All News articles – Page 780
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NewsListed firm builds Cardiff empire with £2m deal
Acquisition of Thomas Simon is the latest expansion move by firm with £20m war chest after stock market listing.
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NewsWales tax launch
Registration for land transaction tax in Wales from 1 April, will open tomorrow.
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NewsHundreds of firms at risk from PI reform
The scale of law firms’ dependence on the personal injury market has been laid bare by new SRA figures.
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NewsClinic needs help
A legal advice clinic set up by the University of Exeter is seeking volunteers.
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NewsEvidence? Then spill the beans
The quarrel over non-disclosure, particularly in rape cases, rumbles on. I see that austerity is now being blamed for the failure of the police and Crown Prosecution Service to realise that, in some cases, complainants are not being wholly frank. I also see a suggestion that bobbies are to be ...
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NewsBAME boost? Just do the maths
Latest SRA data from its biennial diversity survey was published last week along with a stern injunction from chief executive Paul Philip that there is ‘much more to do to achieve a truly diverse profession’.
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NewsSRA weighs up Baker McKenzie assault claim
Alleged sexual assault by senior male partner at Baker McKenzie’s.
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NewsNews focus: legal advice gateway to nowhere
The cancellation of a procurement offers an ideal opportunity to overhaul the way publicly funded advice on debt, discrimination and education is provided.
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NewsEe by gum! What an advert
Ison Harrison has released a new ad which Obiter says is like a John Lewis Christmas effort put through a Yorkshire filter.
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NewsBarristers slow to take up ABS option – BSB
Barristers appear to have shunned the idea of setting up alternative businesses structures licensed by the Bar Standards Board in the 10 months since the opportunity has been available, figures have revealed. An ABS structure allows non-lawyers to own part or all of a firm. The BSB’s approved ABS list ...
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News285-year-old firm is no stick-in-the-mud
Reading firm Blandy & Blandy LLP first took lease of 1 Friar Street at a rent of £4 a year in 1798.
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NewsPaperless justice expands to tax bill appeals
Ministry of Justice says initiative will stop people wasting their time submitting incorrect or inaccurate forms.
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NewsSupreme Court ruling highlights complexities in family 'abduction' cases
Justices consider the effect of an application under the Hague Convention if a child has become habitually resident in the destination state.
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NewsFormer Linklaters partner jailed for sexual assault
Thomas Elser and Laurenz Schmitt involved in German court case relating to incident in 2014.
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NewsSRA makes case for separation from Chancery Lane
Transition would be 'straightforward and cost effective', regulator tells LSB.
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NewsFirm hire: Andrea Jones
Andrea Jones has been appointed senior associate solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth.
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NewsSlaughter and May to face questions over Carillion advice
Magic circle firm will respond to questions by early next week.
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Invitation to trainees facing 'exceptional obstacles'
Chancery Lane has begun the recruitment process to fill this year's places on its Diversity Access Scheme.
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Society wants more clarity over regulators' duties
Legal Services Board currently reviewing internal governance rules.