All articles by Max Walters – Page 36
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AML quango part-funded by lawyers set for January launch
Concerns raised over running costs of new body.
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OpinionSoftly softly approach to tribunal fee refunds
Scheme is not as rigorous as ministers make out.
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Firm builds closer barrister links with pupillage scheme
Pepperells says clients increasingly like to have all services under one roof.
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NewsNames are revealed of five solicitors taking silk
Successful applicants among 119 new QC appointments announced today.
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NewsGovernment has £31m left to refund after fees ruling
Refund process for employment tribunal claims was fully rolled out in November.
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NewsBusinesses fear rise in 'vexatious' tribunal claims
Just one in 10 businesses believes the Supreme Court ruling will have no serious impact.
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NewsFive solicitors granted silk as names start to emerge
QC list for 2018 includes fives solicitors, Gazette understands.
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City firm publishes hourly rates in 'transparency' drive
Humphries Kerstetter says decision to be open on fees stemmed from competition authority recommendations.
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Barrister suspended for giving client money 'for food'
Roy Headlam failed to maintain independence, tribunal rules.
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NewsBrexit: UK legal services could be left ‘high and dry’, Society warns
Chancery Lane sounds alarm over Canada-style free trade pact - which could require British lawyers wanting to practise in EU countries to live there and seek admission to local bars.
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NewsLaw students take aim at miscarriages of justice
Manchester’s Miscarriages of Justice Review Centre links students with lawyers to try and appeal sentences.
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NewsSupreme Court aims for more diversity as it advertises for justices
Call for applicants for posts including deputy president as three justices set to retire.
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NewsSRA ponders penalties for failure to publish complaints data
Research claims that vast majority of consumers want more transparency from law firms.
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NewsSFO director insists independence will remain
David Green tells MPs that new arrangement will not result in changes as advertisement for new director is posted.
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NewsMatrix appoints ex BPP executive as new CEO
Rachel Holmes will join the high profile set in March next year.
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NewsAnthony Gold latest to be hit by cyber-attackers
London firm apologises and warns clients after emails were sent out apparently in its name.
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NewsEmployment tribunal cases 'double' since Unison judgment
National user group says effect of July's Supreme Court decision on fees has yet to be fully felt.
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NewsJunior barrister numbers at ‘25-year low’ says new chair
Andrew Walker QC warns of younger generation increasingly being forced out of a career at the bar.
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NewsWhite candidates twice as likely to achieve pupillage, bar regulator reveals
'More research needed' to find out why differences in attainment persist.
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NewsFraud office future secure as government eyes economic crime reform
National Economic Crime Centre will have the power to ask SFO to investigate cases.