Last 3 months headlines – Page 871
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NewsRegrets, I’ve had a few
I have often wondered just how many of my old cases resulted in miscarriages of justice.
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News£400m government panel opens to bids
Crown Commercial Service has issued an invitation to tender for general legal services.
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NewsIBA 2016: call for action over 'long arm' of US law
US's attitude to extra-territorial jurisdiction criticised in Washington.
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NewsIBA 2016: Stock market listing comes at a price
Australian experience shows niche firms to have best record of share flotations.
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NewsCo-op Legal’s recovery picks up
Standard-bearer for the ABS first wave posted a first-half profit, after making a loss last year.
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NewsFirm defers pay review until Brexit picture is clearer
National firm Bond Dickinson today confirmed it had informed staff of the decision.
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NewsCriminal bar chief targets ‘corruption’ of defence work
Francis FitzGibbon QC takes aim at 'incompetent' solicitor-advocates and says patience over planned reforms is wearing thin.
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NewsIBA conference: as it happened
Read Michael Cross’s dispatches from the International Bar Association conference in Washington.
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NewsLeO: Handbook overhaul will ‘confuse’ clients
Complaints-handler joins multiple critics of SRA proposals to reform practising rules.
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NewsSRA will shut law firms over ‘dubious’ investment schemes
Firms warned over using banking services through client accounts.
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NewsLawyers can’t be compared to sewage workers, says Bar Council head
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC critical of Legal Services Board proposals for single regulator of the legal sector.
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NewsJudge suggests ex-client could claim against defunct Blavo
Blavo & Co should have properly advised client before closing, tribunal hears.
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NewsEvidence mounts in the case for problem-solving courts
Five-year academic research shows significantly less family disruption for cases that go through pioneering London court.
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NewsIBA 2016: legal independence in E&W under attack
Political attacks on lawyers and regulators answerable to government – two of the warning signs highlighted in major report.
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NewsUse correct grammar, BSB tells newly qualified barristers
Recommendation comes in revised version of competences for practitioners.
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NewsIBA 2016: TTIP ‘promotes rule of law’
US government in last-ditch efforts to save controversial free-trade treaties.
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NewsIBA 2016: ‘EU the sick man of Europe’
Former foreign secretary attacks ‘unhelpful belligerency’ in Brussels law following the Brexit vote.
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NewsNAHL profits rise as it expands beyond mass PI market
Share price value increases by 3% following the announcement.
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NewsResearch exposes £60k gender pay gap
Men earn 19.2% more than women – and the gulf is wider at the top, Law Society research shows.