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NewsDAC Beachcroft celebrates sixth year of profit growth
Firm is as ‘strategically, financially and operationally resilient as possible’.
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NewsBig firms recall most furloughed staff - but job losses loom
Furloughs and freezes part 2 - Firms are braced for 'unpredictable year' despite tentative signs of recovery.
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NewsBlack lawyers leaving firms to go in-house, says diversity recruiter
White solicitors stay at firms 18 months longer than black colleagues, according to new data.
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NewsTop firm takes on 86% of trainees to defy Covid concerns
Retention rates across City remain high despite Covid-19 challenge.
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NewsCourt shortage: ‘Dozens of suspects may have to be released’
Crown court judge lambasts lack of investment to ensure cases come to trial.
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NewsFurloughs and freezes: Latest on firms' Covid-19 responses
Some staff have returned to work after being included in job retention scheme from March.
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NewsCharity's new advice hub seeks solicitor volunteers
Free Legal Answers, backed by Deloitte Legal, will handle one-off legal questions free of charge.
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NewsPortable loos and waiting rooms to be installed next to court buildings
Latest measures to tackle the justice backlog that has built up during lockdown.
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NewsSolicitors welcome announcement of new master of the rolls
The Rt. Hon. Sir Geoffrey Vos will take over from Sir Terence Etherton in January.
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NewsGovernment u-turn on ‘racialising’ the courts
Controversial policy introduced as part of Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ regime is ditched.
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NewsLinklaters offers support package for staff living with domestic abuse
Domestic abuse is now a workplace issue, says magic circle firm.
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NewsHigh Court censures City firm for threatening respondent with jail
Remote working firm gunnercooke put ‘illegitimate pressures’ on respondent, says judge.
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NewsWithers partner profits soar by 40%
Firms say client demand grew in some areas in the final quarter.
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NewsTop firm avoids tribunal by agreeing to rebuke
Womble Bond Dickinson blames rogue partner for allowing client account to be used as banking facility.
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Ince narrowly misses growth target as Covid hits income
’We can justifiably claim this has been a year of great progress,’ declares group CEO.
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NewsHigh street firms and law centres 'could collapse', warn MPs
Justice committee says government must do more to financially support lawyers through Covid-19 crisis in landmark report.
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NewsNHS facing Covid compensation ‘storm’ from cancer patients
Clinical negligence specialist warns that goodwill towards the NHS during the pandemic will not last.
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NewsBlack lawyers plagued by stereotypes, says Grenfell solicitor
Prominent civil liberties solicitor Marcia Willis Stewart QC decries continuing perpetuation of racial stereotypes in the law.
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NewsCity firms remain upbeat despite profit pressures
City says it is 'cautiously optimistic' for next year.