News – Page 100
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NewsScottish firms tight-lipped on merger rumour
MacRoberts and Morton Fraser said to be in late-stage merger talks.
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NewsLegal apprenticeship pioneers announce their new starters
Burges Salmon and Addleshaw Goddard praise apprenticeship route to entry.
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NewsLSB outrage over IBA claim it is government-controlled
Chief executive says super-regulator takes decisions ‘without fear or favour from government’.
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NewsVirtual court pilot is ‘not fit for purpose’
Solicitor makes official complaint after duty court scheme pilot in Exeter.
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News£400m government panel opens to bids
Crown Commercial Service has issued an invitation to tender for general legal services.
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NewsIBA 2016: Stock market listing comes at a price
Australian experience shows niche firms to have best record of share flotations.
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NewsCo-op Legal’s recovery picks up
Standard-bearer for the ABS first wave posted a first-half profit, after making a loss last year.
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NewsFirm defers pay review until Brexit picture is clearer
National firm Bond Dickinson today confirmed it had informed staff of the decision.
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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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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: Robots aren't taking over – yet
A packed session heard about huge strides in law firms’ use of artificial intelligence.
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NewsGateley returns to acquisition trail
Birmingham property consultancy is second purchase since pioneering law firm went public.
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NewsSlater and Gordon to sue Quindell successors over £637m deal
Record law firm acquisition was completed last year.
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NewsMagic circle coy on ‘Dear Sirs’ communications
Term abolished by Freshfields – but rival firms give little away.
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NewsTop-tier barristers set creates BSB entity
6 Pump Court originally designed entity to focus on criminal legal aid work.
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NewsShare price tumbles as listed company increases debt by £10m
Fairpoint profits drop slightly in first half of this year.
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NewsFirm helped clients avoid £1.3m stamp duty payments
Gloucestershire firm BPE Solicitors agrees to regulatory settlement following SRA investigation.
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Lateral moves driven more by culture than pay, recruiter claims
Study finds that only 15% of newly moved partners 'motivated by compensation’.
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NewsMagic circle firm pilots AI technology ‘trained to think like a lawyer’
Slaughter and May says legal due diligence process is ripe for automation.