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NewsCriminal bar cautiously backs cameras in more courts
Victims' Commissioner told a Sunday newspaper that filming could make barristers less aggressive.
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NewsFirm hire: Phil Morrison becomes head of Clarion construction team
Phil Morrison has been appointed as head of Clarion’s new construction team; he is the fourth partner to join the firm’s fast-growing property practice. With over 25 years’ experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters, Morrison joins from Shulmans where he was head of construction for the last five years. ...
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LSB to monitor advocacy standards as QASA is finally killed off
Oversight regulator approves application to remove QASA from BSB handbook.
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NewsBrexit: City firms flock to Ireland (but not literally)
Solicitors are applying to join the roll but only one is opening a new office in Dublin.
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NewsSolicitor Gemma shows her iron resolve
Obiter cannot imagine how some lawyers find the time to fit extra-curricular activities around their hectic work life. Given it is sometimes a struggle to find time to do the laundry post or pre-work it is always impressive when news reaches us of a solicitor who has completed the London ...
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NewsSociety urges City watchdog to probe conveyancing panels
Chancery Lane says strict panel membership criteria stifle consumer choice and warrant further investigation.
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NewsSolicitor welcomes London mayor's call for new inquest into child's death
Hodge Jones & Allen partner Jocelyn Cockburn says Ella Kissi-Debrah's human rights may have been breached over the government's failure to act on air pollution.
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NewsTop-200 law firm insurer quits market – with ‘frightening’ consequences
Libra Managers will cease to write new business from 1 October, citing ‘unsustainable’ market conditions.
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SFO criticised after pulling 'intimidatory' arrest warrant
Fraud office issued arrest warrant only last month
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NewsGovernment gets tough on family financial orders
Justice minister Lucy Frazer admits the current system is open to exploitation and leaves people without legal representation vulnerable.
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NewsBar accused of double standards after top QC hits out at solicitor-advocates
Scotland’s Faculty of Advocates is seeking a review of internal instructions by law firms.
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NewsFirm hire: Kirkpatrick is partner at HRC Law
Paul Kirkpatrick Paul Kirkpatrick, partner, HRC Law, Manchester Paul Kirkpatrick has joined Manchester-based commercial firm HRC Law as a new partner in its commercial dispute resolution team. Joining from national law firm Shoosmiths, where he was partner and led a team of 10, Kirkpatrick will work with ...
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NewsMistrust endemic between PI lawyers, relatives and case managers
Research reveals perception of poor standards from all sides of the process for managing seriously injured people.
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NewsDirect access serial offender finally gets permanent ban
Barrister Oliver White had been suspended multiple times.
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NewsFirm hire: Carla Brown rejoins Ellis Jones
Carla Brown Carla Brown, Ellis Jones Solicitors South Coast law firm Ellis Jones Solicitors has bolstered its wills, trusts and probate department with the appointment of new partner Carla Brown and her team. Brown rejoins the firm, where she worked between 2005 and 2009, as head of ...
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News£60,000 trainees: US firm breaks new ground
Davis Polk’s move is latest example of US firms increasing pressure on UK counterparts.
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NewsBBC calls on government to clarify privacy law
Appeal against Sir Cliff Richard judgment ’would be unsatisfactory means of addressing the issues’, broadcaster says.
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NewsFirm hire: Nazia Bashir at Irwin Mitchell
Nazia Bashir Sarah Philips and Nazia Bashir, Irwin Mitchell National firm Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth has recruited solicitor Nazia Bashir to its tax, trusts and estates team in its Newbury office. Bashir, who qualified in 2016, is an expert in advising on wills, powers of attorney and ...
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