Last 3 months headlines – Page 884
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NewsNew legal firms set to top 1,000 this year
From 1 January to 31 July, 612 new business entities were authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsMagic circle: retention rates rise
At least eight in 10 trainees are being kept on at the magic circle this autumn.
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NewsIndemnity premiums 'down by up to 20%'
Industry experts report that unrated insurers have been priced out of the market because their rated competitors are offering similar deals.
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News focus: corruption and cooperation
The Serious Fraud Office believes deferred prosecution agreements could work ‘even in the most serious cases of financial misconduct’.
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NewsCriminal appeals warning for barristers
Barristers who are not trial counsel have been told to seek both the advice of legal representatives and ‘objective, independent evidence’.
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NewsSolicitor dismay over Munby care case comments
Family law group Resolution said Sir James Munby’s words could be misconstrued to suggest lawyers are making a ‘heap of money’.
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NewsRivals cry foul as MedCo giants create 70 shell companies
Big four players still registering multiple companies as choice of medical expert further restricted.
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NewsLitigation fund backs public interest cases
Woodsford Litigation Funding has become the first partner of venture to fund test cases.
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NewsRedundancies planned as firm flees Manchester HQ
Significant changes planned at Linder Myers three months after acquisition by Metamorph Law.
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NewsNepal torture acquittal raises universal jurisdiction fears
Prosecutors should not be deterred from bringing war crimes cases, solicitors say.
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NewsHMRC needs crack legal team and MoJ oversight – Labour
Labour party report calls for radical overhaul of the tax authority that would see it come within the remit of the MoJ or a panel of retired judges.
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NewsGive bereaved families legal aid for representation at inquests – chief coroner
HH Judge Peter Thornton QC says unnecessary inquests for DoLS deaths should also be removed.
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NewsChancery Lane hits out at code of conduct reform plan
SRA has failed to make a convincing case for two-tier code, Law Society says.
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NewsLandmark copyright judgment backs hyperlinks – with conditions
CJEU says links can be posted without copyright owner’s consent so long as not for financial gain.
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News£14bn damages claim filed against MasterCard
MasterCard says it intends to vigorously oppose the biggest collective action in history.
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NewsHillsborough lawyers unveil bill to hold authorities to account
Families of tragedy's victims back legislation setting out what is expected of those in power.
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NewsLand Registry sell-off dropped from infrastructure bill
Government says no decision has yet been taken on privatisation.
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NewsRocket Lawyer steams into European expansion
Online document provider announces continental plans four years after arriving in UK.