News – Page 102
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NewsCity law firm successfully pilots AI technology
Reed Smith plans to use innovative software more widely, insisting lawyers will always be needed.
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NewsLeading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’
Management consultancy Edward Drummond says bigger practices are ‘aggresively meritocratic’.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens China hub
International firm extends its alternative legal services offering.
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NewsFirm boasts of 146 fundamental dishonesty wins in a year
Horwich Farrelly says it successfully used the defence eight times in a single day.
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Firm fined after keeping clients in the dark about third parties
Meade Law Ltd made no communication with consumers about the use of two businesses for services related to PI claims.
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NewsCity firm sets up ‘hotline’ to address client fears over cybersecurity
Herbert Smith Freehills says clients will be able to ask questions without having to set up a retainer.
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NewsKent legal chief aims high with new ABS
Geoff Wild says new company, wholly owned by Kent County Council, is hoping for SRA approval by November.
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NewsSlater and Gordon UK legal business loses £37m
Listed Australian company now more reliant than ever on revenue generated in the UK.
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News‘Don’t expect to be in the office more than two days,’ lawyers told
London-based firm Schillings is the latest to embrace agile working.
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NewsPI reforms fuel law firm merger mania
Accountancy firm reports peak levels of merger and acquisition activity.
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NewsSociety hits back at ‘misconceived’ price transparency call
Narrow focus on price potentially damaging to clients, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsSolicitor agrees settlement over abusive language
Solicitors Regulation Authority says Daniel Robert Johnson also sent an inappropriate email to another solicitor.
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NewsShine wears off UK for Erin Brockovich-backed personal injury firm
Australia-listed pioneer posts much improved financials but market reforms rule out UK expansion.
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NewsEnterprise firms unable to secure new PII put ‘on notice’
A third of the 43 firms covered by collapsed insurer Enterprise have failed to secure a new policy.
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NewsForce solicitors to publish prices, watchdog urges
Consumer panel calls for law firms to be subject to dentist-style regulation.
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NewsMoney claims ‘being priced out of court’, says bar
Bar Council raises concern over 19% drop in county court judgments against businesses in first half of 2016.
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NewsSolicitor referred to tribunal over Euro Parliament funds
Solicitors Regulation Authority says allegations against Christopher Charles Edward Hayes are unproven.
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NewsEnd ‘campaign’ against solicitor-advocates – Bourns
Law Society president says solicitor-advocates are not given enough credit for their work.
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NewsPII deadline looms for firms covered by Enterprise Insurance
Solicitors Regulation Authority says two-thirds of firms have found alternative cover.
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NewsBumper profits for Baker & McKenzie
International colossus posts 14% hike in dollar profits in face of ‘currency headwinds’.