Last 3 months headlines – Page 943
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NewsTalent-spotting is top practice priority
Recruitment, retention and succession planning are the most urgent issues for law firms in 2016, according to a survey.
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NewsDecision postponed on proposal for new October bill of costs
Civil Procedure Rule Committee says recommendations of costs experts will require more time to analyse.
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NewsLaw firm business pioneer dies aged 56
Cheshire firm Aaron & Partners announces the sudden death of its chief executive Andy Duxbury.
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NewsJoshua Rozenberg among solicitors made honorary silk
Gazette columnist and Law Society council member among those honoured.
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NewsThree solicitors among 107 new QCs
Number of applications from solicitors remains in single digits.
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NewsThe man who sold the photocopies
Pop icon David Bowie, whose death was announced today, once worked at Legastat.
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NewsCreditors bear £300m cost of law firm collapses
Returns in the legal sector well below the average when controversial pre-pack administrations are deployed.
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NewsLegal aid contract challenges extended to May
A judicial review, sought by the Fair Crime Contracts Alliance, will open on 7 April and is expected to last seven days.
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Council ‘co-sources’ from law firm amid cuts
Enfield council has announced that national firm Browne Jacobson will be a ‘co-source’ partner in its contracts and commercial team.
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QC selection panel switch
Edward Nally is to replace another former Law Society president, Linda Lee, as one of two solicitors on the QC Selection Panel.
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News‘Dishonesty claims that fail should incur penalties’
Carol Ravenscroft was awarded £3,500 at Manchester County Court last month after suffering injuries caused by a falling wardrobe at an Ikea store.
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NewsCo-op puts legal business ‘at heart of rebuild’ with first buy-up
Retail giant announces acquisition of Collective Legal Solution Group to create 'alternative channel' to wills market.
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NewsSupreme Court rises in the ratings
Video archive and online demand service has proved to be a surprise hit.
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NewsNot just torque – this solicitor is the wheel deal
Hereford lawyer will compete at Welsh Historic Rally Championship.
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New bar chairman
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, a commercial barrister from Atkin Chambers has officially taken over as chairman of the Bar Council.
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NewsSRA to ask if solicitors contribute to ‘decline in criminal advocacy’
The regulator will ask whether solicitors are taking on advocacy work ‘beyond their level of competence’.