News – Page 120
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NewsSRA proposes central exam for all trainees
The planned Solicitors Qualifying Exam aims to ensure consistent standards as more routes to qualification open up.
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NewsCity firms tackle ‘not posh enough’ barrier
City Solicitors Horizons initiative aims to help disadvantaged students get into the legal profession.
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NewsFirm makes 'take all the leave you want' policy permanent
Ashton KCJ offering employees holiday to 'reflect their own needs'.
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Barrister suspended for 18 months for acting without PC
Andrew Veen charged a lay client £3,500 plus VAT for a case despite not holding a practising certificate.
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News£2,000 SRA fine for first breach by solicitor of referral fee ban
Janet Cruise, sole practitioner of Merseyside firm Wolf Law Solicitors, admitted to paying £47,000 for 38 personal injury cases.
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NewsTop 1,000 race ahead in busy conveyancing market
Leading firms’ transactions grow by 20% in third quarter of 2015.
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NewsBar figures highlight dismal prospects for trainees
Even at the law school with the best record of getting students into chambers, almost three-quarters of them are still waiting to start a pupillage.
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NewsPII costs 'stopping firms switching regulator'
CILEx Regulation, established by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, said current PII rules load extra costs onto firms.
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NewsBar concerned by low uptake of entities
The Bar Standards Board expects to receive just £7,000 from entity regulation by the end of the year.
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NewsComplaints about lawyers tumble as LeO reviews name and shame
‘There is the sense of something getting better in the marketplace,’ Office for Legal Complaints chair tells lawyers.
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NewsDentons plans Latin America tie-ups
Plans to ‘combine’ with firms in Mexico and Colombia come shortly after the global giant confirmed its fifth merger this year.
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NewsMoney laundering awareness campaign kicks off
‘Flag it up’ will provide professionals with guidance to ensure they are not caught up in criminality.
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NewsFirm partners with council to tackle rogue landlords
Believed to be the first partnership of its kind.
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NewsPI firms reeling after Osborne’s shock announcement
Market value of Australia-listed pioneer Slater and Gordon halves overnight.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell creates £250m firm with Thomas Eggar merger
The takeover will be formally completed by the end of this year.
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NewsPrivate equity backs £2m acquisition of Parabis business
Parabis Group - itself owned by a private equity investor - has been carved up and sold this week.
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NewsCity firm silent on Maclays merger talk
Addleshaw Goddard linked to biggest remaining Scottish independent as senior partner prepares to step down.
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NewsDWF profits fall as firm reveals ‘modest restructuring’ of staff
Managing partner Andrew Leaitherland said the firm is ‘ahead of the game’ despite profits dropping.
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NewsClaims firm sacrifices 2015 profit for top-100 ambitions
Fletchers says this year’s £12m turnover - up from £11m in 2014 - is expected to rise to £20m by 2018.
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NewsSocial mobility little improved at top of profession
Partners at magic circle firms as well as senior judiciary and top QCs are more likely to be privately educated than the general public.