Last 3 months headlines – Page 21
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NewsJudge who helped duty solicitor dodge security sanctioned
Judge, who was sitting as a magistrate at the time, was ‘motivated by a desire to ensure that the hearing went ahead’.
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NewsListed firm survivor more than doubles borrowing to fuel expansion
Professional services firm says extra borrowing provides additional headroom and flexibility.
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NewsSociety consults on small PC fee increase
Chancery Lane accounts for under 30% of the annual levy, which was unchanged this year at £307.
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NewsSchool's out for Gina
We must bid adieu to the True and Fair party, the political vehicle founded by Gina Miller.
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News'We need to be hungrier': SFO boss Nick Ephgrave on his 2025-26 agenda
As Nick Ephgrave publishes his first annual business plan after a full year in the role, the SFO chief tells the Gazette that he wants to deploy his policing expertise to make investigations bolder, speedier and more aggressive.
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NewsOver half of new partners are women at Eversheds, Taylor Wessing and Leigh Day
Prominent firms announce partner promotions across UK and Europe and Asia.
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NewsCity watchdog probes power of attorney
Financial Conduct Authority tells banks and building societies to improve 'customer journeys', as some attorneys get lost in the system.
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NewsA&O among four more firms to cut $125m Trump deals
President says firms have committed to 'merit-based hiring' and will refrain from 'illegal DEI discrimination'.
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NewsIn depth: Justice minister admits county court has not recovered from pandemic
Sarah Sackman KC has admitted to MPs that the county court has not recovered from the trauma of the pandemic. Successes such as digitisation of claims are ‘nowhere near enough’.
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NewsPointing the finger
With lawyers’ ethics under increasing scrutiny, the profession’s regulators have come out fighting, issuing a raft of reviews and reports. But deeper cultural change may also be needed, reports Joanna Goodman.
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NewsLaw firm team manager hid lack of complaint progress
Head of new client unit fabricated notes from calls with complainant.
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NewsJudge slams lack of judicial diversity progress in family courts
Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara says there are plenty of black, Asian and minority ethnic lawyers with the requisite merit.
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NewsSocial justice champion calls time on near 50-year career
Patrick Allen qualified in 1977 and set up London firm Hodge Jones & Allen from a Euston squat.
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NewsPrivate equity-backed firm makes new acquisition
Owner organisation Lawfront says deal is sign of commitment to investment.
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NewsMother argues judge 'wrong' to allow overnight stays following rape findings
Fresh allegations are ‘plainly relevant to the child’s welfare in any risk assessment’, says counsel for mother.
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NewsTop sports firm accused of copying opponent’s budget
‘Deliberately inflated’ budget filed half an hour late had ‘striking similarities’ to figures submitted earlier by claimant.
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NewsE-conveyancing coalition unveils second 'roadmap'
Action plan includes local authority pilot to digitise and open up building regulations and highways data.
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NewsAccountancy firm fires new warning on client interest threat
Prime, which conducts SRA audits, says solicitors must start making contingency plans in anticipation of losing key profit driver.
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NewsQur’an burning case ‘threatens back-door blasphemy law’
National Secular Society writes to CPS urging it to drop prosecution for intent to cause 'harassment, alarm or distress' to Islam.