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NewsMerger fever reached record level in 2013
Top-100 firms rush to bolster their size and expand into new markets.
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News100-year sentences plan to dodge Euro ruling
Judges could sentence offenders for hundreds of years, to get round ban on whole-life terms with no right to review.
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NewsJK Rowling leak solicitor penalised by SRA
Action taken after law firm partner revealed author’s pseudonym.
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NewsScott-Moncrieff recognised in new year honours list
Former Law Society president receives award for services to legal aid.
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NewsLabour recruits Starmer to advise on ‘victims’ law’
Keir Starmer QC to chair victims' taskforce
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NewsABS progress in Ireland stalls after cabinet row
Law Society of Ireland chief urges country to wait and see what happens in England and Wales.
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NewsFirm caught up in ‘dishonesty’ probe confident of reopening
Harrogate firm applies for sole accreditation after regulatory action against related company.
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NewsSociety joins criticism of LLP tax plans
Concern at ‘unfeasibly tight deadline’ for plan to tax some LLP members as employees.
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NewsTrade union to partner law firm in ABS
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association to invest in Leeds-based Morrish LLP.
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NewsMusharraf’s judges reported to the UN
The UK legal team acting ‘in the interests’ of Pakistan former president Pervez Musharraf asked UN special rapporteurs to review ‘serious irregularities’ in his tribunal.
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NewsCity condemns statutory training guidance
City of London Law Society criticises LSB for dictating market demand.
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NewsHigh Court bucks Mitchell trend
Relief from sanctions granted after claimants went on holiday and could not sign documents.
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NewsPI lawyers propose 18% rise in hourly rates
APIL and the City of the London Law Society give their verdicts on call for evidence.
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NewsLSB extends practice rights for legal executives
CILEx members to be able to practise independently in litigation and immigration.
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NewsSRA shuts firm over dishonesty concerns
Two directors subject to action by the legal regulator.
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NewsTop-70 firms added to ABS roster
Two of the biggest firms yet are approved as alternative business structures.
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NewsGrayling set for rocky relationship with new minister
The new justice minister, Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes, has been outspoken critic of Grayling’s legal aid cuts.
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NewsUS entrant offers Twitter-style legal advice
Smartphone service promises to reach out to clients who have never contacted a lawyer before.
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NewsRegulation harming innovation – LSB research
Legal Services Board reports unease with current regulatory arrangements.