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NewsFormer Cobbetts partner speaks out
Andrew Wright is the failed firm’s biggest individual creditor, and says he was ‘treated very poorly’.
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NewsTop-40 PEP growth into double figures
Results show firms are ‘making concerted effort to become more efficient’.
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NewsNews focus: revised Mitchell guidance
Solicitors welcome ‘commonsense’ guidance on relief from sanction.
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Caplen pledge over access to justice
New Law Society president wants the Society to ‘refocus’ on key areas.
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Solicitor to lead Chancery set
Fiona Fitzgerald is the new chief executive at Radcliffe Chambers, in London’s Lincoln’s Inn.
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NewsS&G’s £500k project pledge
Money will fund projects to improve care for people diagnosed with work-related disease or who have suffered a catastrophic brain or spinal injury.
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Pre-nups on the rise
Irwin Mitchell says the rise reflects a trend for second or third marriages.
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NewsInternational friendly
Networking at a Chancery Lane event before the Law Society’s international marketplace conference.
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Data sharing ‘confusion’
The Law Commission wants the laws on how public bodies share data to be modernised.
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NewsSlater & Gordon offers one million shares to employees
Listed Australian firm Slater & Gordon has unveiled a new employee share scheme available for all UK staff.
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NewsSociety warns against emergency data legislation
The UK is in danger of becoming a ‘surveillance society’, the Law Society has warned.
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News‘Unprecedented’ clinical negligence claims as PI firms migrate
NHS Litigation Authority says new claims have shot up with some firms charging ‘excessive’ costs.
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NewsResidence test for civil aid survives Commons vote
Twelve-month residence test could ‘destroy’ civil legal aid, lawyers warn.
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NewsRecord £1m fine is new blow to Land Registry
Agency penalised for engaging interim finance director off-payroll.
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NewsCity firms offer pro-bono help for FCA cases
Pilot scheme organised through the Financial Service Lawyers Association.
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NewsCriminal solicitor groups mull Society’s ‘generous offer’
CLSA and LCCSA will take advice on offer of mediation assistance and backing for JR if this fails.
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NewsHealth check shows impact of cuts at CPS
Inspectorate report reveals inadequate case progression and preparation.
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NewsMerger activity cools among smaller firms
The ninth in a series of six-monthly surveys shows a decline in the number of mergers and in the firms expecting to merge in the coming year.
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NewsCobbetts administration costs top £1m as creditors wait
To date, £3.9m has been received as part of the sale of the business and certain assets.