All News articles – Page 991
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NewsSRA will shut law firms over ‘dubious’ investment schemes
Firms warned over using banking services through client accounts.
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NewsLawyers can’t be compared to sewage workers, says Bar Council head
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC critical of Legal Services Board proposals for single regulator of the legal sector.
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NewsNew associates: Ashtons Legal
The group successfully completed Ashtons’ Associateship Development Programme.
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NewsJudge suggests ex-client could claim against defunct Blavo
Blavo & Co should have properly advised client before closing, tribunal hears.
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NewsEvidence mounts in the case for problem-solving courts
Five-year academic research shows significantly less family disruption for cases that go through pioneering London court.
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NewsIBA 2016: legal independence in E&W under attack
Political attacks on lawyers and regulators answerable to government – two of the warning signs highlighted in major report.
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NewsUse correct grammar, BSB tells newly qualified barristers
Recommendation comes in revised version of competences for practitioners.
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NewsIBA 2016: TTIP ‘promotes rule of law’
US government in last-ditch efforts to save controversial free-trade treaties.
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NewsIBA 2016: ‘EU the sick man of Europe’
Former foreign secretary attacks ‘unhelpful belligerency’ in Brussels law following the Brexit vote.
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NewsNAHL profits rise as it expands beyond mass PI market
Share price value increases by 3% following the announcement.
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NewsResearch exposes £60k gender pay gap
Men earn 19.2% more than women – and the gulf is wider at the top, Law Society research shows.
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NewsJackson LJ calls for court funding rethink
Architect of eponymous civil justice reforms says it’s wrong to shift cost burden to litigants.
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NewsBrangelina divorce? Somebody think of the children
Family law organisation wastes little time in highlighting the major issue at stake.
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NewsCity savages SRA over handbook changes
As Brexit looms, City solicitors berate proposals which could ’damage the reputation of English law’ at a time when our jurisdiction is vulnerable.
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NewsCity firms continue to post high retention rates
Norton Rose Fulbright and Pinsent Masons post strong figures.
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NewsSports Direct drops RPC from working practices review
Retailer says law firm will continue to be a valued legal adviser.
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NewsIBA 2016: Lawyers must rebuild trust - Lagarde
International Monetary Fund chief warns of corruption fuelling mistrust in institutions.
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NewsUK’s unitary patent court ‘could survive’ post-Brexit
Report optimistic on UK’s unitary patent role.
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NewsMunby relies on problem-solving courts to solve 'care crisis'
Family division president says the number of new care cases could reach 25,000 by 2020.
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NewsMan charged with solicitor's murder appears in court
Dean Marcus Jones, 37, is expected to stand trial next March.