All News articles – Page 491
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NewsNovice lawyer unfairly sacked after asking for her wages
Paralegal could not afford Wi-Fi to work from home because of ‘erratic’ salary payments from firm.
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NewsHeathrow barrister fined £5,000 for Supreme Court contempt
Tim Crosland appeared before three Supreme Court justices in proceedings brought by attorney general.
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News‘Slow to change’ lawyers must embrace online dispute revolution, says Vos
Master of the Rolls says lawyers can still earn good fees in new world as long as they add value.
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NewsHeathrow contempt barrister: leak was 'reasonable and proportionate'
Tim Crosland broke the embargo on the Supreme Court decision on Heathrow’s third runway last year.
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News'Nation of animal lovers': lord chancellor takes on pet thieves
Package of animal welfare measures trailed ahead of Queen's speech tomorrow.
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NewsIraq parting shot fulfils the brief
There's another drama from the BBC production line – and this time it has a definite legal flavour.
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NewsFirms swept up as consolidators splash the cash
Law firm consolidators have made significant acquisition moves.
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NewsGovernment considers plans to create national hub for court judgments
The National Archives would publish every decision made by courts and tribunals.
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NewsGates crashers
Public relations bods at family firms had a struggle to find a promotional angle in the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce.
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NewsCourt hears ‘obvious concerns’ about Slater and Gordon ATE commissions
Claimant seeks to find out whether firm received any financial benefit from fees paid to subsidiary.
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NewsSingapore jostles with London for top arbitration spot
Popularity of Asian arbitral hubs has grown significantly in the past five years, according to global study.
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NewsFirm entitled to sack ‘car-window cash’ solicitor, CoA rules
Employment appeal ruling overturned in case of solicitor who accepted £150 in a pub car park as a gift.
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NewsSolicitors’ new firm pledges to give all profits away
Pair left private practice to form not-for-profit business in their home county Norfolk.
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News'Very decent, good man': council pays tribute to property solicitor
Neil Astles, 59, died weeks after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.
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NewsHFW defies sanctions row with China expansion
City firm says it remains ‘deeply committed’ to the Chinese legal market and now has 78 lawyers in the region.
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NewsEx-client sues firm over ‘ridiculous’ ground rent clause
Leaseholder claims to have been unaware that ground rent would double every five years.
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NewsCriminal legal aid solicitors 'have suffered 50% pay cut'
Government-commissioned review is told overstretched and underpaid practitioners are on the brink.
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News'Ableist attitudes': BSB reviews bar exam fiasco
'Only a tribunal can determine whether the bar regulator failed in its duty to make reasonable adjustments,' says independent review.
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NewsSRA to create ‘independent’ team to assess enforcement quality
Arms-length body proposed in plans covering the regulator’s business for the next year.