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NewsCity law firm hopes to raise £43m from record IPO
Rosenblatt aims to surpass Gateley in largest IPO ever made by a UK law firm.
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NewsLeigh Day prepares Windrush group action
Human rights firm it is waiting to hear more about the government's compensation scheme.
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News'Nothing to lose': Bar ponders no returns policy to escalate protest
About 100 chambers are already refusing new work and the bar’s mood is hardening as the Ministry of Justice stands firm.
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NewsSolicitor campaigns to make mental health 'first-aiders' compulsory
Jodie Hill has launched a petition pointing to the anomaly that staff are trained in physical first aid only.
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NewsSenior presiding judge issues guidance on bar boycott
Lady Justice Macur says there should be no suggestion the judiciary are 'anything other than neutral' in the dispute between the profession and the government.
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NewsUnion hits out as courts shakeup threatens 6,500 jobs
Documents issued by the judiciary also shed further light on the future of the government's flexible courts hours plans.
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News'Brexit lawyer' David Greene set to be Law Society president in 2020
Edwin Coe solicitor is widely known for representing one of the claimants in the Brexit litigation.
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NewsAshurst puts dozens of secretary jobs at risk
City firm says the way legal work is undertaken has changed considerably.
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NewsLying claimant found in contempt left £5k out of pocket after seeking £837k
Clinical negligence victim found in contempt of court after case brought by hospital trust.
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NewsReject data contracts with solicitor firms, bar told
Bar Council advises self employed barristers they are not mere sub-contractors - and therefore not data processors under new GDPR regime.
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NewsGermans better prepared for Brexit than UK lawyers
Just 23% of UK lawyers believe workload will increase, compared to 64% of European lawyers.
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NewsSociety alarm over virtual disappearance of immigration legal aid cases
Law Society president Joe Egan says Windrush scandal illustrates how easily people can fall foul of complex rules.
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NewsQuoted firm rapped by judge for 'breathtakingly rude' correspondence will face no action
Keystone Law tells stock exchange it will not face disciplinary action over handling of litigation.
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NewsDefence handed 17,000 pages of material on first day of trial
Commons justice committee hears of the disclosure mountain practitioners have to climb for low - or no - pay.
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NewsCourt finds no good reason for another look at claimant's budget
Judge finds individually ‘unreasonable’ items become reasonable if overall budget is within limits.
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NewsFirms embrace more relaxed rules on reporting accounts issues
Research finds firms are adapting to the new regime created by the SRA three years ago.
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NewsNeglectful solicitor who left her mother to die is jailed
Prosecutor says case was the worst example of neglect they had come across.
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NewsProfessionals to foot entire bill for AML quango
Regulator rebuffs calls for Office of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision to be funded from general taxation.
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NewsSRA intervenes after immigration expert jailed for ID conspiracy
South London firm shut down and intervening agent appointed by regulator.
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NewsPwC aims to push diversity with pro-bono initiative
Professional services firm says it hopes collaboration will provide opportunity for students from underepresented groups.