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NewsConservatives: Gove to bring ‘reforming zeal’ to prison system
Party conference speech focuses on rehabilitation of offenders – but includes praise for lawyers.
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NewsBiggest divorce hub returns one in five petitions
Practitioners urged to double-check papers after 'basic errors’ are uncovered by the new Bury St Edmunds centre for London and south-east.
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NewsGuidance first on theft offences
Definitive guidelines from Sentencing Council aim to foster ‘standard approach’ to sentencing.
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NewsOnline industry in shock as CJEU overturns data regime
Lawyers predict ‘appalling fallout’ from decision in ‘safe harbour’ case.
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News‘Outmoded’ bar must modernise, says new BSB chair
Sir Andrew Burns urges barristers to respond with ‘robustness and creativity’ to the many challenges it faces.
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NewsSole practitioner authorisation simplified
Solicitors Regulation Authority to bring regulatory arrangements in line with other types of firm.
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NewsBlavo & Co declines to confirm sale bid
Advertisement invites offers for UK’s ‘leading mental health practice’.
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NewsGordon Dadds acquires Jeffrey Green Russell
Takeover completed last Friday through pre-pack deal.
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NewsConservatives: court fees? Let’s talk about solicitors’ costs – Faulks
Conference fringe event also addresses how best to promote ADR to stop disputes coming to court.
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NewsRatings website receives £3.6m cash injection
VouchedFor, which allows clients to rate their solicitors, will invest in technology and marketing.
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NewsIBA 2015: migration needs international rule – former Commission chief
Jose Manuel Barroso tells bar conference ‘common principles’ needed to tackle crisis.
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NewsConservatives: Grieve warning on ‘ripping up’ Human Rights Act
Justice secretary Michael Gove expected to give more details about plans for human rights legislation.
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NewsLender panel restrictions hit smaller law firms
Metro Bank and Newcastle Building Society among those to introduce new restrictions, excluding smaller firms from conveyancing panels.
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NewsNegligence costs cap would hurt most vulnerable, say solicitors
Claims of up to £250,000 could be subject to a fee cap under plans being considered by the Department of Heath.
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NewsTop GC makes plea for gender quotas
‘If you really want to make change, you need a law,’ said Vodafone group general counsel.
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Insurer warns on phone fraud against firms
So-called ‘vishing’ frauds typically involve an individual phoning a firm’s cashier ‘to confirm recent transactions’.
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News‘Reserved powers’ model of Welsh devolution unworkable – report
Review commissioned by the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University and the Constitution Unit at University College London.
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NewsSeeing in the new legal year
A series of events took place last week to mark the Opening of the Legal Year, one of the most celebrated days in the legal calendar.
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Fasken Martineau seeking to reduce London headcount
International firm says up to 70 jobs could be affected by the restructure.
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NewsImmigration judge warns of dangers of ‘insensitive’ language
Appeal dismissed but tribunal stresses that judges should check the comments they make to litigants.