Headlines – Page 956
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NewsReport calls for higher fees to boost mediation
Mediation taskforce report calls for £100 rise in settlement fees for solicitors.
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NewsPEP rises 12% at Herbert Smith Freehills
HSF reveals profits of £232m and income of £800m in the firm’s first full-year results following its merger.
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NewsRegulator approves PII reform
SRA board says reduction in minimum cover to £500,000 would cut premiums by 5%.
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NewsPrison law legal aid appeal granted
Two charities have been granted permission to appeal the High Court’s dismissal of their challenge to cuts introduced last December.
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NewsProfits up 8% at Nabarro
International expansion played a key part in the firm’s strategy for 2013/14.
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NewsStudent Loans Company suspends misleading recovery letters
Letters included the phrase ‘we are instructed by our client’.
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NewsAllen & Overy posts ‘highest ever’ revenue and profit
Magic circle outfit makes hay from ‘more stable’ global markets.
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NewsFrench burqa ban upheld by European court
The ban, introduced in 2011, does not violate human rights laws.
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NewsNew European data protection law ‘on track’
UK certain to lose fight on form of new instrument, conference hears.
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News‘Fast-track’ patent highway to China opens
The UK partners with China’s State Intellectual Property Office to accelerate patent applications.
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NewsSimpson Millar begins post-buyout acquisition spree
The consumer firm, which became part of the Fairpoint Group last month, has snapped up Bristol-based Foster & Partners.
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NewsMedia take-down plans ditched
Proposals to enable the attorney general to order media organisations to remove online archive material creating a risk of contempt are abandoned.
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NewsProfits surge on record income at Clifford Chance
The magic circle firm says its bullish performance reflects an ‘uptick in the transactional markets’.
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NewsSRA braced for another big intervention
Compensation Fund contributions set to fall sharply, but regulator wary of pressure on reserves.
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NewsPeers back bill to make pre-nups binding
The bill introduced by Lady Deech amends the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
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NewsMoJ axes £127m IT project
Troubled project to join up the department’s back office systems will be outsourced to Steria.
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NewsResidence test breaches UN convention, say parliamentarians
The Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for the provision to be withdrawn ‘immediately’.
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NewsFoley ousts nine-year incumbent at Pinsent Masons
Richard Foley will replace senior partner Chris Mullen, responsible for the firm’s McGrigors merger.
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NewsGovernment tells Saatchi to amend innovation bill
Health minister Earl Howe gave broad support for the bill, which would lift liability restrictions for doctors who want to innovate in cancer treatments.
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NewsLegal Pride 2014 – image gallery
See pictures of the profession marching at Saturday’s flagship LGBT event.