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NewsCo-op Legal back in profit, quits legal aid
Business posts £700k surplus for 2015 despite reduced income for the year.
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NewsScots voice ‘forum-shopping’ fear over employment claims
The Scottish government is committed to abolishing tribunal fees – a move that could have repercussions for jurisdictional choice.
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NewsShared privilege threat at forefront of Anglo-French bar tie-up
Lawyers' leaders share concerns about government attacks on client confidentiality.
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NewsCommercial pressures could lower quality, bar regulator warns
Pressure to win business could lead barristers to compromise ethical principles, according to the BSB.
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NewsMagic circle firm to build ‘global centre’
London-headquartered Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer says new hub in the works following client demand.
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NewsRevealed: Slater and Gordon’s UK shakeup plan
City centre office closures ahead as Australia-listed firm battles to recover from £493m losses.
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NewsNew wave of council ABSs expected
Essex Legal Services has been granted a licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsCyber-criminals alarm insurers as law firms lose £85m
Major insurer speaks out over the increasing frequency of cyber-attacks on law firms.
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NewsConveyancers predict record March transactions
Higher rates of stamp duty for additional properties came into force on 1 April.
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NewsBar ‘entity’ model points to ‘fused’ profession
Owners of two of the latest BSB-regulated entities claim the two branches of the profession are slowly converging.
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NewsCourt lenient over seven-day delay in filing costs budget
Appeal hearing cites Mitchell and Denton as courts grapple with treatment of non-compliance with orders.
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NewsLocal authority turns to private practice for support
Coventry City Council becomes 100th member of legal consortium EM LawShare.
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NewsFixed-fee firms offering cheaper service, LSB finds
Oversight regulator wants more firms to publish fees on their websites – and finds big variations in amounts charged.
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NewsNew flood protections give rise to conveyancing fears
Flood Re, a national scheme to support the highest-risk homes, went live today.
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NewsM&A hack attack on 48 elite law firms
Security experts have long warned that law firms are seen as a ‘weak link’ in the chain of secrecy.
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NewsGazette website hits 2m views a month
The Gazette has the largest ABC-certified readership in the UK legal press.
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NewsChinese lawyer shortlisted for freedom of speech award
Pu Zhiqiang was convicted last December of ‘creating disturbances’.
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NewsSlater and Gordon tight-lipped after presenting business plan
Lenders could call in outstanding debts by April 2017.
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NewsNon-collection rates for criminal courts charge revealed
Just one-fifth of earliest charges imposed were paid back within six months, MoJ reports.
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News‘Tribal’ culture eroding faith in legal process – bar regulator
The complex language used at the bar can leave clients struggling, Bar Standards Board report says.