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Bar chief hails public access ‘opportunity’
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC said that while public access has increased competition, it also has brought new work to solicitors.
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NewsLand Registry: sale will cost more, says pressure group
Analysis suggests that public will lose out financially within 25 years.
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NewsHelena Kennedy back at school
The University of Roehampton officially opened its law school last week at an event featuring Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws.
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NewsPlans unveiled to tackle backlog and delays at Court of Appeal
Master of the rolls Lord Dyson says judges consider the status quo unacceptable and unsustainable.
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NewsQuoted Gateley bullish on trading performance
AIM-listed law firm hails ‘strong’ second half generating rise in revenues.
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NewsHigh Court judge will sit out cases amid ‘bias’ row
Mr Justice Peter Smith sent a letter to Blackstone Chambers following a newspaper article by Lord Pannick QC criticising the judge.
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NewsCouncil debates Law Society governance
Work to commence on more detailed proposals following discussions yesterday.
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NewsCripps hails record trading year
London and Kent firm posts rise in net profit on income up 9%.
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NewsQueen’s speech: bill of rights revived
Law Society warns against watering down rights, as the government outlines its legislative programme.
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Barrister disbarred after lying to judge about PC
Katrina McCarthy told a district judge that she had been instructed by a solicitors’ firm.
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NewsLaw Society accredited as Investor in People
Chancery Lane awarded internationally recognised kitemark for exceptional people management.
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NewsSociety hits out at accountants’ legal services plan
Allowing chartered accountancy body to regulate providers of reserved legal activities would confuse consumers.
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NewsDozens suspended for MedCo whiplash panel breach
MedCo was set up last year as part of the government’s programme to clamp down on fraudulent road traffic claims.
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NewsMental health taskforce for legal professionals
A Law Society survey on solicitors’ health and wellbeing finds that almost all practising certificate holders have negative stress in their working lives.
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NewsNo more costs reform without evidence, lawyers urge
Fixed costs should not be extended until we know what impact reforms such as budgeting have had so far, ACL conference hears.
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NewsNew-style bill of costs ‘fails’ to deliver benefits
New spreadsheet-based bill was used by claimants in a case which settled last month.
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NewsPreventing corruption not top priority for UK companies – City firm
Study of chief compliance officers by Hogan Lovells suggests that sales pressures are the biggest challenge.
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NewsCFAs ‘validly assigned’, judge rules
Judgment will be welcomed by firms that bought up thousands of pre-Jackson cases.
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NewsLawyers call for SFO funding boost ahead of anti-corruption summit
Legal and accountancy bodies unite to voice their support for renewed anti-corruption drive.