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NewsSociety proposes ‘single test’ to allay stamp duty fears
Higher SDLT rate on the purchase of additional residential properties comes into force on 1 April.
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NewsBLP in merger talks with Greenberg Traurig
The merger would create a firm with more than 2,500 lawyers.
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NewsCommission calls for single electoral law
Reform would tidy up ‘complex, voluminous and fragmented’ statutes covering UK elections.
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NewsLSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe
Competition and Markets Authority on the verge of an in-depth investigation into the sector.
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NewsMoJ in spotlight as government plans to cull 75% of offices
Justice holds second biggest share of central government estate earmarked for radical pruning.
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NewsConveyancers ‘should not cross-examine clients’ over stamp duty
Government introducing higher rates for additional residential properties on 1 April.
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NewsJackson: Lottery could pump-prime legal aid fund
Architect of civil justice reforms favours contingency fund for 'deserving' claims.
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NewsSeparate legal jurisdiction could trigger ‘brain drain’ in Wales
Minister warns that talented lawyers will ‘desert’ Wales if country severs 500-year-old ties.
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NewsRapist banned from working in legal profession
SRA rules on claims handler convicted in April 2013.
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NewsInsurer pulls out of PII market citing dangers of cybercrime
Elite Insurance also worried for its core market in the personal injury sector.
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NewsLawyers not negligent to advise settlement on steps
Judge says advice was proper given claimant ran the risk of losing the case.
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NewsBlavo & Co judgment reports thousands of files missing
Mr Justice Garnham continues freezing order against former managing director.
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NewsCMS first big law firm to break into Iran
Firm sees opportunities in energy, technology and automotive sectors.
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NewsDefendant lawyers to oppose small claims limit rise
Forum of Insurance Lawyers says it will not stand alongside insurers on key changes.
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NewsLay your complaints record bare, says legal watchdog
Legal Services Consumer Panel calls for publication of data on prices, quality and complaints.
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NewsSaga Legal admits it stopped taking new work last year
Alternative business structure seeking new joint-venture partner after collapse of Parabis.
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NewsFalconer refers legal aid U-turn to spending watchdog
Shadow lord chancellor has written to the National Audit Office following government decision to scrap new criminal legal aid contracting regime.
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NewsSRA’s trust exercise ‘far removed’ from our world, say City lawyers
City of London Law Society criticises scenarios used to help form the regulator’s ‘reference framework’ .
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NewsProbe to examine potential racial bias in criminal justice
David Cameron says review will consider possible sentencing and prosecutorial disparity.
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News£15.5m penalties for PII that put 1,300 law firms at risk
Financial Conduct Authority acts against five individuals over unauthorised schemes.