All News articles – Page 1011
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News‘Gradual fall’ in number of legal aid providers
Latest government statistics show decline in civil and crime provider offices.
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NewsGovernment signals second thoughts on Land Registry sale
Concerns heard ‘loud and clear’, minister tells House of Commons debate.
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NewsPenningtons Manches pays tribute to Lesley Lintott
First female partner and chief executive has died.
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NewsUS firm backs London as it announces transatlantic merger
Haynes and Boone will merge with Curtis Davis Garrard to create a 600-lawyer firm.
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NewsSolicitor slashes insurance costs through bar regulation
David Bowden predicts ‘flood’ of solicitors will opt to set up under the bar regulator.
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NewsFormer shadow attorney general sorry for failing to declare interest
Complaints made to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in relation to five parliamentary questions and five debates.
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NewsAfrica law firms ‘lack quality’, report alleges
UK and US law firms resort to WhatsApp in an attempt to elicit a response from African lawyers, says study by management consultancy.
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NewsBarrister suspended for failing to pay fine
Tiyani Behanzin failed to pay a fine of £750 and costs of £585 imposed for disciplinary offences in 2011.
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NewsParabis directors blameless as creditor dividend slashed
Total owed to unsecured creditors has soared to £114m – they will get back just 1p in the pound.
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NewsLords sound legal privilege alarm over snooping bill
Protections needed on the face of the investigatory powers bill, QCs tell the government.
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NewsLondon firm reported to SRA after £17k email case settlement
Litigant had objected after personal emails were accessed by lawyers working on the other side.
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NewsLaw centres field Brexit concerns from EU citizens
Queries have included asking whether people will have to leave the UK immediately.
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NewsPromotions: Ramsdens
Vikki Horspool and Laura Beevers are both partners in the care team and Lindsey Frith is a partner in the conveyancing team.
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NewsSRA chief laments ‘claims-harvesting’ activities
Suspicion remains that firms continue to flout the spirit – if not the letter – of referral fee ban.
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NewsBarclays hacks back legal panel
Banking giant’s new model will have 140 firms, compared with nearly 400 previously.
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NewsLegal aid contributions decision to face judicial review
Court of Appeal urges ‘meaningful negotiations’ between parties in dispute over a capital contribution order.
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NewsUnregulated legal services providers cheaper and more innovative, says LSB
Super-regulator’s chair says unregulated sector is ‘neither as big nor as problematic’ as some have suggested.
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NewsLeave regulation alone while lawyers deal with Brexit – Society
Law Society chief executive Catherine Dixon tells MPs now is not the time to contemplate sweeping changes to the Legal Services Act.
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