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NewsFirst4Lawyers expands beyond personal injury claims
PI market not enough for claims management company and market leader.
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NewsFirm places 80 legal secretaries at risk of redundancy
Parabis Group says services need to be centralised to ensure ‘maximum efficiency’.
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NewsProfits surge at smaller Scottish firms
PEP rises by £10,000 at practices with 2-4 partners, but the bigger firms have it tougher.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency ‘in denial’ over online billing system
Association of Costs Lawyers publishes report detailing problems that need to be fixed before national rollout.
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NewsEurope to harmonise copyright laws
The European Commission has published details of its plans to reform copyright law as part of an initiative to create a ‘digital single market’.
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NewsDoctors’ union to offer cut-price legal help through ABS
British Medical Association works alongside NewLaw and other law firms to supply full-service package.
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NewsCriminal bar to vote on direct action
Practitioners asked if they would support ‘days of action’ against new legal aid provider scheme.
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NewsMcKenzie friend’s ignorance used by ‘unrepentant’ ex-barrister
Former barrister subject to arrest for contempt is fighting ‘tooth and nail’ to avoid paying £1.16m confiscation order, judge rules.
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NewsNews UK appoints new in-house chief
Emma Moloney has been interim general counsel since September 2014.
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NewsLitigation funder pledges £200m for new cases
Third-party litigation funder says money will ‘transform’ the market.
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NewsLabour promises cuts reversal for domestic violence victims
Party says it will increase victim surcharge to return funding back to pre-April 2013 levels.
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Suspended solicitor convicted over immigration advice
District judge said Flora Mendes had ‘left a trail of destruction towards vulnerable people she left in her wake’.
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NewsLegal ‘iPlayer’ as Supreme Court launches on-demand video service
The UK Supreme Court hopes the initiative will serve as an educational tool for lawyers and law students.
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NewsSolicitor opts for bar over SRA in search of ‘stability’
Mark Johnson opted to license his business as a single-person bar entity because he values a more stable insurance market.
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NewsMoJ warned of challenges to legal aid plans
Firms had until midday to submit bids for 527 four-year duty provider contracts.
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NewsCouncil brings more legal work in-house
The London Borough of Islington will handle its own insurance legal work from August.
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NewsCitizens Advice branch trials ‘half-price’ legal help
Gateshead CAB Enterprises has created Job Law in response to demand for employment help.
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South Korea legal liberalisation move
Draft bill proposes the amendments as the Ministry of Justice in Seoul implements the third stage of legal services provisions.
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NewsMore lawyers on parade
The headcount of Army Legal Services has more than doubled in the past 30 years.
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Chief coroner retained
Peter Thornton QC, the first chief coroner, has been reappointed for a further year.