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NewsDentons sets up shop in Tehran
Global firm announces association with local practice in response to client demand.
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NewsBar Council criticises ‘burdensome’ CPD scheme
Proposals ‘bear little relevance to the requirements of practice’.
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NewsLaw centres to challenge rights helpline contract
Government contract to operate Equality Advisory and Support Service helpline expires at the end of this month.
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NewsLegal representation in care proceedings under review
Sir James Munby says resources are unlikely to increase to deal with expected rise in care cases.
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NewsSME adviser branches into legal services
Leonard Curtis Legal to offer fixed fees ‘wherever possible’.
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NewsSRA sanctions lawyer convicted of distributing indecent images
Stephen Coleclough must notify Solicitors Regulation Authority of any future work.
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NewsLaw chief calls for ‘culture of responsibility’ on business crime
Attorney general outlines government vision for extending offence of ‘failure to prevent’.
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NewsLaw Society of Scotland rolls out red carpet to non-solicitors
Students and graduates welcomed as first category of affiliate members.
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NewsNHSLA tests in-house working to cut £120m defence costs
In-house litigation team was established earlier this year and is running as a 12-month pilot.
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NewsNews focus: tax laws and the Finance Bill
A clampdown on tax avoidance could target advisers, but critics warn that the proposals go too far and may end up capturing traditionally accepted tax planning.
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NewsPublic misconduct offence in need of reform
Law Commission says common law fails to define 'misconduct' and 'public office'.
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NewsCity law firm successfully pilots AI technology
Reed Smith plans to use innovative software more widely, insisting lawyers will always be needed.
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NewsWomen and BAME hopefuls offered coaching to reach judiciary
Programme will involve intensive one-day workshop and the chance to shadow a judge in the High Court.
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NewsLeading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’
Management consultancy Edward Drummond says bigger practices are ‘aggresively meritocratic’.
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News‘Bureaucratic’ gateway blocks access to discrimination advice
Islington Law Centre says applicants need legal advice just to make the initial call about their case.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens China hub
International firm extends its alternative legal services offering.
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NewsFirm boasts of 146 fundamental dishonesty wins in a year
Horwich Farrelly says it successfully used the defence eight times in a single day.
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NewsLaw Society urges profession to give views on ‘dramatic’ SRA changes
SRA consultations on separate codes of conduct and simplifying accounts rules both close later this month.
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Firm fined after keeping clients in the dark about third parties
Meade Law Ltd made no communication with consumers about the use of two businesses for services related to PI claims.