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NewsNews focus: local government lawyers battle dwindling budgets
Will the country’s first ‘social enterprise law firm’ reignite council interest in ABSs and inspire other lawyers in local government to follow in its footsteps?
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NewsNew justice charter to be unveiled
It will set out key principles that criminal law practitioners can unite behind
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NewsMagic circle feels the heat on gender pay
The Big Four accountancy firms have ratcheted up pressure on their elite counterparts in the law over gender pay by including equity partners in their comparisons.
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NewsRussia crackdown
The government has hinted at passing a British version of the Magnitsky Act, a US law that freezes assets and imposes travel bans on Russians suspected of human rights violations, following the nerve agent poisonings in Salisbury.
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NewsReal life drama
Solicitors attending Lawyers in Local Government’s weekend school in Bristol were treated to a theatrical performance by commercial firm Bevan Brittan.
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NewsLiPs portal going public in online justice push
The civil money claims project is to progress from a pilot, involving invited claimants only, to so-called ‘public beta’ phase as soon as next Monday.
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NewsPersons of great interest
So, like Cameron’s ‘hug a hoodie’, this is to be the year of the KLIP (Kiss a Litigant In Person). It certainly hasn’t always been that way. When I was articled and trailed behind the outdoor clerk he was very dismissive of those strange people who could be seen in ...
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NewsIrwin Mitchell loses £270k costs battle after moving clients to CFA
Legal aid certificates were discharged days before new rules came in around costs recoverability.
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NewsJust one dodgy scheme could drain compensation fund – SRA chief
Consultation into scope and shape of professional indemnity insurance opens next Friday.
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NewsShelve super-exam for six months, say MPs
Justice committee writes to Legal Services Board warning of damage to UK’s reputation.
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News‘What’s your opinion on the burka?’: barristers share race stories
QC says he is often seen as ‘everything but the lawyer’.
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News83-year-old jailed for contempt over divorce settlement
His Honour Judge Wildblood QC says no one wishes to see an elderly man go to prison unless it is genuinely necessary.
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News'Room for improvement' on conveyancing clarity - SRA
Regulator concedes that most buyers and sellers happy with their legal service.
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NewsPromotions: Potter Rees Dolan
Potter Rees Dolan promote five of their senior solicitors to partner.
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News‘Stand up and be counted’ to halt Handbook reforms – Law Society
Rule changes could undermine confidence in solicitors both at home and abroad, Blacklaws says.
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NewsDeprivation of liberty safeguards to be reformed
Government says it will bring forward legislation to create a new system called Liberty Protection Safeguards.
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Philippines seeks exit from Hague court
International Criminal Court probe into thousands of deaths prompts backlash from president.