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NewsCable attacks Tories for ‘ruthless’ employment laws
Up to a million left without employment rights, business secretary says.
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NewsLawyers urged to respond to aid consultation
Consultation called Transforming Legal Aid: Crime Duty Contracts closes on 15 October.
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Slew of mergers before end of PII renewal period
Practices across England and Wales announced mergers in advance of the 1 October renewal deadline.
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NewsKPMG ‘will not compete with big law practices’
The firm has outlined plans to triple its current number of lawyers to 150 within three years.
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Jourova’s pledge on human rights
Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner-designate for justice, consumers and gender equality, passed a confirmation hearing at the European Parliament last week.
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Islamic finance boost for City lawyers
UK first country outside the Islamic world to issue sovereign sukuk, the Islamic equivalent of a bond.
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Lib Dem Autumn Conference: as it happened
[View the story “All the justice updates from the Lib Dem Autumn conference” on Storify]
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NewsScotland's anger over UK abandoning Human Rights Act
Secretary of state Carmichael and Holyrood justice secretary MacAskill condemn 'ugly' proposals.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman to open online complaints portal
Watchdog says new system and office move will save £2m a year.
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NewsTempers fray as last Manchester law centre closes
Campaigners in Manchester say many people now have nowhere left to go for legal advice in the city.
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NewsLaw’s grand designs
Northumbria University School of Law was one of a strong UK showing in a league table published last week of the ‘50 most impressive law school buildings in the world’.
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NewsJames Bolton dies at 93
Former Law Society council member spent his entire career with Longmores in Hertford.
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Human rights lawyer publicly executed in Mosul
Samira Saleh al-Naimi killed after ISIS court verdict of ‘apostasy’.
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Probation union says system ‘in chaos’
Probation workers have said the service is ‘in chaos’ following the government’s decision to privatise parts of the system. Speaking at a Labour party conference fringe event, NAPO spokeswoman Tania Bassett said the performance of the probation service since moving into private sector hands was worse than the union first ...
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NewsSociety unveils election wishlist
Promoting access to justice is at the heart of the Law Society’s general election manifesto, published today to coincide with the party conference season.
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NewsIn-house counsel can be leaders, says ECLA chief
In-house counsel at major corporations are emerging as corporate leaders, a leading industry figure said last week.
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News‘Community courts’ call to revive local justice
The closure of one in five magistrates’ courts has had ‘lamentable’ consequences for justice and led to rocketing costs, according to a paper from a centre-right thinktank calling for the restoration of local justice.
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NewsLegal implications of Yes vote: map
Hogan Lovells has created a map based on its lawyers’ views on the outcome of the Scottish independence vote and the issues that may arise in the event that the country goes it alone.
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NewsCity firms forecast corporate M&A surge
Economic recovery encourages businesses to make use of accumulated ‘cash mountains’.