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NewsRocket Lawyer steams into European expansion
Online document provider announces continental plans four years after arriving in UK.
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NewsBar takes next step towards ABS licensing
Regulator tenders for intervention agents ahead of formal approval as licensing body.
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NewsLiz Truss fields first questions as justice secretary
Lord chancellor tight-lipped on Human Rights Act reform in parliamentary questions session.
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NewsDentons sets up shop in Tehran
Global firm announces association with local practice in response to client demand.
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NewsBar Council criticises ‘burdensome’ CPD scheme
Proposals ‘bear little relevance to the requirements of practice’.
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NewsLaw centres to challenge rights helpline contract
Government contract to operate Equality Advisory and Support Service helpline expires at the end of this month.
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NewsLegal representation in care proceedings under review
Sir James Munby says resources are unlikely to increase to deal with expected rise in care cases.
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NewsSME adviser branches into legal services
Leonard Curtis Legal to offer fixed fees ‘wherever possible’.
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NewsSRA sanctions lawyer convicted of distributing indecent images
Stephen Coleclough must notify Solicitors Regulation Authority of any future work.
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NewsLaw chief calls for ‘culture of responsibility’ on business crime
Attorney general outlines government vision for extending offence of ‘failure to prevent’.
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NewsLaw Society of Scotland rolls out red carpet to non-solicitors
Students and graduates welcomed as first category of affiliate members.
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NewsNHSLA tests in-house working to cut £120m defence costs
In-house litigation team was established earlier this year and is running as a 12-month pilot.
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NewsNews focus: tax laws and the Finance Bill
A clampdown on tax avoidance could target advisers, but critics warn that the proposals go too far and may end up capturing traditionally accepted tax planning.
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NewsPublic misconduct offence in need of reform
Law Commission says common law fails to define 'misconduct' and 'public office'.
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NewsCity law firm successfully pilots AI technology
Reed Smith plans to use innovative software more widely, insisting lawyers will always be needed.
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NewsWomen and BAME hopefuls offered coaching to reach judiciary
Programme will involve intensive one-day workshop and the chance to shadow a judge in the High Court.
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NewsLeading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’
Management consultancy Edward Drummond says bigger practices are ‘aggresively meritocratic’.
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News‘Bureaucratic’ gateway blocks access to discrimination advice
Islington Law Centre says applicants need legal advice just to make the initial call about their case.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens China hub
International firm extends its alternative legal services offering.