Last 3 months headlines – Page 1140
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NewsPEP up 10% at Baker & McKenzie
Profit per equity partner (PEP) rose 10% to $1.2m (£774,000) last year at global firm Baker & McKenzie. Net profits grew 9% to $862m (£553), on turnover up 5% to $2.419bn (£1.56bn), according to the firm’s financial results for the year ended June 2013. Eduardo Leite, chairman, said profit and ...
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NewsSociety cleared over hard-hitting personal injury ads
‘Don’t Get Mugged’ campaign targeted third-party capture.
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NewsRiverview Law aims to double in size
FTSE contract wins fuel growth at Merseyside pioneer, whose CEO claims law firms have been ‘protected by myth for too long’.
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NewsLawyers and accountants upbeat on economy
Professional services firms are becoming more optimistic about their business prospects.
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Solicitor 'told to stay single' settles discrimination claim
Kate Baker, formerly of Follett Stock, alleged she was sacked after beginning a relationship.
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NewsMorton Fraser sets up Employee Mobility Unit
Morton Fraser has set up an Employee Mobility Unit for the relocation industry. Gordon Kerr has joined the UK law firm as director of the new unit. The unit delivers a range of legal and wider compliance services to the relocation industry, including immigration, contracts, employment, tenancy services, data protection, ...
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NewsGrayling refuses to delay legal aid cuts
The justice secretary has indicated that he will press on with ‘far-reaching’ legal aid cuts, ignoring pleas from MPs, peers and the Law Society.
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NewsChallinors subsidiary Thomas Legal next to be sold
Thomas Legal, a subsidiary of distressed Midlands firm Challinors, is expected to be sold.
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NewsMoJ spends £96m on 'off payroll' staff
A ban on temps has been lifted, but the department says it only buys in specialist skills which are ‘not available in-house’.
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NewsCafe makeover on the run
A community cafe is brighter and more welcoming thanks to volunteers from a black country firm.
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NewsEqual pay champion's firm shuts down
Stefan Cross Solicitors will close at the end of September.
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NewsForty-six jobs lost as Challinors finally goes under
Troubled Midlands firm Challinors has gone in to administration.
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NewsLandmark planning judgment holes golf course plan
Green-belt campaigners have successfully challenged a scheme to turn the former home of press baron Lord Beaverbrook into a hotel and golf course.
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NewsFamily judge criticises reliance on free representation
The president of the Family Division has criticised a legal aid regime that left a mother who faced jail reliant on her lawyers’ willingness to act for free.
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Firm hires: Elisabeth Bremner at Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm hires: Elisabeth Bremner at Norton Rose Fulbright
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NewsSlater & Gordon spree continues
Fast-expanding Australian firm Slater & Gordon has continued its acquisition spree with personal injury practice Fentons Solicitors.
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NewsBroker offers online PII service
PII broker Lockton says online service will help smaller and medium-sized firms.
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NewsMoJ awards tagging contracts to new companies
The Ministry of Justice is to award its criminal tagging contract to four new companies.