All News articles – Page 37
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NewsStaff to share £4.3m bonus pool as firm reports big profit rise
Firm updating and expanding its network of offices to support hybrid working.
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NewsIn depth: As the Lib Dems convene in Bournemouth, what are the party's plans for justice?
Family court reform and a radical new legal aid policy are in the party’s sights as members convene for this weekend’s annual conference in Bournemouth.
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NewsSolicitor heads up whistleblowing charity as job share
Sybille Raphael will now share the role of chief executive officer with Protect’s current CEO Elizabeth Gardiner.
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NewsSDT restricts foreign lawyer who 'crossed professional boundaries'
Spanish lawyer also ordered to pay more than £60,000 in costs.
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NewsSRA pledges crackdown on misleading 'no win, no fee' marketing
Regulator also concerned that individual client needs are being overlooked.
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NewsFirm promotion: Morrish Solicitors appoints employment associate
Ranjit O’Mahony is promoted at the Leeds-based trade union and employment specialist firm.
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NewsTribunal denies Proudman £350,000 costs over ‘doomed prosecution’
Barrister who called out ‘boy’s club’ attitude in the profession claimed she was ’improperly pursued’ by the Bar Standards Board.
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NewsFirm hires: Six trainees join TWM Solicitors
Eleanor Morley, Ryan Aujla, Shakiba Bazl, Cassie Mason, Ellie Clark and Freya Blood all start their training contracts with the firm.
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NewsHome Office ordered to improve Windrush compensation scheme
Parliamentary ombudsman says Home Office compounded grieving family's distress.
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NewsFirm hire: Chief operating officer appointment at Gowling WLG
Sarah Felger has held senior strategic and operational roles at CMS, Taylor Wessing, Irwin Mitchell and Womble Bond Dickinson.
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NewsFirm hire: Osbornes Law welcomes family partner
Melissa Arnold has specialised in family law for more than 20 years.
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NewsCarter-Ruck ‘engaged in furtherance of fraud’ by clients, SDT finds
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal allows disclosure of documents relating to alleged SLAPP.
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NewsTopping out ceremony for City’s £600m justice quarter
New complex will house 18 courtrooms and the new City of London Police HQ.
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NewsCriminal justice system failing disabled victims, says commissioner
Disabled victims are ’too confronted by impenetrable systems, inflexible procedures and dismissive attitudes’, says Baroness Newlove.
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NewsDifferent class: Senior judiciary staunchly 'elitist', but dial beginning to shift
Nearly two-thirds of senior judges are privately educated, but research by the Sutton Trust shows that the proportion is diminishing.
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NewsTax adviser legislation will place ‘undue burden’ on legal professionals, says Law Society
Conveyancers particularly at risk, as tax commentator Dan Neidle also warns that measures will not thwart ‘bad actors’.
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NewsSort out conveyancing to fix ‘broken’ homebuying process, says top mortgage lender
Respondents to a Santander survey complained of delays and uncontactable solicitors, as the sector continues to shrink.
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NewsImmigration contract terminated due to 'extraordinary chain of events'
Director believes firm would still have legal aid contract if founder who has since died had not fallen ill.
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NewsCosts order overturned over litigator's absent practising certificate
’The person conducting litigation must be authorised to do so, or fall within one of the exempt categories,’ rules Mr Justice Sheldon.
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NewsFamily court sitting days to be cancelled in 2026 reshuffle
Short hearings could be rescheduled and longer hearings double-listed in response to limited allocation.