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NewsHome sellers should be forced to provide upfront information, says trade body
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government says it will encourage sellers to be 'sale ready'.
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NewsSFO reveals new interim director
Successor to David Green has been appointed but cannot start immediately.
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NewsMake courts less intimidating for young adults, says think tank
Centre for Justice Innovation sets out blueprint to make court process easier to understand for defendants aged between 18 and 25.
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NewsDemand for business law rising but top-200 go niche as competition intensifies
Demand for commercial legal advice will rise over the next 18 months, according to an annual market bellwether*, but some sectors are becoming crowded with law firm teams created to serve specific industries. Of 180 large and SME businesses surveyed by IRN Research, most expect their demands for legal services ...
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NewsAll-female partner round at Winckworth Sherwood
Top-100 full-service law firm Winckworth Sherwood has promoted three female senior associates in its latest partner round. The appointments, effective 6 April, come from the education, employment and parliamentary practice groups. The new partners are Alexandra Dillistone in parliamentary, Louise Lawrence in employment and Anna Shadbolt in education. Winckworth Sherwood ...
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NewsConveyancing: dual representation off the table
Homebuying review rules out a single conveyancer, but Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government will look at banning referral fees.
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NewsWatchdog 'parks' regime change for senior City counsel
Financial Conduct Authority chief executive Andrew Bailey says Brexit has affected the watchdog's workload.
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NewsSuper-regulator: Legal aid is a matter for parliament, not us
Legal Services Board says it is not in a position to understand or comment on trade-offs involved in allocating tax revenues.
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NewsDozens of chambers join escalating bar action
Criminal solicitors call for ‘unity’ across the legal profession amid fears defendants may have ’unsuitable’ counsel foisted upon them.
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NewsNews focus: gender pay expectations gap
Excluding equity partners effectively allows many firms to constrict their gender pay gap. But the tide has turned and more realistic figures have come in — what do they tell us?
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NewsFirst digital mortgage signed
HM Land Registry annouced the first digital mortgage deed has been entered into the Land Register.
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NewsAlarm at mass jailing of Turkish lawyers
Five professional associations, including the Law Society, have stepped up international pressure over what they say is the arbitrary arrest, detention and wrongful prosecution of lawyers in Turkey. In an open letter to the Turkish president, they call attention to reports that at least 580 lawyers have been arrested, 1,539 ...
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NewsA&O 'in merger talks' with US firm
Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy is understood to be in merger talks with US outfit O’Melveny & Myers. A combination of the duo would create a transatlantic giant with 3,000 lawyers and revenues of £2bn. Legal Week, which broke the news on Friday evening, said details of the ...
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NewsHogan Lovells latest firm to boost trainee grant
Hogan Lovells joints magic circle and Herbert Smith Freehiills in boosting LPC maintenance grant by 42%.
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NewsJustify your PPI fees or face action, SRA warns
Regulator says many firms are routintely charging fees of more than 25% of client damages, despite being told that anything above 15% is likely to be considered unreasonable.
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NewsCohabitant entitled to slice of partner’s £1.5m estate, judge rules
Forty-two-year relationship sufficient for reasonable provision to be awarded, High Courty decides in landmark judgment.
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NewsSociety issues guidance to solicitors on bar boycott
The Law Society has said it will not be ‘surprising’ if solicitors also decline to undertake criminal work as a consequence of the bar boycott which began earlier this week. But Chancery Lane stresses that it is not calling for such action, as this could fall foul of competition law. ...
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NewsCo-op Legal acquires probate oufit as profits stall
Pioneering consumer brand adds Simplify Probate to legal offer after integrating with Funeralcare service.
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Judicial review claim filed over accreditation refusal
Law firm challenges Law Society's reaccreditation decision for one of its employees.
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Inflation-busting fee hikes boost UK top-100
Deloitte report survey reports leading firms grew by nearly 8% on average in last quarter of 2017.