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Bar pushes for revamped advocacy fees
New graduated fee scheme aims to increase payments for complex and serious cases to redress 'imbalance'.
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NewsLitigation funder backs VW shareholder action
Bentham Europe says shareholders ‘deserve more than an apology’.
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NewsLondon firm to be sold after insolvency
Jeffrey Green Russell confirms discussions under way on transfer of business.
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NewsBlavo & Co to consult on redundancies
Managing partner says the firm has no choice but to restructure.
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NewsFreshfields recognised for ex-offenders initiative
Magic circle firm says businesses need to take the lead in creating job opportunities.
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NewsYorkshire merger creates 23-partner firm
Ramsdens and Baxter Caulfield plan further growth to meet the demand for its services in corporate and commercial areas.
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NewsQC jailed for fraud is disbarred
Rohan Pershad QC was jailed in 2013 for cheating public revenue of £600,000.
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NewsSkilled migration curbs would harm legal sector – Law Society
Chancery Lane tells government that international firms must be able to recruit from outside the European Economic Area.
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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.