Last 3 months headlines – Page 248
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NewsBar Council makes 'special pleading' ahead of autumn statement
Mark Fenhalls KC says reversal of improved funding over last two years will cause irrevocable damage.
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NewsListed firm takes £7m hit on selling loss-making business
Ince Group says it wants to focus on legal service division and needs to dispose of subsidiary.
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NewsMilitant solicitors better than quiet quitters, Society tells MPs
Chancery Lane's justice chief says prospect of industrial action shows practitioners desperately want to continue doing legal aid work.
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NewsLegal aid: Firm paid £1,387 less than psychologist it instructed
House of Commons justice select committee hears directly from frontline solicitor on remuneration issues.
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NewsStruck-off solicitor may face civil restraint order after 'misconceived' appeal fails
Farid El Diwany must also pay £13,000 in costs to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsKPMG pays £5m to settle Quindell audit claim
Claim against PwC is still ongoing, Watchstone Group confirms.
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NewsNHS trust warns staff about solicitors 'coercing' vulnerable patients
Employees at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s alerted to alleged incidents of patients lacking capacity being pressured to sign documents.
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NewsBelsner: CoA orders £155,000 costs within two weeks
Costs mounting up against clients of costs recovery firm after Court of Appeal blow - but they are understood to be indemnified.
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NewsSRA plans for income-linked fines 'excessive and unjustified'
Law Society responds to regulator’s proposals to take solicitors’ means into account when setting penalties.
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NewsEx-Ince chief back in law after buying firm out of administration
London firm Child & Child subject to takeover by holding company after six-figure deal.
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NewsFormer City solicitor to head public law campaign group
Shameem Ahmad warns of looming 'legislative assault' as she prepares to join Public Law Project.
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NewsApprenticeship award for legal aid firm
Wilson Solicitors set up a scheme for graduates and school leavers last year.
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NewsBookkeeper banned over ‘dishonest’ £93,000 transfers
Section 43 means non-solicitor cannot be employed by a solicitor or within a legal practice.
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NewsLefty lawyer? Slovenia just voted for one
Pirc Musar is a partner with her own privacy law firm based in Ljubljana.
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NewsSolicitors to update MPs on legal aid crisis
The Law Society and Criminal Law Solicitors' Association will give evidence to the justice committee.
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NewsHacking victim retains anonymity in 'persons unknown' action
Judge agrees to withhold identity of company working on 'security-sensitive and highly classified projects of national significance'.
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NewsCourt thwarts 'fishing expedition' by Checkmylegalfees
Client cannot ask for information without putting forward evidence to support suspicions.
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NewsClaim reprieved from strike-out despite 'lamentable' conduct of case
Court finds that guidance on how to decide whether case should be struck out was not followed.
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NewsTwo more law firm mergers as sector consolidates
Firms in the Thames Valley and north-east announce tieups and growth plans.
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NewsNews focus: IBA 2022 - A letter from America
The cost-of-living crisis felt far removed from the lavish parties at the international bar conference, where delegates were reminded of the power and responsibility of working in the legal sector.