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SRA falling short on calls target
The SRA has admitted answering just 7% of calls to its contact centre within a minute during July.
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NewsHundreds on the edge as PII renewal date looms
Premiums volatile as the clock ticks down to 1 October renewal date.
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MEPs approve market abuse regulation
Companies convicted of market abuse could be fined up to 15% of their turnover under European rules
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Ministers offer costs protection for defamation victims of ‘modest means’
Government proposes to implement Leveson proposals on qualified one-way costs shifting.
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NewsHong Kong ponders ABS model
Hong Kong is considering introducing an alternative business structure model similar to that of the UK.
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NewsJudge allows veiled woman to enter a plea
A woman wearing a niqab has been allowed to plead not guilty after a police officer identified her in private.
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Lehman administration racks up £2.5bn services bill
Professional services firms have billed more than £1.9bn to wind up investment bank Lehman.
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NewsMergers help top 100 return to double-digit growth
Mergers drove a double-digit increase in turnover across the top 100 firms.
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NewsMPs condemn 'tortuous' inchoate offence law
Offences of encouraging and assisting crimes are too ‘complex and difficult’ for lawyers.
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NewsVaz agrees to delay naming law firms linked to rogue investigators
Publication of law firms linked to rogue private investigators will be delayed by at least two weeks, MPs have confirmed.
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NewsTax advisers relaxed over director’s ‘duty’ opinion
A legal opinion stating that company directors have no fiduciary duty to avoid tax is unlikely to change corporate behaviour.
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Grant: government has 'appetite' for regulation reform
Justice minister Helen Grant insists that the government is committed to reviewing legal services regulation.
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NewsScotland’s ‘Jackson’ proposes DBAs and QOCS
A review of civil litigation funding in Scotland has drawn many of the same conclusions as Jackson LJ.
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In-house lawyers aim for the board
The aspirations of in-house lawyers to become board directors are growing.
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NewsLawyers scupper EU financial transaction tax
European Union lawyers have vetoed a controversial new tax that would have imposed levies on financial transactions.
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LSB abolition not in public interest, says CILEx
Legal executives respond to the legal services regulation consultation
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NewsSRA to create consumer-facing website
Legal Choices, a website aimed at consumers, will go live in the autumn.
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NewsMaclay Murray & Spens cuts 28 jobs
Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens confirms that 28 jobs have gone in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.
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NewsCriminal bar issues legal challenge to QASA
The Criminal Bar Association has issued a legal challenge to the decision to press ahead with quality assurance scheme.