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NewsLondon seeks 350 magistrates to fill ageing bench
Advisory committees acknowledge bench must reflect capital's changing community to maintain public confidence.
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NewsPromotions: Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance have appointed five new partners in to their firm in Asia Pacific
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NewsDefunct miners claim firm must pay £15k for negligent advice
Judge says it is ‘too easy’ for negligent firms such as Raleys - and their insurers - to obstruct claimants.
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NewsDoH 'like a criminal dictating his sentence' over fixed costs
Claimant lawyers pour scorn on government proposals to restrict fees for clinical negligence cases - as Law Society warns that the vulnerable must be able to get the advice they need.
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NewsLaws tackling online hate crime 'out of date'
Home affairs select committee says relevant legislation pre-dates widespread use of social media and the internet.
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NewsMemory lane
The Law Society Gazette, 6 May 1997: Lord Irvine of Lairg QC, mentor to the new prime minister Tony Blair, was last week confirmed as the new lord chancellor after a general election that produced 68 lawyer MPs.
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NewsHow much? Super-exam funding poser
Some firms are considering suspending their graduate recruitment programmes until more information is forthcoming about the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination, the Gazette understands.
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NewsMoni does justice to her marathon effort
‘Thank goodness for the Ministry of Justice!’ Not a phrase Obiter hears that often (or indeed at all) among lawyers.
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NewsJudicial diversity? Jury’s still out for LCJ
Criticising the slow progress made in broadening judicial diversity, human rights group Justice acknowledged that a number of the recommendations in its latest report will be unpopular with some.
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Wilson-era minister dies
Former solicitor and south London Labour MP John Fraser has died at the age of 82. Fraser practised at London firm Lewis Silkin and served as a minister under Labour prime ministers Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan.
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NewsNews focus: SQE grand design needs work
Centralised assessment for all aspiring solicitors will be introduced from 2020 by means of a new ‘super exam’. But the Solicitors Regulation Authority still has plenty to do
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New LSB interim chair
Dr Helen Phillips takes over as interim chair of super-regulator the Legal Services Board today pending the recruitment of a replacement for Sir Michael Pitt. Phillips, whose doctorate is in freshwater biology, is a former chief executive of Natural England.
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NewsPartnership breakthrough for women
International firm Norton Rose Fulbright is among the firms leading the way on gender diversity in its senior ranks, with women making up more than a third of promotions in the latest round of partner appointments.
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NewsBlack museum: exhibiting justice
An execution rope, straitjacket and cat o’ nine tails are among the exhibits at the National Justice Museum in Nottingham, the opening of which was formally announced last week.
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NewsHundreds join civil claims after Ian Paterson conviction
Surgeon found guilty of a string of crimes after seven-week trial in Nottingham.
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NewsJudge queries High Court trial at 'substantial cost' to public
Claim was never worth more than £80,000 but required a three-week jury trial.
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NewsTop firms ‘hindered’ by partners’ lack of language skills
Research finds that less than a sixth of UK law firm partners can speak a foreign language.
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NewsWomen comprise 30% of new partners at Eversheds Sutherland
First round of appointments since the transatlantic firm came into being in February.