Last 3 months headlines – Page 933
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NewsAddleshaw-Maclays merger ‘is off’
Following speculation that it was planning a tieup with Addleshaw Goddard, Maclays has confirmed it is not currently talking to any firm.
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NewsEY hooks technology chief from Wragges
Firm's tech sector boss Richard Goold will join the big four outfit as a partner.
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NewsEU deal ‘will not be legally binding’
Brexit campaign group says ECJ will only accept ratified treaty change over Britain’s renegotiation.
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NewsImmigration lawyers fail with challenge to secret evidence
Association claimed rule on undisclosed evidence was unfair, but nevertheless welcomes ‘helpful clarification’.
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News‘Yet another man’ – lawyers rap FTSE gender initiative
Sir Philip Hampton is to lead independent review on increasing female representation at executive level of FTSE 350 companies.
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NewsLicensed conveyancers outline growth strategy
Specialist regulator the CLC is focusing on education reform and will review its fees.
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NewsNew caps on financial claim fees
Some CMCs charge 40% of the compensation award. ‘This has got to stop,’ says justice minister.
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NewsFinancier enters UK pledging £50m for PI firms
Company claims to be Canada’s leading law firm financier and to have supported more than 750 practices back home.
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NewsLaw Society calls for single legal regulator
Chancery Lane supports ‘holistic’ regulation of all providers of legal services by a single regulator.
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NewsCall for level playing field over legal aid ‘goodwill gesture’
LAA tells firms that successfully bid for contracts that they are eligible to join additional duty schemes from 1 April.
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News‘Nursery’ firm created for young lawyers
Gunnerbloom, an offshoot of established firm gunnercooke, will be staffed by junior lawyers
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NewsMore chambers at risk in 11 Stone Buildings fallout
The Gazette understands that at least two sets are already considering dissolving.
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Ethics and compliance key issues for in-house
Regulatory challenges are also keeping chief legal officers ‘up at night’.
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NewsConveyancers – ‘no room for complacency’
Number of active firms registering transactions fell from 5,871 in 2014 to 5,357 last year.
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NewsIt may be a good idea on paper, but...
Parliament will no longer print copies of all new legislation on calfskin vellum.
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NewsMemory lane
Setting up of a Royal Commission on the Legal Profession is the most important event for the profession this century.
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NewsTorture ‘rampant’ in Syria
Massive and systematised violence’ against detainees is a routine part of Syria’s civil war, the UN Human Rights Council reported last week.