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NewsIn focus: 24 things for solicitors to look out for in 2024
21st Century Justice, legal aid SOS, in-house scrutiny, law reform and group actions.
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NewsGlobal rights body condemns Iran after at least 707 executions in 2023
Seven prisoners executed in one day for crimes including ‘propaganda against the system’, IBA Human Rights Institute says.
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NewsSolicitor announced as chair of the pensions ombudsman
Former senior partner at international firm Eversheds steps into the role with ‘mixed emotions’ after the death of Caroline Rookes.
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NewsEx-Mirror Group lawyer probed over phone hacking knowledge
SRA looking into possible action in relation to in-house lawyer Marcus Partington.
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NewsTroubled HS2 legal costs rocket
Freedom of information request reveals HS2 Ltd has been named as the defendant in litigation in 45 separate cases since 2018.
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NewsEx-employee must pay £4,000 costs over ‘revenge’ claim against international firm
Employment judge describes former employee’s approach to claim as ‘designed to cause maximum disruption’ to Hogan Lovells.
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NewsManager applied for firm’s partners to be removed from roll
Accounts manager is barred from working in the profession under a section 43 order.
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NewsFirm hit with first SRA fixed fine for late diversity data
Regulator wants to process low-level breaches more quickly to save time and money.
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NewsTwo City firms reveal bumper pay rises for bosses
Eversheds and Pinsent Masons are each paying top earners more than £3m, financial statements reveal.
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NewsMidlands mover already targeting more after latest acquisition
Plans underway to recruit more staff for new Worcester base for Talbots Law.
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NewsWill-writer firm hit with costs for unsuccessful challenge to charity bequest
Firm not ‘solely responsible for the whole problem’ - but judge finds ‘serious shortcomings’ in the way instructions were taken.
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NewsGordons LLP pays tribute to ‘unfailingly positive’ partner
Bryony Goldspink, a solicitor for 13 years, died just before Christmas.
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NewsSolicitor wins costs cap argument in game of ‘stick or twist’
Firm had written demanding payment of basic charges immediately after retainer was terminated.
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NewsGrenfell solicitor wins unfair dismissal claim
Employment judge finds failure to consider possibility of an alternative role was ‘outside range of reasonable responses’.
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NewsMacfarlanes’ highest earner paid £3.6m in ‘challenging’ year
One of London’s most profitable firms ended 2022-23 with £88m in the bank.
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NewsUniversity of Law reveals £400,000 loss
Review of unpaid aged debts leads to income adjustment for year to 31 May 2023.
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NewsBarred paralegal had ‘casual’ approach to dating documents
Section 43 order imposed after judge described the practice of backdating documents as ‘frightening’.
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NewsFormal warning for speeding magistrate
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office panel said offences amounted to serious misconduct.
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NewsOkoro on list of solicitor honours
Former general counsel at World Bank receives OBE for services to diversity in international finance.
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NewsJudge dismisses disclosure application in Dechert case
Judge expresses sympathy with the difficulties of obtaining evidence but says disclosure could reveal a journalist's source.