Last 3 months headlines – Page 639
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NewsLiberty calls for ban on 'predictive policing'
Computer programs unfairly target over-policed communities and undermine community relations, says rights group.
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NewsHow to Passmore exams
SRA executive director Crispin Passmore has set up his own business helping law firms get their head around legal regulations.
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NewsOh, what shall I wear?
The European Patent Litigators Association puts its priorities in order: to wear a robe or not?
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NewsAddress this house
Unusual house names are surprisingly popular across the UK, so much so there exists an award dedicated to the most creative.
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NewsRecruitment opens for Diversity Access Scheme
Law Society initiative aims to support people facing exceptional obstacles to becoming a solicitor.
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NewsNews focus: A freelance life off the legal treadmill
More and more lawyers, attracted to the notion of not being tied to a particular practice while working flexibly, become consultants. As law firms are discovering, freelancers offer manifold benefits
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NewsPrice publication rules 'will drive down costs and quality'
Bellwether report suggests many solicitors see online publication requirements as a risk.
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NewsGCs tell firms: diversify or lose out
HP legal chief says tech giant’s ‘diversity holdback’ scheme is working as panel firms change behaviour.
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NewsPay trainees a 'fair' salary, Law Society urges
Law Society announces a 2.6% increase in recommended minimum salaries.
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NewsInce administrators to assess 'high level' of partner departures
Quantuma and Pinsent Masons say they understand that stakeholders wish to better understand the reasons for the administration.
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NewsCriminal bar 'incensed' over £93k salary for CPS posts
Criminal Bar Association chief says members are enduring 'hard slog with none of the benefits'.
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NewsPrice transparency: bar approves two-tier regime
Traditionally instructed barristers and chambers will escape requirement to publish price lists.
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NewsStrasbourg throws out Briton's Holocaust denial free speech claim
European Court of Human Rights backs German conviction for incitement to hatred.
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NewsSolicitor outraged after 11-year-old client detained in police cell
Law firm director questions why police did not issue a 'street bail' over malicious communications allegation.
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NewsBar still dominated by the privately educated
Latest diversity report also reveals statistics on female and BAME representation at the bar.
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NewsDone deal: Firm completes £10m Oxford signing
Enlarged practice expected to result in 30% profit margin.
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News'Lackadaisical' approach to case attacked by family judge
'Much embarrassment' as the wrong person was summoned in case involving baby's burns.
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NewsLitigation funder buoyant after acquisition
ME Group says it has completed deal to buy Quanta Capital and expects to announce further moves.
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NewsDWF to go ahead with £600m stock market float
International practice set to become the largest listed law firm.