trainees in its spring retention round, 12 fewer than this time last year.
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NewsHMCTS promises better court conditions and security
Suppliers will be penalised for poor standards under new contracts that come into force in April.