All News articles – Page 978
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News‘Don’t wait to innovate,’ SRA tells in-house solicitors
Revamped code of conduct and handbook will not be published before spring 2017.
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Men dominate latest round of new partners
Only 17 of 74 new partnerships at magic circle firms go to women.
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NewsAlan Blacker/Lord Harley has SRA claim struck out
Solicitor-advocate challenged regulator over release of information following FoI request.
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NewsSusskind: ‘you have five years to reinvent the legal profession’
Professor says law schools are ‘churning out 20th-century lawyers’ rather than preparing young people for the future.
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NewsNew board members: Solicitors for the Elderly
Holly Chantler and Chris Keenan appointed to board of directors.
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NewsGove commends his ministerial Arsenal
Justice secretary compares his ministers to Premier League players. But could he have chosen better ones?
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NewsJustice ministers ‘clear’ UK will stay member of ECHR
Position at odds with the statement this week from the home secretary Theresa May.
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NewsSolicitors becoming McKenzie friends to avoid regulatory costs, CMA told
Trade association says solicitors can provide cheaper services by practising as McKenzie friends.
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NewsLawyers hit back at Gary Lineker’s divorce claims
Sports broadcaster Gary Lineker accuses lawyers of creating hatred between divorcing couples.
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NewsPlanning application processing could be outsourced to law firms
Law Society backs plan but says precautions need to be taken against conflict of interest.
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NewsHillsborough verdict: solicitors for families call for urgent inquiry into criminal liability
Inquest jury delivers verdict of unlawful killing – lawyers demand 'rigorous investigations' that will lead to criminal proceedings.
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NewsFormer LLP member allowed to pursue ‘whistleblower’ claim
Former managing partner’s claim for post-termination financial losses had been struck out by the employment tribunal.
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NewsUK should leave the ECHR, says May
Home secretary says Strasbourg court a bigger threat to sovereignty than the CJEU.
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NewsJackson backs RTA claimants over portal transfer
Court of Appeal upholds challenge to case being transferred to the small-claims track.
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NewsFears over credit for guilty plea
Sentencing Council says revised guideline for sentence reductions will save resources.
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NewsMixing it with the wiseguys
Over the years, a number of lawyers have paid a high price for feeding information to the police.
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NewsHail the new King Zog
The justice secretary is discovering anew that politics is a contact sport.
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NewsMassed legal ranks reach fever pitch
Charity performance by a massed choir of 180 solicitors, barristers and support staff set for 8 June.
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News‘Soporifically leaden’: a day in the life of Neuberger
Little did anyone in court think ‘and then see’ could mean ‘rule on the spot’.