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NewsCivil service’s techno time warp
The Attorney General’s Office still uses pagers – spending £1,861 on them since December 2010.
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NewsLand Registry extension plans widely condemned
The Law Society said that it is ‘keen to ensure a change of status does not undermine confidence in the register’.
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NewsDo not read this email
The SRA’s new big cheese was probably hoping for a smooth first few weeks in the job.
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NewsThousands of lawyers protest against legal aid cuts
Criminal lawyers stage a second walkout, causing disruption to courts across the country.
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NewsMoJ rubber-stamps new licensing powers
Ministry approves LSB recommendations to broaden licensing powers, to include the ICAEW and CILEx.
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NewsCriminal lawyers warn of ‘advice deserts’ as they stage walk-out
Solicitors and barristers around the country will stage a second protest against the legal aid cuts today.
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NewsGrieve acts on plea over unrepresented defendants
The attorney general has appointed an advocate to the court to assist in a case involving unrepresented defendants.
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NewsUS charges Dewey & LeBoeuf five with $150m fraud
Authorities allege the five turned to accounting fraud to cope with 2008 financial crash.
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NewsLast-minute compensation rise for mesothelioma victims
Late change of policy sees limit on payments to sufferers increased.
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NewsAllianz joins insurers’ rush to secure ABS licence
German-based multinational the latest insurer to offer legal services.
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NewsSolicitor scheme for school leavers
Law is part of the second wave of sectors to signed up to the government’s Future of Apprenticeships in England and Wales.
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NewsWomen’s talents ‘woefully underused’ in legal profession
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff calls for the profession to examine the reasons for gender inequality.
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News‘Patchy’ progress on diversity, JAC chair admits
Christopher Stephens said that the proportion of solicitor judges is falling.
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NewsSpear-phishing warning over bogus SRA emails
Hacking expert says law firms are tempting and easy targets.
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Legal Personality of the Year 2014
The Gazette is looking for legal professionals who are ‘influential, inspirational and in the public eye’ for its annual Gazette Legal Personality of the Year award. The award aims to recognise those who have made an ‘outstanding public contribution’ to the profession. Nominations for the Gazette accolade, which is one ...
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NewsPI firm rebuked over £2,000 cash incentive
Liverpool firm told to take advertisement down after watchdog ruled it to be misleading.
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NewsFirm hire: Sally Cook at Clough & Willis
Sally Cook is now a head of department at Clough & Willis