Last 3 months headlines – Page 427
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NewsLockdown legal advice in a good cause
Barrister’s crowdfunding page collects £25,000 for Law Centres Network.
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NewsFirms encouraged to join black interns initiative
Law Society joins programme aiming to offer work experience in 20 sectors where black people under-represented.
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News'Burn it': City solicitor faces contempt hearing over destroyed evidence
Court of Appeal grants Ocado permission to pursue proceedings against lawyer engaged by rival startup.
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News'Tremendous growth opportunities’: US firm acquires London practice
International practice Armstrong Teasdale has struck a deal with Kerman & Co, a commercial firm based in the capital.
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NewsInsurers urged to cut premiums after claims figures plummet
Motorists have yet to see industry fulfil pledge to pass on savings following pandemic-related fall in accident claims.
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NewsScrapped? HMCTS says Covid-19 operating hours 'under review'
Latest operational update suggests the controversial model is not dead yet.
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News£1m cost of advertising for claimants is not recoverable, judge rules
Solicitors leading litigation against British Airways must shoulder the costs of ’getting the business in’.
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NewsNews focus: Back to basics on protecting lawyers
Not associating lawyers with their clients is a UN basic principle, but this has not stopped the demonisation of those merely discharging their duties.
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NewsLaw firms ‘abusing training levy’
Law Society Council member accuses large firms of misusing apprenticeship levy to fund traditional graduate training.
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NewsCourt interpreter firm lands contract extension
thebigword announces that its contract to provide courtroom services has been renewed for three years.
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NewsTunnel or funnel vision?
Sir Geoffrey Vos’s ‘direction of travel’ for an integrated online civil justice system has some obstacles lying in the way.
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NewsSFO ruling casts doubt over other foreign material, lawyers claim
Supreme Court ruled that the SFO cannot demand documents held outside the UK by a foreign company under the Criminal Justice Act 1987.
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NewsSupreme Court clips Serious Fraud Office's wings
SFO cannot require foreign companies to produce documents held outside the UK under Criminal Justice Act, court finds.
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NewsConveyancers need list of approved digital ID suppliers, Land Registry told
Law Society says solicitors do not have knowledge to know which product meets 'safe harbour' requirements.
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NewsCharity walks offer glimpse of Cumbrian paradise
Staff from Cumbria firm Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors take in stunning scenery in the name of charity.
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NewsBar Council warns of post-pandemic barrister shortfall
Number of pupillages registered with the Bar Standards Board fell by 35% last year to 386.
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NewsPoll: Covid pessimism confounded as law firms stay in profit
Grim outlook of last spring not reflected in a sector that has remained relatively buoyant.
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NewsPrivilege can be waived 'without express statement', High Court finds
Alan Edwards v TWM relates to the purchase of a freehold in an exclusive area of London.
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NewsFormer Cubism Law boss charged with misconduct by the SRA
Allegations relating to costs, improper transfers and a 2019 loan brought against Andrew Pena.