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NewsInternational firms keeping on top of carbon footprint
Average reduction in emissions per employee falls by 39%, Legal Sustainability Alliance's annual report reveals.
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NewsIn focus: Hong Kong sets out dispute resolution credentials
Justice secretary Teresa Cheng outlines intellectual property initiatives and move to allow third-party funding of arbitrations.
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News‘Pennies’ will save pioneering court unit
The judge who pioneered the substance-abuse problem-solving court to help reunite families has urged the profession not to let the scheme ‘go under’.
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NewsIn focus: Is IPO dam about to burst?
While the number of firms that have taken the IPO plunge is still in single figures, there is a sense the dam is about to burst.
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NewsMagna Carta writ large
Clause 39 of Magna Carta – ‘No free man shall be seized or imprisoned’ – is the centrepiece of the first UK monument to the 1215 contract to be erected at Runnymede. Writ on Water is an ‘immersive space for contemplation and reflection’ commissioned by the National Trust from artist ...
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NewsEuropean Parliament condemns Baker McKenzie for shirking tax debate
Petr Ježek expressed consternation that ‘intermediaries’ had avoided the debate.
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NewsABS entrants seek to reduce cost of divorce
Retired hedge fund manager and barristers shake up traditional family practice business model.
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NewsYour indemnity insurance reforms won't work, insurers tell the SRA
Association of British Insurers suggests changes may even be counter-productive.
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NewsDentons opens Frankfurt ‘Eurozone hub’
New team will advise on regulation and policy in the Eurozone.
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NewsGovernment defeated over housing legal aid
High Court accepts Law Centres Network’s challenge to procurement changes.
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NewsDeloitte gets its legal licence
SRA confirms alternative business structure for last of the big four to enter market.
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NewsBroken justice? HMCTS poll finds most court users happy
Three-quarters of people felt they were treated with respect, and most were satisfied with the outcome of their case.
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NewsTeach judges to be techies, says Vos
Chancellor of the High Court urges action to accelerate the adoption of new technology.
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NewsFDAC unit closure threatens future of problem-solving courts
Family Division president Sir James Munby hits out at government's 'failure of imagination and commitment', urging the justice secretary to visit a specialist court.
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News'Wafer-thin' courts bill testing the waters for more cuts - Chakrabarti
Minister says bill will allow ‘suitably qualified and experienced’ staff to handle straightforward matters.
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NewsStaff jobs saved as London firm goes into administration
Rollingsons Solicitors transfers its client files to a national firm.
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NewsFreshfields and Slaughters give way on pay gap
Firms were told by MPs to release full data for gender pay gap including partners as well as employees.
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NewsHogan Lovells says more than 50 roles have gone from London
International firm consulted last year on moving posts to ‘lower cost’ alternatives.
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NewsCourt rules CFA scope not limited to named defendant
Judge says agreement should be put in context and was consistent with being ‘descriptive rather than presciptive’.