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NewsAdvice centre struggles with demand surge
Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre temporarily closes enquiry system.
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NewsEx-Dewey executives acquitted on several counts
Three executives at the now defunct firm cleared of numerous charges of falsifying business accounts.
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NewsLaw school to expand advice centre with ABS status
Intellectual property law service to open at Nottingham Law School centre.
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NewsBrilliant Law founder to launch comparison site
Website has the backing of two major private equity investment houses.
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NewsCriminal court charges 'waste taxpayers' money' - Society
Law Society urges government to spend money on local courts rather than chasing unpaid criminal court charges.
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NewsIBA 2015: The accountants strike back
Law firms may have little to fear from the return of the big four accountancy firms to the professional services market, Law Society head of city and international Stephen Denyer told the session ‘Episode VII: the accountants strike back’. Denyer said he had seen first hand how previous assaults by ...
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NewsSociety tells Gove: you must save 59 courts from closure
Solicitors report major flaws with consultation and fear clients will be unable to access courts.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency tweet leaves solicitor bewildered
Andrew Gurney received a surreal message from the executive agency.
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Part-time judge loses pension appeal
A part-time recorder cannot acquire pension rights retroactively.
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NewsCosts denied over lack of CFA retainer
Firm that took on Barnetts’ personal injury book was not successfully assigned CFA.
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Merger mania – but not for Ince & Co
Senior partner dismisses talk of merger with top-50 rival Watson Farley.
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Barrister fined for running unlicensed taxi firm
Ahtiq Raja fined £600 for conduct likely to ‘diminish trust’ in the profession.
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NewsIBA 2015: war crime? There’s an app for that
Mobile video system helps witnesses collect court-admissible evidence.
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NewsIBA 2015: go beyond your client duty, Annan tells lawyers
Former UN secretary general urges corporate advisers not to wait for black-letter law.
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NewsNew general counsel: Whitbread
Chris Vaughan has been appointed to the role of general counsel and company secretary at Whitbread.
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NewsConservatives: Gove to bring ‘reforming zeal’ to prison system
Party conference speech focuses on rehabilitation of offenders – but includes praise for lawyers.
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NewsBiggest divorce hub returns one in five petitions
Practitioners urged to double-check papers after 'basic errors’ are uncovered by the new Bury St Edmunds centre for London and south-east.
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NewsGuidance first on theft offences
Definitive guidelines from Sentencing Council aim to foster ‘standard approach’ to sentencing.
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NewsOnline industry in shock as CJEU overturns data regime
Lawyers predict ‘appalling fallout’ from decision in ‘safe harbour’ case.
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News‘Outmoded’ bar must modernise, says new BSB chair
Sir Andrew Burns urges barristers to respond with ‘robustness and creativity’ to the many challenges it faces.