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NewsCity plumps for prudence on gender pay gap
Top City firms now acknowledge the need to include partners in their gender pay gap returns.
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NewsSmall and medium-sized law firms' income up for seventh year
Median fee income climbed 4.2% in 2018 across 210 firms who participated in the Law Society Law Management Section Financial Benchmarking Survey.
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NewsFixed costs: MoJ admits plans could hurt small law firms
Risk of professional negligence claims against penny-pinching lawyers also increased, according to impact assessment.
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NewsMoJ consultancy spend doubles two years in a row
The Ministry of Justice has spent £61m hiring consultants since 2016.
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NewsInns of Court dinner tradition will continue, bar pledge confirms
Memorandum of Understanding recognises ‘vital role’ of Inns of Court.
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NewsNew probate fee fiasco as MoJ runs out of time
Government concedes Brexit turmoil is putting approval process on hold.
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NewsENRC targets SFO in £70m 'privilege breach' claim
Mining group claim is latest in long running saga.
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NewsHigh Court has jurisdiction to hear £1.2bn Russian claim
Vitaly Orlov had challenged whether England & Wales was the appropriate forum for billion-pound dispute.
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NewsSlaughter and May bows to pressure on gender pay reports
Firm includes partners in annual data return after criticism last year for perceived lack of transparency.
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NewsCompany on hook for costs after three-year delay to administer estate
Son had to bring claim through courts to have probate company removed.
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NewsSolicitor led 'Ponzi' ruse to suck investors into doomed scheme, tribunal hears
SRA alleges Charles Valentine Fraser-Macnamara allowed misrepresentations to be made to potential investors.
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NewsLammy: 'tap on the shoulder' would produce more diverse judiciary
System 'still weeds out ethnic minority candidates' David Lammy tells the House of Commons justice committee.
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NewsInvestment scheme solicitor's SDT hearing proceeds in his absence
Charles Valentine Fraser-Macnamara claimed any hearing could prejudice future trials.
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NewsInsider trading: FCA acts on 'minute' fraction of tip-offs, City firm finds
Reluctance to investigate may not deter firms from enaging in suspicious activity, law firm claims.
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NewsSRA urged to push government for greater fining powers
Call comes as LSB reports favourably on the SRA’s enforcement strategy.
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NewsFresh call for McKenzie friends ban
Conservative MP Bob Neill said it’s ‘time for parliament to bite the bullet’ and scrap 'unscrupulous practice'.
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NewsGCs should not sit on the board, says legal director
Kate Teh, group legal director at Telegraph Media Group, said general counsel is ‘across all the silos’.
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NewsMunby: State 'washed its hands' of couple branded bigamists after court failures
Couple had assumed their divorce was finalised in 2014 but mistakes by district judges led to fears that their decrees were void. Only the 'charity’ of the legal profession rescued them, says judge.
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NewsPost Office requests judge recusal in group action case
Post Office confirms it has made application to recuse Mr Justice Peter Fraser.
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NewsClifford Chance reports sexuality and disability pay gap
Gender pay gap widens slightly in most categories but data for other characteristics breaks new ground.