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NewsNews focus: revamped TSol tightens belt
The Government Legal Service is abandoning its federal model in favour of centralisation and fees are coming down, according to Treasury Solicitor Jonathan Jones.
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NewsScottish solicitors given ‘gender neutral’ PC option
Move brings the Scottish Law Society into line with bodies such as HM Revenue & Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and the NHS.
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NewsMagna Carta on view
Four surviving 1215 copies of Magna Carta were brought together for the first time last week in an event at the British Library.
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NewsTribute: Simon Chandler
Simon Chandler, a partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, died on 23 January. Katy Manley, president of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association pays tribute.
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NewsGovernment backs liaison scheme for offenders
Diversion and liaison scheme, which seeks to help offenders with mulitiple problems such as mental illness, to go national by 2017.
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NewsCoA overturns ‘fundamentally unfair’ care order
A care order for three children made less than three weeks after Liverpool City Council had applied for it has been overturned.
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NewsSampson’s expenses ‘novel and contentious’, says MoJ
Permanent secretary outlines disputed amounts discovered in LeO accounts.
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NewsMoJ admits losing inquiry data discs
Lawyers tasked with finding out which personal details may have been passed on.
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NewsLawyers-to-be reveal career motivations
Half of prospective solicitors want to qualify in order to help people.
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Turkish lawyers concern
The Law Society will use its UN special consultative status to register its concern at human rights violations committed by Turkey against hundreds of lawyers.
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South-east roll-out for CRM14 form
Legal Aid Agency has been rolling out the CRM14 eForm across the country.
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Portal Veyo hires new director
Portal set up by Law Society and IT firm Mastek hires QualitySolicitors sales and partnerships director Stefanie van den Haak.
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NewsDefendant lawyers join court fees condemnation
Justice minister Shailesh Vara has confirmed fees for all claims above £10,000 based on 5% of the value of the claim.
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NewsInterim chief legal ombudsman installed
Ombudsman’s office also confirms that former chief executive Adam Sampson is still being paid by the organisation.
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NewsOnline JAC to ease solicitor applications
New website supports changes to the application process designed to make it more friendly to solicitors.
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47 countries at Global Law Summit
Forty-eight government ministers from overseas will attend next month’s Global Law Summit in London, representing 35 countries.
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Lagging behind with tax returns
Workers in the agriculture, fishing and forestry industries were better than lawyers at sending in their tax returns on time last year, HM Revenue & Customs reported.
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New IBA president named
David W Rivkin, litigation partner at the New York and London offices of US firm Debevoise & Plimpton, has been appointed president of the International Bar Association. He is the first US lawyer to hold the position for 25 years.
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NewsBack to school
Law Society vice-president Jonathan Smithers (centre) joined City law firm Olswang and Blackstone Chambers to meet students at Haverstock School in Chalk Farm, London. They discussed topical issues, including human rights, consumer law, police powers and social media. The visit was undertaken as part of the Lawyers in Schools programme ...
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Adopt strategies to handle AFAs, in-house teams told
Alternative funding arrangements now account for a fifth of in-house legal teams’ external spending.