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NewsPoll finds law firms using 'blunt' measures to reward staff
Lock up and initiatives for improving the firm lose significance when it comes to remuneration.
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NewsListed firm Gordon Dadds acquires technology specialist
White & Black is second acquisition since last summer’s £20 flotation.
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NewsParole Board chief welcomes government JR over Worboys decision
Professor Nick Hardwick says panel considered 363-page dossier and heard evidence from four psychologists.
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NewsVW case edging closer as claimants battle it out for lead spot
Three day hearing set for March in 55,000-claimant group action case over emissions test scandal.
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NewsJustice minister backs litigants in person to handle PI claims
Lord Keen of Elie also suggests the increased influence of claims management companies may be ‘extremely beneficial’.
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NewsWe need to improve disclosure, CPS admits as rape trial abandoned
Defence firm Hodge Jones & Allen says vital phone data was not disclosed as evidence.
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NewsLabour peer slams Hogan Lovells over South African 'corruption'
Lord Hain says he has made a complaint to the Solicitors Regulation Authority about the firm’s conduct.
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NewsCo-op moves online to cater for divorces at all hours
Service will cost a fixed £600 in addition to the £550 court fee.
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NewsPI sector stands by for reforms update from parliament
Evidence session to be held scrutinising case for small claims limit increase, but criticism at absense of claimant solicitors.
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NewsJudge dismisses disclosure bids ahead of £126m credit hire trial
Defendants in Autofocus case include three law firms – Keoghs, Lyons Davidson and Morgan Cole (now Blake Morgan) – and three solicitors from each firm.
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NewsBar scathing over need for new AML quango
‘Little jusification’ to ask barristers to part-fund Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision.
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NewsCarillion collapse raises question over legal arm's ABS status
Carillion Advice Services was set up in 2011 to support the construction giant's in-house legal team.
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NewsGovernment to support bill empowering tenants over housing safety
Housing specialist welcomes housing secretary Sajid Javid's announcement but says the overall law is fragmented and inadequate.
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NewsBar chair: Separation remains for a reason
Andrew Walker QC says there are good reasons to reject fusion and alternative business structures - and warns of a dearth of juniors entering the profession.
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NewsClaims business battles on despite financial struggles in 2017
Law firm customers looking again at their business models and how they bring in work.
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NewsBattle resumes over India liberalisation
Today, counsel for top international firms go to India’s Supreme Court in the long-running battle to open up the legal services market.
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NewsMEPs issue tax warning to profession
European Parliament says professional services firms that facilitate ‘illegal, harmful or wrongful corporate tax arrangements’ should face sanctions.
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NewsSingapore lawyers back national IT plan
The Future Law Innovation Programme (FLIP) launched in Singapore last week.
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NewsNews focus: Worboys case raises questions on open justice
Lord chancellor David Gauke’s pledge to make Parole Board decisions more transparent in the wake of the Worboys furore chimes with calls for open justice elsewhere.