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NewsBarrister-solicitor divide to blame for lack of diversity, says Lady Hale
Incoming president of the Supreme Court says the lower ranks of the judiciary should be nurtured - and promoted.
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NewsHogan Lovells takes on four in five trainees
Firm matches last year’s score by holding onto 80% of its trainee cohort.
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NewsGovernment invests £80k to improve court waiting rooms
Model rooms will provide a template for courts nationwide, HM Courts & Tribunals Service says.
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News28 Olswang partners left before ‘super merger’
Companies House filings reveal over a quarter of partners departed in run up to merger being finalised.
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NewsCivil partnership fight heads to Supreme Court
Solicitor representing couple says development is a significant achievement.
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NewsIP police get £3m boost
Police Intellectual Property Crime unit will survive for a further two years.
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NewsBrexit: Government wants continuing judicial relationship
New civil judicial cooperation framework will be 'aspect of the deep and special partnership with the EU'.
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NewsLaw centre hails growing support for levy on corporate firms
Greater Manchester Law Centre says it is having constructive discussions with the mayor's office.
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NewsSolicitor among five High Court appointments
Peter Lane, admitted in 1985, was the first in his family to go to university.
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NewsBLM to cut more roles as profits continue to fall
Insurance litigation firm reveals 29 staff could lose their jobs as it relocates part of business from Southampton to Manchester and Liverpool.
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NewsSRA rebukes third solicitor for Christmas party conduct
Yorkshire practitioner also found to have made inappropriate comments to colleagues.
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NewsLinklaters quit as Barclays adviser over ‘unlawful’ loan fears
Court documents allege the magic circle firm had concerns over where Qatari money would end up.
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NewsCPS to treat online hate crime as seriously as face-to-face offences
Alison Saunders says hate crime is a priority area for the Crown Prosecution Service.
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NewsPolice tighten procedures after sending woman's phone data to alleged abuser's solicitor
Woman who accused her partner of domestic abuse had volunteered her phone as evidence.
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Anti-money laundering quango 'adds no value' - Law Society
Chancery Lane says costs to profession are likely to be ‘substantial’.
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NewsForces representative attacks MoD despite Iraq apology
Government still working behind the scenes to thwart combat claims, says Hilary Meredith, as defence secretary apologises to mother of soldier killed in Iraq.
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NewsLinklaters adds to healthy magic circle retention rates
Firm keeps on 84% of its autumn cohort.
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NewsBeleaguered solicitors highlight ongoing disclosure fight
Rules on procedure a 'stick to beat the defence with', criminal practitioners complain.
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NewsNo announcement on tribunal fee refunds until September
’Detailed arrangements’ are yet to be finalised.