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NewsAlumnus Fluck opens legal clinic
Law Society president Nicholas Fluck officially opened a free legal advice clinic staffed by students at the University of Huddersfield.
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Iraq war crimes claims
UK military forces accused of committing war crimes during their 2003-08 operation in Iraq.
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NewsOkoro new HSBC Asset Management GC
General counsel at Baring Asset Management hails ‘once in a lifetime career opportunity’.
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LawWorks chief gets human rights role
Rebecca Hilsenrath, the chief executive of solicitors pro bono group LawWorks, has been appointed chief legal officer at the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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NewsMusharraf’s judges reported to the UN
The UK legal team acting ‘in the interests’ of Pakistan former president Pervez Musharraf asked UN special rapporteurs to review ‘serious irregularities’ in his tribunal.
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NewsSociety Council affirms policy of engagement on legal aid
Dialogue with MoJ will ‘secure the best possible deal for members’.
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NewsWhitehall advertises for new Treasury Solicitor
The Government Legal Service is looking for a new head.
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NewsChancery Lane pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
Law Society president Nicholas Fluck has led tributes from the legal profession to the life of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa.
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NewsNumber of students on LPC plummets
The number of students applying for LPCs has plummeted by 37.5% since 2009, figures show.
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NewsTroika ‘destroying Greek profession’
‘Brain drain’ under way as lawyers flood to central Europe and Australia.
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News in Brief
Minster expansion Yorkshire-based PI specialist Minster Law is expanding into London with a new 30-strong team. This follows it acquisition by the BGL Group, owner of price comparison site Compare the Market. Society in cyber drive Government standards on cyber security will be relevant to law firms of all sizes, ...
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NewsFirms get on board HS2
Winckworth Sherwood and Eversheds appointed by Department for Transport.
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NewsEight years for solicitor who stole £2m
Former coroner stole money from weak clients to pay for his expensive habits.
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NewsStarmer honoured
Keir Starmer QC, the former director of public prosecutions, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of East London’s School of Law.
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Nottingham sitting for Philpott appeal
The Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal will sit at Nottingham Crown Court on 29 November. The lord chief justice, Lord Thomas, Mr Justice Flaux and Mr Justice MacDuff will hear a renewed application by Mairead Philpott and Paul Mosley seeking to appeal their sentences for the manslaughter of ...
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NewsBaku to the future
A wealth of opportunities awaits UK investors in Azerbaijan, Law Society president Nicholas Fluck said.
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New LCCSA president
Kingsley Napley partner Nicola HIll has been elected president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association. She took over the role from Akhtar Ahmad and will hold the position for a year.
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NewsLaw Society Council defends aid strategy
The Council has issued a robust defence of Chancery Lane’s stance on criminal legal aid reform, ahead of a special general meeting of the organisation requisitioned by a dissident solicitor.
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NewsWoolf is University of Law's first chancellor
Fiona Woolf will take up the role at the end of her mayoral term in Novermber 2014