All News articles – Page 658
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News'Matter of time': lawyers optimistic about enforcing foreign judgments
Uruguay is the only contracting state to the 2019 Judgments Convention but lawyers told more will follow.
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NewsIain Duncan Smith raises the volume on a career high
Former leader is a forthright opponent of cannabis legalisation.
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NewsJudges go online to explain their modern mission
Free five-week course in partnership with King’s College London aims to boost confidence in the judiciary.
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NewsBarrister convicted of tax evasion disbarred
The barrister’s conviction was ‘entirely incompatible’ with the ethical standards of the profession, the BSB said.
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NewsTories to ditch plans to scrap shorter prison sentences
'Punishment and rehabilitation are not opposites,' justice secretary will tell party conference.
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News‘Judges aren’t shrinking violets’ - SG relaxed about criticism
Michael Ellis QC also suggests the UK legal sector will benefit from leaving the European Union.
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NewsFTSE 100 companies face fewer legal disputes
The number of High Court cases involving FTSE 100 businesses has fallen by 33% since last year.
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NewsFirm hire: Hodge Jones & Allen welcomes former FCA lawyer
Tim Thomas is a specialist in the defence of financial crime and regulatory investigations and prosecutions.
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NewsFreshfields misconduct case adjourned
Ryan Beckwith is facing charges over his conduct towards a female junior colleague.
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NewsA&O reports widening gender pay gap
The gender pay gap for UK partners and employees at the magic circle firm increased slightly over the past year.
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News'Novel and peculiar': Johnson's verdict on prorogation ruling
Prime minister moots US-style vetting process for justices.
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NewsA good dressing down in 1939
There’s a precedent for skipping the pomp attached to the Legal Year’s opening.
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NewsGlobal bar’s Gangnam style
There was a live perfomance of the 2012 hit at this year’s International Bar Association conference. When in Gangnam!
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NewsCity firms ‘bribing’ NQs to tolerate ‘broken culture’
Legal outsourcing business CEO says junior lawyers are being induced to work in a ‘dysfunctional environment’.
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NewsZero interest: capped costs pilot flops
Scheme applies to cases valued up to £250,000 going through business and property courts. But as yet there are no takers.
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NewsFirm hire: Spratt Endicott recruits NQ lawyer via trainee programme
Krishan Patel joins the Oxfordshire-based firm's company commercial team.
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NewsFirm hire: CLSA secretary joins Hull-based firm
Mark Savage makes the move back up north to Williamsons Solicitors.
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NewsFurious BAILII demands meeting with MoJ over reusing judgments
Charity behind go-to source of case law says it was not consulted about request to reuse judgments published on its website.
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NewsSolicitors facing hefty losses on Thomas Cook sickness claims
Claimants also face long wait to see if they will recover any compensation from liquidation.