Last 3 months headlines – Page 463
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NewsFirm entitled to sack ‘car-window cash’ solicitor, CoA rules
Employment appeal ruling overturned in case of solicitor who accepted £150 in a pub car park as a gift.
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NewsSolicitors’ new firm pledges to give all profits away
Pair left private practice to form not-for-profit business in their home county Norfolk.
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News'Very decent, good man': council pays tribute to property solicitor
Neil Astles, 59, died weeks after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.
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NewsHFW defies sanctions row with China expansion
City firm says it remains ‘deeply committed’ to the Chinese legal market and now has 78 lawyers in the region.
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NewsEx-client sues firm over ‘ridiculous’ ground rent clause
Leaseholder claims to have been unaware that ground rent would double every five years.
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NewsCriminal legal aid solicitors 'have suffered 50% pay cut'
Government-commissioned review is told overstretched and underpaid practitioners are on the brink.
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News'Ableist attitudes': BSB reviews bar exam fiasco
'Only a tribunal can determine whether the bar regulator failed in its duty to make reasonable adjustments,' says independent review.
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NewsSRA to create ‘independent’ team to assess enforcement quality
Arms-length body proposed in plans covering the regulator’s business for the next year.
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NewsImmigration lawyers attack Patel's reform proposals
Law Society says Home Office's New Plan for Immigration not supported by evidence.
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NewsListed legal pioneer forecasts profits ‘significantly ahead’ of plan
Gateley shares jump after buoyant trading update with dividend pledge.
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News'Extremely odd': Bar criticises logic of judicial review reforms
Suspended quashing orders leave old law in place - but what happens to cases that need to be decided before they come into force?
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NewsMore City secretaries facing redundancy
Dechert has offered voluntary redundancy to a ‘small number’ of secretarial staff, in a wave of City job losses.
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News£100m divorce award: judge rebuffs media pleas to publish judgment
Billionaire newspaper owner applied to court to keep details out of public domain.
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NewsLinklaters to elect its first female leader
Magic circle firm will choose a senior partner from an all-female shortlist for the first time in its 183-year history.
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News'Insane delusions': bitter wills dispute adjourned by court
Brother and sister are contesting the validity of two wills made by their late mother during 'a complex grief reaction'.
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NewsHundreds of Windrush victims waiting over a year for compensation
Home Office says holistic approach 'takes time but is ultimately beneficial’ to claimants.
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NewsFormer Irwin Mitchell duo fly solo
Emilie Cole and Shazia Khan say Covid-19 made them refocus and decide to set up a firm together.
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NewsHigh treason and bankruptcy – all for seven (old) pence
A replica of the first edition of the Manchester Guardian provides some legal food for thought.
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NewsCourts attrition crisis as £17,000-a-year ushers shun service
HMCTS admits problem with salaries as it struggles to hang on to staff.
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NewsInternational network buys stake in second UK law firm
ETL Global has purchased majority share of London firm and plans to rebrand.