Last 3 months headlines – Page 237
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NewsFormer Simmons & Simmons chief takes City role
City of London Law Society says Colin Passmore's appointment as chair comes at a time of 'significant evolution'.
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NewsTop-50 firm’s final accounts reveal plunge in profits
Insurance and dispute resolution specialist BLM was acquired by Clyde & Co last July.
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NewsNew data-sharing powers proposed for identity scheme
'Single sign-on and identity checking solution' will end the need to produce identity documents, Cabinet Office claims.
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NewsExperienced solicitor struck off for 12 acts of dishonesty
Manchester practitioner misled clients, moved funds without consent and created false time records.
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NewsCILEx regulator urged to obtain greater advocacy powers
Legal executives want to become Crown prosecutors without having to cross-qualify as solicitors.
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NewsCity seeks competitive edge in arbitration
City of London Law Society launches new committee to speak for arbitration practitioners.
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NewsInto the very long grass…
Royal commissions are traditionally a way to avoid tough decisions. Avoiding setting one up takes the tactic to a new level.
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NewsCriminal justice commission on indefinite hold
Staff appointed to the promised royal commission have been reassigned, the Gazette understands.
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NewsPI firm lost almost £8m ahead of restructuring
Simpson Millar says it now has the right model and teams in place to succeed.
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NewsSolicitor struck off after immigration clients misled for years
Tribunal finds solicitor failed to make applications leaving clients living unlawfully in the UK.
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NewsShearman & Sterling and Hogan Lovells respond to merger rumours
Combination would create a £3.43bn practice - comfortably inside the global top five.
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NewsScottish firm fails to avoid English negligence claim in jurisdiction appeal
Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness practice acted in unsuccessful Cornish wind farm planning application.
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NewsNew Year honours: OBEs for solicitor MP and child abuse campaigner
Limited recognition for lawyers in first honours list of King Charles' reign.
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NewsNew Year honours: MBE for inclusion champion
LGBTQ+ networking group for real estate professionals has grown to more than 1,000 members.
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NewsSlater and Gordon fined £82,000 for multiple historical breaches
SRA finds that dozens of clients with claims were left in the dark by previous owners.
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NewsJobs saved as big legal aid provider collapses into administration
Cartwright King acquired after a year in which the firm had to write off £625,000 in revenue.
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NewsFirst KC round for 70 years - just one solicitor makes the grade
Nine legal figures become honorary KCs - including professor Richard Susskind - as 2022 silk round is announced.
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NewsInce suspends share trading after account reporting delay
Shares plummet close to all-time low after latest missed deadline for publishing results.
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NewsGo-ahead for multi-billion pound Brazil dam claim - in 2024
Mrs Justice O’Farrell said it was time to make ‘substantive progress in determining dispute.’
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NewsContempt case against PI claimant given green light by court
Application succeeds despite judge admitting the delay in bringing it had been ‘significant’.