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NewsDon’t ‘tinker’ with legal regulation – Townsend
The government is reviewing legal regulation and expects to make an announcement later this year.
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NewsWomen in leadership a ‘priority’ at City law firm
‘Women are under-represented in all sectors at senior levels,’ says incoming joint chief executive.
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McKenzie friends ‘valuable’ in court
Recent legal aid cuts have added to the emerging presence of paid advisers to litigants in person.
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NewsChina’s rule of law called into question
Doubts cast after the imprisonment of legal scholar Xu Zhiyong.
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NewsTSol signs up to diversity
TSol, the UK’s largest in-house legal department, is the 400th signatory to the charter and the first government department on the list.
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Pauline Thompson obituary
Pauline Thompson, a member of the Law Society’s mental health and disability committee from 2005-2012, died of cancer on 13 January.
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New JLD chair
Sophia Dirir, senior lawyer at charity Action for Children, has been elected as chair of the Junior Lawyers Division. Dirir said key areas the division will be campaigning on this year include the scarcity of training contracts and pressures to over-specialise at an early career stage. Dirir said the current ...
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Society warning on LLP tax reform
Critics of the measures say they will put UK-based partnerships at a disadvantage and could even imperil the City.
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Firm merger activity heats up
Merger activity hotted up in the second half of 2013, according to figures published by the Law Consultancy Network. The eighth six-monthly survey by Andrew Otterburn showed 24% of firms had merged in the second half of the year, compared with 18% in the first six months.
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Quality mark for restorative practice
The Restorative Justice Council has published national standards and a quality mark for restorative practice to increase confidence in the process of bringing offenders into communication with those harmed by their crimes. The restorative justice quality mark, backed by the Ministry of Justice, requires organisations to meet six standards. ...
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NewsIrwin Mitchell earned and borrowed more in 2013
Accounts show turnover and profit increasing at Yorkshire-based firm.
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NewsAccountancy giant enters legal market with ABS status
PwC Legal will become a seperate entity within PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Minster Law owner makes deal with insurance firm
Five-tear agreement with Towergate to handle claims for thousands of customers.
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NewsDirect Line secures ABS licence
Insurance giant links up with law firm to offer legal services to customers and non-customers.
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NewsVara backs LASPO to apply to mesothelioma claims
Minister refuses to back down from decision to apply no win, no fee changes from July.
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NewsFirms face BYOD security threat
Almost half of firms are lack ’bring your own device’ policies, research suggests.
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‘Agile working’ the key to future legal sector
Report predicts radical changes to the way lawyers and law firms work in future.
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NewsCity lawyers warn fees increase will drive away litigants
City of London Law Society unhappy with government proposals for a rise in fees for parties in commercial disputes.
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NewsTreasury stumps up extra cash for fraud
The Serious Fraud Office has applied for £19m emergency funding to tide it over to the end of its financial year.