Last 3 months headlines – Page 838
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NewsTougher manslaughter sentences proposed for cost-cutting employers
Sentencing Council says draft guideline reflects offender's culpability and seriousness of the harm caused.
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NewsLammy: bring justice closer to communities
Labour MP is due to report on his findings of potential racial bias in the criminal justice system in September.
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NewsCriminal bar seeks to 'clarify position' on solicitors after 'postman' jibe
Chair Francis FitzGibbon steps in after vice-chair election dispute.
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News‘Highly ambitious’ City firm shut down over dishonesty suspicion
Intervention into Neumans seven months after Court of Appeal referred firm to SRA over bill of costs.
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NewsFormer GMTV political editor joins Burgon in shadow justice team
Jeremy Corbyn says latest appointments prove Labour is the 'government in waiting'.
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Dentons reveals 9% PEP dip for UKMEA
Global firm posts small revenue increase but partner profits decline.
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NewsPEP up at Freshfields but income stagnates
Magic circle firm had a ’solid’ year amid challenging market conditions.
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NewsOnline courts: Society victorious at Legal Geek Hackathon
Law Society team takes prize at 24-hour hackathon.
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NewsPinsent Masons reports 14% PEP rise to £625k
Firm posts increased revenue as it seeks to expand ’alternative forms of delivery model’.
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NewsMore prosecution data needed to tackle online fraud
National Audit Office says online fraud is the most commonly experienced crime in England and Wales.
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NewsCity law firms recognised for diversity drive
Five law firms in top 12 employers for promoting LGBT rights.
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NewsCourt cautious on £1.1m costs in Cliff Richard case
Judge at costs management conference says there is insufficient information to make meaningful intervention.
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NewsFixed costs plea to stem bout of holiday sickness claims
Government confirms it is in talks to 'identify the most appropriate and effective response'.
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NewsHillsborough charges
Solicitor Peter Charles Metcalf, admitted in 1977, is among six people who have been charged with criminal offences in relation to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath, the Crown Prosecution Service announced last week. Metcalf acted for South Yorkshire Police during the Taylor inquiry into the disaster and the ...
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News‘Frankly Mr Shankly’ – goodbye Rex, King of Liverpool
Solicitor and columnist Rex Makin died last week
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NewsMemory lane
The Law Society Gazette, 5 July 2007 ABS drive is ‘threat’ to quality of advice Legal professionals fear that alternative business structures (ABSs) – a key element of the Legal Services Bill – will compromise the quality of legal advice, according to a report to be published this week. ...
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NewsWhitehall lawyers could be overwhelmed by Brexit
The government’s principal legal advisers could struggle to juggle Brexit demands with their day jobs, according to the Government Legal Department’s annual report.
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NewsNews focus: LASPO four years on
A damning report from the Law Society addresses the devastating consequences of civil legal aid cuts and calls on the government to implement a string of reforms.