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NewsVirtual Pro Bono Week celebrates lawyer volunteers
This year’s theme is ‘Pro Bono: Through the pandemic and beyond’.
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NewsBLM movement inspires change in big firms
City firms set ambitious ethnicity targets in wake of Black Lives Matter protests.
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NewsCourts will be exempt from second lockdown
Judges and magistrates are urged to make full use of remote hearings but buildings will not close, lord chief justice says.
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NewsSQE candidates will face host of unresolved issues, junior lawyers claim
Junior Lawyers Division says several of its concerns remain wholly unaddressed.
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NewsHasty planning reform threatens the environment, says Society
Making sure that new laws are good laws will take time, Chancery Lane tells consultation.
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NewsMixed fortunes for City as BLM announces 71 job cuts
Other practices push ahead with salary reviews and partner pay-outs.
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News'Modern family' focus for new virtual firm
Online services and flexible operating hours will fill gap left by traditional firms, founders claim.
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NewsForces claims bill condemned as attack on independent legal profession
Law Society endorses parliamentary human rights committee's attack on 'inflammatory language'.
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NewsSupreme Court targets diverse candidates for bench
Lady Black of Derwent will retire in January 2021, leaving just one female judge.
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NewsCourt of Appeal rules solicitor was ‘winner’ in £50k costs battle
Latest ruling in dispute between two solicitors going back at least seven years.
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NewsJustice minister misses major legal aid evidence session
Solicitors warn that criminal legal aid is on the point of collapse.
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NewsLawyers denied CFA fees after failing to act in client’s best interests
Law firm had sought to recover fees after client did not authorise issue of any proceedings.
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NewsListed firm predicts rise of in-house chambers
DWF says in-house advocacy teams are more efficient than external barristers’ sets.
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NewsRegulator reads riot act to CMCs over spurious claims
Financial Conduct Authority says some claims management companies have poor understanding of sector.
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NewsEd Sheeran lawyers ticked off for ignoring Part 18 requests
Court also found no good reason for non-compliance despite lawyers being ill with Covid-19.
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NewsSQE: Student loan issues remain unresolved, says Law Society
SQE ‘will mark a big change in how aspiring solicitors begin their career in law’.
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NewsPI firm reaches out to insurers with ‘reform ready’ claims system
Minster Law says it will be ready to go from April 2021 with digital claims tool.
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NewsQuarter of headcount will be BAME by 2025, pledges Norton Rose Fulbright
International firm is latest to roll out ambitious ethnicity targets.
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NewsLitigation firm fined £21k for holding funds without instructions
Milberg Ltd allowed more than £3m to improperly pass through client account.
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NewsUnsecured creditors stand to lose £16.5m from Kingly closure
Law firm network was intervened into in August after a rapid period of expansion in recent years.