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NewsMore City secretaries facing redundancy
Dechert has offered voluntary redundancy to a ‘small number’ of secretarial staff, in a wave of City job losses.
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News£100m divorce award: judge rebuffs media pleas to publish judgment
Billionaire newspaper owner applied to court to keep details out of public domain.
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NewsLinklaters to elect its first female leader
Magic circle firm will choose a senior partner from an all-female shortlist for the first time in its 183-year history.
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News'Insane delusions': bitter wills dispute adjourned by court
Brother and sister are contesting the validity of two wills made by their late mother during 'a complex grief reaction'.
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NewsHundreds of Windrush victims waiting over a year for compensation
Home Office says holistic approach 'takes time but is ultimately beneficial’ to claimants.
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NewsFormer Irwin Mitchell duo fly solo
Emilie Cole and Shazia Khan say Covid-19 made them refocus and decide to set up a firm together.
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NewsCourts attrition crisis as £17,000-a-year ushers shun service
HMCTS admits problem with salaries as it struggles to hang on to staff.
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NewsInternational network buys stake in second UK law firm
ETL Global has purchased majority share of London firm and plans to rebrand.
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NewsCity firm loses cyber-snooping appeal
Stokoe Partnership Solicitors claims it has been subject to cyber attacks since taking on a high profile case.
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NewsFirms rebound after market shrinks by 4%
Gross legal product index finds stark discrepancies between the performance of different practice areas.
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NewsEuropean Commission deals blow to UK's Lugano hopes
Ultimate decision on UK’s accession lies in the hands of the European Council.
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NewsNew drive to liberalise India’s legal market
Foreign lawyers are currently banned from practising in India and there is no requalification system in place.
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NewsListed firm adds 138 fee earners with £11.5m acquisition
Knights continues to snap up businesses across different regions of England and Wales.
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News'Markedly inferior': Bar councils warn against virtual justice
Legal bodies issue joint statement warning against the wide-spread use of remote hearings.
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NewsFrance allows UK lawyers to keep practising post-Brexit
Paris confirms that UK solicitors are eligible for ‘foreign legal consultant’ status under new trade agreement.
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NewsNews focus: Post Office Horizon scandal - Where weren’t the lawyers?
There are calls for a full, judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office prosecution of former subpostmasters, with many wondering what role lawyers played in this miscarriage of justice.
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NewsRetired solicitors band together amid SIF closure ruin fears
Former practitioners form support group as they consider how best to respond to threat of being held liable for historical negligence claims.
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NewsSchillings dives into ‘deep web’ with US tech startup
Firm acquires stake in ‘social listening’ specialist Legendary to form part of its digital communications division.
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NewsDamning responses to Buckland's judicial review proposals
Lord chancellor told that the government has misunderstood the findings of Lord Faulks' review.
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NewsWomen lead the way in Ashurst promotion round
Fourteen lawyers have been appointed this month - all but three are women.