All News articles – Page 90
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NewsRegulator urged to support junior GCs
In-house conference hears concerns for newly-qualifieds quickly promoted to senior positions for the wrong reasons.
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NewsLawyers welcome removal of judges from assisted dying role
Judge-appointed panel of three people would approve end-of-life requests.
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NewsSRA: Scrapping client account ‘not a done deal’
Hundreds respond to regulator’s suggestion that a third-party managed account could hold client money.
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News£300,000 fine for US firm over historical AML breaches
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal approves agreed outcome on the first day of the substantive hearing against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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NewsMemory lane
Cutting in-house red tape, the bar’s post-Clementi shake-up, relations with estate agents and the Industry Bill: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsNew litigation funder pledges £250m and hires industry heavyweight
Steve Din, best known for starting up Simpson Millar owner, joins North American litigation funder.
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NewsGovernment finds £1.5m for lawtech injection
Lawtech has fundamentally changed and is changing the legal services market for the better, minister tells conference.
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NewsMagistrate’s employment tribunal claim over ‘minor incident’ dismissed
Employment judge Liz Ord said there was ‘no hint of anyone being discriminatory towards the claimant’.
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NewsMining giant was 'not a polluter' in Brazil dam collapse, court hears
BHP tells High Court that claimants deployed a 'novel interpretation' of Brazilian Law.
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NewsAdoption case is set on stage
Play Too Many Books explores complexities of international adoption.
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NewsFunding regulation fails to reflect ‘commercial realities’
Class representatives respond to Civil Justice Council review of litigation funding saying urgent reforms are needed.
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NewsIs the billable hour bereft of life?
Perhaps the billable hour is not ‘bleedin’ deceased’, but merely ‘resting’?
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NewsFirm hire: PCB Byrne welcomes civil litigation partner
Simon Colledge was previously a partner at Gunnercooke.
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NewsPeers to probe state of rule of law
Inquiry 'seeking to understand the rule of law as a constitutional principle and what the state of the rule of law is in the UK'.
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NewsInternational firm condemns HR manager’s offensive tweets
Local election candidate made offensive posts through a profile listing CMS as his employer.
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NewsSRA overturns Dentons acquittal in AML case
International firm will face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal again as High Court quashes SDT’s decision.
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NewsSRA chief: 'My decision to quit has nothing to do with Axiom Ince'
Chief executive tells journalists he had been planning retirement 'for quite a number of years'.
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NewsCity watchdog acts to thwart motor claims bonanza
Supreme Court ruling will pave the way for FCA-led compensation payouts, cutting out lawyers.
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NewsFines imposed on SQE provider will fund disadvantaged candidates
SQE Access and Reinvestment Fund pump-primed by £360,000 of 'financial penalties' paid by Kaplan since exam was introduced.
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NewsIn depth: Benchmarking survey - client interest profit warning
Law firms buoyed by interest on client money must ‘wean themselves off’ this lucrative income stream. That is a key message of the annual Law Society Financial Benchmarking Survey.