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NewsNew partner: Gráinne Staunton at Tozers
Gráinne Staunton has been promoted from associate to partner by Tozers Solicitors LLP. Having graduated from the University of Exeter, Gráinne Staunton trained with Tozers before qualifying as a solicitor in 2008. Gráinne specialises in the administration of complex estates, wills and estate planning for wealth preservation and asset protection. ...
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NewsFrench burqa ban upheld by European court
The ban, introduced in 2011, does not violate human rights laws.
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NewsNew European data protection law ‘on track’
UK certain to lose fight on form of new instrument, conference hears.
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News‘Fast-track’ patent highway to China opens
The UK partners with China’s State Intellectual Property Office to accelerate patent applications.
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NewsSimpson Millar begins post-buyout acquisition spree
The consumer firm, which became part of the Fairpoint Group last month, has snapped up Bristol-based Foster & Partners.
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NewsMedia take-down plans ditched
Proposals to enable the attorney general to order media organisations to remove online archive material creating a risk of contempt are abandoned.
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NewsProfits surge on record income at Clifford Chance
The magic circle firm says its bullish performance reflects an ‘uptick in the transactional markets’.
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NewsSRA braced for another big intervention
Compensation Fund contributions set to fall sharply, but regulator wary of pressure on reserves.
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NewsPeers back bill to make pre-nups binding
The bill introduced by Lady Deech amends the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
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NewsMoJ axes £127m IT project
Troubled project to join up the department’s back office systems will be outsourced to Steria.
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NewsResidence test breaches UN convention, say parliamentarians
The Joint Committee on Human Rights calls for the provision to be withdrawn ‘immediately’.
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NewsFoley ousts nine-year incumbent at Pinsent Masons
Richard Foley will replace senior partner Chris Mullen, responsible for the firm’s McGrigors merger.
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NewsGovernment tells Saatchi to amend innovation bill
Health minister Earl Howe gave broad support for the bill, which would lift liability restrictions for doctors who want to innovate in cancer treatments.
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NewsLegal Pride 2014 – image gallery
See pictures of the profession marching at Saturday’s flagship LGBT event.
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NewsMinisters ‘shelve Land Registry sell-off’
Press reports say that the industry secretary has cancelled plans to turn the bulk of Land Registry into a commercial venture.
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Manorial rights probe
House of Commons Justice Committee is to hold an inquiry into manorial rights to inform any future review of the law.
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NewsLosing it in translation
Competent interpreters were even more thin on the ground in the 1970s.
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NewsA firm not to be reckoned with
Wonga could have at least come up with some tough-sounding law firm names.