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NewsEmployees take ownership of employee ownership boutique
Postlethwaite Solicitors changes hands via employee ownership trust.
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NewsRestrictions on law firm staff who misappropriated funds
Regulator found two workers at different firms were dishonest.
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NewsYou should have read the CPR, judge tells litigant in person
Court turns down request to extend one-year limitation period applicable to libel claims.
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NewsSuper-regulator launches new workstreams with 9% budget rise
Access to justice, market analysis and consumer vulnerability are on the programme for 2023/24.
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NewsJudge warns of 'very strict criteria' for non-molestation orders
Significant increase in applications for orders since pandemic, says judge.
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NewsNews focus: LASPO at 10 - can the damage be undone?
Ten years on from the implementation of LASPO, legal aid practitioners continue to bemoan its impact on clients and society. Has the time come for an NHS-style National Legal Service?
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NewsAccountant granted injunction over hacking blackmail
Application approved following a private hearing without notice concerning ‘ongoing incident’.
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NewsSRA set to cap fees for handling mis-selling claims
Regulator says new fees will protect consumers and ensure work is still viable.
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NewsAcquisition creates southern England 'superset'
Pump Court Chambers expands to Canterbury in latest consolidation.
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NewsManager who faked solicitor's signature banned from profession
Birmingham firm was shut down by SRA over owner's suspected dishonesty.
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NewsLASPO turns 10: Legal aid deserts expanding
Law Society publishes maps highlighting ‘vanishing availability’ of legal aid since the act, which took effect 10 years ago tomorrow, took numerous areas out of scope.
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NewsSolicitor who misled clients 'to avoid a can of worms' struck off
Essex practitioner had sent the wrong form out but wrongly blamed it on a new process.
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NewsRemote hearings have 'no wider impacts' on outcomes: official
Ministry of Justice evaluation finds 'little meaningful differences' between remote and in-person hearings in the Crown court.
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NewsJail for ex-solicitor who gave 'false hopes' to litigants
Struck-off solicitor who breached an order restraining him from ‘issuing claims on behalf of others’ is found in contempt.
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NewsCorporate criminal liability reform still on agenda, government insists
Three-year economic crime plan includes initiatives to share data and tackle offences involving cryptoassets.
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NewsLinklaters meets new woman partner target
Magic circle firm elects 41 new partners, including 16 in London.
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NewsBhatia cleared of discrimination against pregnant employee
Former president of Nottinghamshire Law Society reprimanded for notification failure.
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NewsGLD pay gap report reveals bonus divergence
Gender pay gap tilts marginally in favour of women but bonus pay gap tilts favourably towards men.
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NewsExtend tax break to legal firms - Law Society
Solicitors currently expected to miss out on three-year scheme to claim back tax on investment in equipment.
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NewsJudge blasts family solicitor's 'expensive and pointless' action
Court’s ruling suggests wife was ‘steered’ into making a costly and unsuccessful application.