Last 3 months headlines – Page 996
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NewsLegal hen invades the Miliband coop
Bride-to-be who ambushed Labour leader’s battle bus highlights issue of legal aid cuts.
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NewsConveyancing fees outpaced by estate agent charges
Legal fees associated with moving home have risen in the past decade – but costs of other services have increased much faster.
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NewsSRA says ‘sorry’ over ABS application delays
Regulator vows to deal with alternative business structure licence applications within three months.
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NewsInternational bar leader attacks trade treaty critics
Erroneous information 'subverting debate' says International Bar Association.
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NewsConveyancers’ regulator appoints former Law Society chief
Dame Janet Paraskeva to chair Council for Licensed Conveyancers.
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NewsProfessional services blamed for UK productivity failings
Law firms among leading culprits for stagnation since the downturn, research by national newspaper claims.
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News‘Named and shamed’ barrister suspended over payments
Public access practitioner suspended for failing to pay for work done by three barristers.
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NewsSociety warns Treasury on non-dom tax plans
Treasury began consulting in January on ensuring that non-doms commit to pay the so-called remittance basis charge for a minimum of three years.
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Firms too quick to blow own trumpet
Eight in 10 lawyers think they deliver an above-average service, but only four in 10 clients say they are receiving it.
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NewsAPIL chief to target insurers
APIL members meet in Newport on Thursday for their annual conference.
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NewsNews focus: law and justice pledges
The general election manifestos are in – here’s our quick-fire summary of their headline pledges on law and justice.
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NewsAssange conference cameo sparks bench boycott
It’s generally a coup for a conference organiser to snare a household name.
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NewsA trial that may never end
The case of convicted murderer Mark Lundy fails to leave the headlines.
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Clinic’s pro bono gong
The University of Huddersfield’s student-led Legal Advice Clinic has won a national pro bono award.
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Liberian case law digest
Lawyers can now access, consider and build on Liberian case precedent.
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NewsJoint vision for Vardags
London family firm Vardags has entered into a joint collaboration with Dubai-based Trench & Associates.
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Legal aid group anniversary
Young Legal Aid Lawyers will celebrate its 10th anniversary this week.
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Cyclone-hit school aid
The Law Society Charity is offering a grant of up to £5,000 to the University of the South Pacific Law School in Vanuatu for the purchase of law books following devastation caused to the island nation by a cyclone.
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NewsSee you in court: CPS hauled before magistrates
Crown Prosecution Service was ordered to pay £3,600 costs in September 2014.