All News articles – Page 850
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NewsBanks turn to blockchain to cope with compliance
Smart contracts could streamline the checking of legal entity identifiers required by new legislation.
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NewsSimpson Millar confirms plans to cut at least 100 jobs
National firm bosses say business suffered from ‘substantial under-investment’ while part of listed company.
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NewsEmployment tribunal cases 'double' since Unison judgment
National user group says effect of July's Supreme Court decision on fees has yet to be fully felt.
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NewsJunior barrister numbers at ‘25-year low’ says new chair
Andrew Walker QC warns of younger generation increasingly being forced out of a career at the bar.
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NewsChallenge to legal aid cuts gets under way
Law Society seeking judicial review of changes to litigators graduated fee scheme.
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NewsTax firm negligent for not warning about risks of avoidance scheme
Court of Appeal overturns High Court ruling involving tax advice specialist.
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NewsFirm announcement: Linklaters
Michael Cutting retires from Linklaters to join UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
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NewsJudge rules that reviving a struck-out claim not an abuse of process
Defendants wanted court to strike out estimated £20,000 claim for a second time.
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NewsGovernment fights back in judges' pension row
Transitional provisions were introduced out of a sense of moral responsibility, Employment Appeal Tribunal told.
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NewsWhite candidates twice as likely to achieve pupillage, bar regulator reveals
'More research needed' to find out why differences in attainment persist.
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NewsClaims taking longer as huge numbers go through county route
More pressure on the county county court at a time when almost 20 have recently closed.
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NewsCosts lawyers fear fixed fees but feel they can weather Jackson storm
Group urges government to keep faith in costs budgeting rather than tear up the rulebook again.
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NewsFraud office future secure as government eyes economic crime reform
National Economic Crime Centre will have the power to ask SFO to investigate cases.
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NewsBrexit: solicitors welcome 'breathing space' deal
Phase 1 agreement stresses need for legal clarity - including mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments.
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NewsHMCTS hiring dozens of administrators for Salford claims hub
Staff sought to help money claims centre run a polite and 'right first time' service.
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NewsAspiring barristers to benefit from bar's wellbeing portal
Bar Council highlights ’gap in support’ for post-BPTC students who are yet to achieve pupillage.
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NewsObituary: Philip Pettit, legal scholar
Renowned academic and author of Equity and the Law of Trusts dies at 92.
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NewsCity of London begins migrating land charges data into central register
Land Registry hopes to complete local land charges project by 2023.
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NewsClifford Chance reveals management shake-up
End of term signifies changes to senior positions at magic circle firm.