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NewsFirms unite to meet demand from international insurance clients
DAC Beachcroft in alliance with German, US and Australian counterparts.
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NewsLib Dem lawyers to fight Brexit ‘coup d’etat’
In run-up to Supreme Court verdict ‘Justice, Democracy and Europe’ group questions legitimacy of June referendum.
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NewsReed Smith takes team of 50 from collapsed KWM
International firm hires team of partners associates and trainees.
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NewsEconomists say PI reforms will put 35,000 jobs at risk
Research commissioned by claimant campaign group says lawyers, insurers and medical companies will all be under threat.
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NewsMunby: video-links in family courts ‘a disgrace’
Family division president says reforms will not work without better court equipment.
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NewsBrexit prompts corporate merger first
Commercial Court clears the way for UK companies to be absorbed by European subsidiaries as they restructure in response to referendum – reverse merger 'the first of many'.
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NewsLASPO review welcomed – but Society repeats advice ‘deserts’ concerns
MoJ plans to submit a post-legislative memorandum on legal aid reforms to the justice select committee.
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'Don’t put consumers at risk', Society tells CMA
President Robert Bourns spoke at the London School of Economics.
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NewsCity group calls for ‘bespoke’ UK-EU deal
Report into proposed Brexit deal released by International Regulatory Strategy Group and Hogan Lovells.
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News‘Para-law’ firm boasts of bypassing solicitors
Legal Case Management says it can hive off the bulk of case work to ‘skilled, unregulated paralegals’.
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NewsInsurers lose High Court discount rate challenge
ABI accuses the government of ‘caving in’ to the demands of personal injury lawyers.
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NewsJudge and ex-lover guilty of law firm fraud
Simon Kenny and Emma Coates used client money at CK Solicitors to fund luxurious lifestyle.
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NewsAppeals campaign calls for open justice
UK lags behind US in making court transcripts available, says Centre for Criminal Appeals.
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NewsTruss: we won’t forget legal profession in Brexit talks
Justice secretary hears concerns of leading City firms.
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NewsSupreme Court? Millions have never heard of it, university study claims
University of East Anglia says only a third of UK adults are ‘familiar’ with court.
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NewsLaw firm rescue saves 44 jobs – but creditors could lose £3m
Carter Law placed into liquidation and remains of the firm bought by former director.
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NewsLaw firms dominate Stonewall ranking of inclusive employers
Practices and individuals praised for their contribution to promoting LGBT issues in the workplace.
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NewsNews focus: from billion-dollar firm to administration – what went wrong at KWM
Firm slipped into administration yesterday following months of uncertainty.
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KWM to retain European presence after going under
Firm confirms seven partners will remain in London following collapse of European arm.
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NewsJudge’s Turkey detention could set genocide organiser free
International tribunal is struggling to resolve an impasse over the jailing of a judge by the government of Turkey.