All News articles – Page 1079
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NewsShake-out looming as firms draft legal aid tender bids
Firms respond to criminal legal aid reforms with plans to bid for multiple duty contracts, or by ruling out any bids.
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NewsActor’s wife wears expensive shirt
Daily Mail readers were treated to eight near-identical snaps of Mrs Clooney.
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NewsJudicial diversity action plan
Initiative aims to put lawyers and legal academics with no judicial experience directly on to the High Court’s benches.
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NewsVictims and bobbies on beat dominate Labour’s justice pledges
Manifesto has little to say on legal aid and access to justice but promises support on domestic violence.
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NewsIn-house lawyer bonuses near £1bn
The average salary for a lawyer with eight years’ PQE is £112,920, recruiter Laurence Simons said.
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NewsFreshfields tops 2015 M&A rankings
Three magic circle firms ranked in global top 20 legal advisers for mergers and acquisition deals.
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NewsTLT to defend former Halliwells partners on the hook for millions
The firm has been instructed to represent fixed-share members of the collapsed Manchester outfit in claims brought by liquidator BDO.
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NewsInternational firms begin Russia downsizing
Magic circle firms reduce Moscow headcount as a result of market challenges.
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NewsScots remember solicitors who served
The Law Society of Scotland has unveiled the first national memorial to the Scottish lawyers who died in the First World War.
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NewsGlobal giant Dentons unveils US merger
World’s largest firm by headcount to ally with McKenna Long & Aldridge.
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NewsDeprivation of liberty guidance clarifies rules
Legal challenges to safeguards expected to rise 10-fold in coming year.
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NewsCo-op Legal in profit despite income slump
ABS standard-bearer posts annual loss of £5m – but broke into the black in the second half.
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NewsBar regulator licenses 15 ‘entities’
BSB says it will name new businesses when they have secured insurance to offer services.
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NewsFirm hire and new unit: Fletchers Solicitors
Firm sets up specialist high-value medical injury unit.
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NewsLegal executives get a pay rise
Buoyant market is fuelling salary hikes – especially in property.
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NewsWatchdog clears insurer’s complaint about PI advert
Insurance broker objected to firm’s reference to ‘an accident anywhere it’s your right to claim’.
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NewsLabour pledges to abolish tribunal fees system
Opposition includes ET policy and Plaid Cymru advocates Welsh legal jurisdiction as justice issues begin to feature in election campaign.
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NewsNew partners: Carbon Law
Commercial litigation lawyers David Martin and Ceri Bater have joined Carbon Law as partners.
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NewsIncome and stability improving – Society’s practice bellwether
Survey shows dramatic rise in the percentage of practices operating profitability and within their overdraft limit.
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NewsMedCo will see you now: whiplash scheme goes live
Biggest medical reporting companies submit two applications for top-tier status.