News – Page 126
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NewsQuindell facing potential legal claims worth £9m
Company announces it has received ‘notice of intended claim’ from law firm.
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NewsBar chair weighs in on gender equality row
Bar Council chair hits back at suggestion that he belittled sexist behaviour, as the debate on gender equality rages on.
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West Wales firm merger
Swansea firm Peter Lynn & Partners has announced the takeover of Ivor Evans & Benjamin (IE&B), one of the city’s oldest practices. All staff have transferred and the former partners have become consultants at Peter Lynn & Partners, which now has 30 lawyers and 58 staff. ...
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SRA trims status forms
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has introduced new slimline application forms for firms that need to apply for authorisation for a change of legal entity, and for LDPs electing to be licensed.
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IT upgrade to support law centres
Hackney Community Law Centre first in the country to take part in digital pilot.
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US firms eye $810m tieup
San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Manhattan’s Chadbourne & Parke are in preliminary merger talks. A tieup of the two firms would create a 945-lawyer firm with revenues of $810m.
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NewsFirms ponder withdrawal as contract D-day looms
Government to reveal outcome of its tenders for new legal aid contracts.
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NewsBar 'milestone' towards flexible training
The bar regulator has approved plans to introduce a professional statement as part its new approach to entry to the profession.
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NewsReed Smith posts 11% profits hike
International firm cites focused approach to global industry for increase.
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NewsFirms losing millions to phone fraudsters - insurer
Office accounts as well as client accounts at risk from ‘very sophisticated’ callers posing as bank staff.
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NewsLegal training: SRA hits back at Law Society concerns
Regulator says it has not yet decided how it plans to assess trainee solicitors after Chancery Lane warns that proposed changes would hinder poorer students.
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NewsClifford Chance to promote LGBT rights worldwide
Magic circle firm seeking to build inclusive culture across 36 offices – including in jurisdictions where homosexuality is illegal.
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NewsRush for gender balance could ‘destroy’ judiciary, claims Sumption
The Supreme Court judge says equality at top needs to happen naturally to avoid deterring men from the legal profession.
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NewsSolicitor firm shuns SRA for bar regulator
Family firm becomes BSB-regulated entity – despite having no barrister on its team.
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NewsNo grounds for PII reforms, say lenders
Solicitors Regulation Authority reviewing professional indemnity insurance and Compensation Fund arrangements.
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NewsComparison site steps in to ADR gap
Firms offered access to confidential mediation service as ADR deadline looms.
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NewsKent ABS plan on ice as town halls look to consolidate
More than a year has passed since the council began the procurement process for a commercial partner to form a groundbreaking joint venture.
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NewsMicrosoft highlights in-house importance
Brad Smith will take on the title of president and chief legal officer. He will remain general counsel.
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NewsDebt-recovery agency granted ABS status
Nottingham firm says litigation becoming a popular tool in creditors’ armoury.