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NewsLegal services boom has peaked - official
Sector revenues are falling after rising to unprecedented highs amid the pandemic, ONS figures show.
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NewsMishcon spent almost £12m on shelved IPO
London firm spent £11.7m on planned flotation in year ending 9 April, audited results show.
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NewsProfits slide at HFW as 'normality' returns
International firm posts 1% drop in turnover and decline in net profit.
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News'Closed-door' court process criticised after Everard vigil prosecutions dropped
Crown Prosecution Service says legal test for prosecuting people who attended vigil for Sarah Everard was not met.
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NewsDamning Gerrard ruling sent to SRA
Mr Justice Waksman says he is ‘not sending [the ruling] in relation to Dechert as a firm’.
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NewsCourt of Appeal to consider crypto ‘duty of care’
Issue is 'of considerable importance', Lady Justice Andrews rules in litigation involving bitcoin entrepreneur Dr Craig Wright.
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NewsStarmer fails to back bar strike
Robert Rinder grills Labour leader on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
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NewsPossession figures suggest 'significant wave of homelessness' looms
Latest quarterly figures published by Ministry of Justice show number of mortgage and landlord claims continuing to rise.
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NewsMills & Reeve staff share £2.4m bonus pool after ‘strong’ results
National firm saw turnover increase by 5.5% to a record £131.2m last year.
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NewsSDT strikes off fewer solicitors as case costs increase
Tribunal also considered moving out of London, annual report reveals.
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NewsMagistrates' court staff vote to strike over Common Platform
PCS union warns of ‘significant, targeted and sustained industrial action’.
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NewsFirm predicts 1,000 clients may join gender identity clinic claim
Clinic set to close after criticism over quality controls for new treatments.
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NewsEarning her Spurs: Meet the woman who combined law with top-flight football
Chloe Morgan built a successful legal career while keeping goal at the highest level of the women's game.
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NewsLawtech chief signals new direction with funding boost
Next phase of LawtechUK initiative will focus on access to justice with £4m from MoJ.
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NewsCrown court backlog edges up further
Figures published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service show outstanding cases rising for third consecutive month.
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News‘Get-rich-quick’ scheme: ‘egregious’ Axiom fraud left investors with nothing
Timothy Schools, 61, branded ‘utterly dishonest man’ by Judge Martin Beddoe today.
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NewsUS law firm profits hit by soaring wage costs as deals dip
Overheads are surging after falling to record lows at the height of the pandemic.
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News‘Utterly dishonest’ Axiom fund solicitor jailed for fraud
Timothy Schools, 61, sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 14 years in prison.
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NewsReforms of judicial discipline 'don't go far enough'
Support network for judges bemoans lack of independent review and anti-bullying code.
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NewsFirm raids rival for first ever ‘director of transformation’
Karen Peskett-Hall has been involved with bringing innovation to legal sector for more than a decade.