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NewsLinklaters plans ‘best friends’ venture with firm set up by China staff
Some locally qualified lawyers will split off from magic circle firm to set up the new practice.
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NewsPII costs fall – but attempted fraud is rampant, Law Society reveals
A quarter of firms were hit by scammers last year according to Chancery Lane's annual PII survey.
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News‘Immensely prosperous’ lawyers not tempted to the bench – LCJ
Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd tells peers of problems recruiting High Court judges.
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NewsLaw Society queries guidance on complaint signposting
'Unnecessary' consultation could lead to duplicate guidance, Chancery Lane says.
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News‘Don’t wait to innovate,’ SRA tells in-house solicitors
Revamped code of conduct and handbook will not be published before spring 2017.
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Men dominate latest round of new partners
Only 17 of 74 new partnerships at magic circle firms go to women.
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NewsAlan Blacker/Lord Harley has SRA claim struck out
Solicitor-advocate challenged regulator over release of information following FoI request.
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NewsSusskind: ‘you have five years to reinvent the legal profession’
Professor says law schools are ‘churning out 20th-century lawyers’ rather than preparing young people for the future.
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NewsJustice ministers ‘clear’ UK will stay member of ECHR
Position at odds with the statement this week from the home secretary Theresa May.
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NewsSolicitors becoming McKenzie friends to avoid regulatory costs, CMA told
Trade association says solicitors can provide cheaper services by practising as McKenzie friends.
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NewsLawyers hit back at Gary Lineker’s divorce claims
Sports broadcaster Gary Lineker accuses lawyers of creating hatred between divorcing couples.
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NewsPlanning application processing could be outsourced to law firms
Law Society backs plan but says precautions need to be taken against conflict of interest.
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NewsHillsborough verdict: solicitors for families call for urgent inquiry into criminal liability
Inquest jury delivers verdict of unlawful killing – lawyers demand 'rigorous investigations' that will lead to criminal proceedings.
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NewsFormer LLP member allowed to pursue ‘whistleblower’ claim
Former managing partner’s claim for post-termination financial losses had been struck out by the employment tribunal.
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NewsUK should leave the ECHR, says May
Home secretary says Strasbourg court a bigger threat to sovereignty than the CJEU.
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NewsJackson backs RTA claimants over portal transfer
Court of Appeal upholds challenge to case being transferred to the small-claims track.
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NewsFears over credit for guilty plea
Sentencing Council says revised guideline for sentence reductions will save resources.
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NewsHMCTS cuts jobs despite steep rise in unpaid fines
£612m was owed to HM Courts & Tribunals Service in August 2015, up from £557m a year earlier.
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News95 years on, women set to tip gender balance
Two-thirds of practising solicitors under 35 are women. But converting that numerical advance into partnerships remains an enduring challenge.
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NewsBrexit vote would prompt a surge in legal work
Global chairman of Allen & Overy’s corporate practice says that Brexit would throw up ‘a massive amount of work’ from clients demanding answers to the status of legislation.