Headlines – Page 187
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NewsRetired solicitor lambasted for 'snoring' during evidence
Judge pointed out to representative eight times that he was asking leading questions.
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NewsAgreement brings Indian market opening a step closer
Breakthrough memorandum of understanding signed with the Bar Council of India.
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NewsFirms focus on organic growth as M&A appetite declines
Latest bellwether study reveals small firms and sole practitioners to be less bullish than in 2021.
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NewsPrince Harry gives evidence at the Rolls Building
The Duke of Sussex has become the first senior royal since the 19th century to give evidence in court.
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NewsFirm targets expansion with £3.25m investment
Private equity investor BGF adds to its roster of legal businesses with dispute resolution specialist.
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NewsGray’s Inn ‘explosives’: accused businessman to give evidence
Defence opens in Old Bailey trial centered on two ‘devices’ placed in the legal heart of London.
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NewsHSF replaced as Post Office lawyers to Horizon inquiry
Post Office says decision was made long before the firm's referral to the SRA.
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NewsHarry's no-show at the High Court
Media descend on the Rolls Building to see the Duke of Sussex give evidence in phone-hacking trial.
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NewsStrasbourg 'had no jurisdiction' to block Rwanda flight
Court is acting beyond the scope of the human rights convention, thinktank Policy Exchange argues.
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NewsPI firm liquidated as financial pressures hit sector
Derbyshire firm thrived in the era before the Jackson reforms but had been in decline ever since.
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NewsFamily lawyers urged to help pro bono clinics
Solicitor volunteers say legal advice centres are receiving more enquiries than they can handle.
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NewsSRA chief: 'complex' factors causing ethnicity attainment gap
Regulator publishes first phase of research to understand differences in exam outcomes.
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NewsManchester firm self-reports to SRA despite judge backing senior partner
Allegation made that Pannone solicitor 'knowingly participated' in alleged misleading of litigant.
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NewsCrowdfunding aspiring barrister ‘gobsmacked’ by legal sector response
Mature student has already secured a full-time pupillage but sought help online for funding.
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NewsBar chief uneasy with lawyers acting as 'ethical gatekeepers'
Nick Vineall KC speaks out against growing efforts to impose a public interest consideration.
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NewsFCA chief vows to withstand lawyers' 'aggressive diversionary tactics'
Joint executive director of enforcement questions what using ‘skills to block an inquiry’ will achieve.
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NewsTroubled firm put up for sale after investor talks collapse
Plexus Law says funding agreed to support the business has now been withdrawn.
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NewsMother sues firm after solicitor son took his own life
London solicitor died within days of finding out he was being made redundant.
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NewsMigration bill amendment modifies judicial 'safeguard'
Lord chancellor would be granted power to make tribunal procedure rules so government can keep to desired timetable.
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NewsLegal funder's clear-up costs mount as director fails to cooperate
Administrators also bogged down dealing with thousands of Affiniti-backed client matters.