News – Page 130
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NewsQualified solicitors applying for paralegal roles, says CILEx
Baker & McKenzie says job advertisement illustrates 'commonplace' phenomenon.
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NewsFairpoint snaps up PI firm in £9m acquisition
Legal services now the dominant element in listed group.
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NewsIP court reforms encourage surge in cases
Reforms to the intellectual property court have 'fundamentally altered the IP dispute landscape’.
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NewsLocal councils plot further consolidation
HB Public Law forges ahead with ambitious growth plans.
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NewsClear your desk - leading firms embrace agile working
‘When you look across the floor every desk is clear and there is not a piece of paper in sight’.
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NewsEx-Gordons lawyers set up private client boutique
Three partners and a solicitor from Yorkshire firm leave to set up Progeny Private Law.
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NewsClaimant lawyers take lead on ethical marketing pledge
Charter has support of regulators, MPs in bid to end unwanted cold calling and spam texts.
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News'Moneyball' research ranks top law firms by win percentage
An analytics firm has used artificial intelligence to analyse 11,647 High Court cases between 2012 and 2014 to rank the top legal performers.
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NewsSRA to introduce new in-house regulations next year
Plans outlined in regulator’s response to Legal Services Board paper on regulatory restrictions for in-house lawyers.
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NewsFirms allowed to recruit university students in second year
Code amended to reflect ‘modern practices’ after it found previous rules only ‘artificially’ protected students.
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NewsNew insurer enters PII market aiming for specialist firms
Pelican Underwriting Management Ltd will offer £5m limits and initially target firms with one to five partners.
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NewsFirms under scrutiny over anti-money laundering
Reports about potential breaches of anti-money laundering rules continue to rise, with 184 in the last year.
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NewsSolicitors ‘in denial’ about threat from accountants
Analyst says 750 accountancy firms could join market to offer probate services.
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NewsFirm fined for related business disclosure lapse
Freeman Harris referred clients to a medical-reporting company owned by a partner.
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NewsSlater and Gordon shares dip as key Quindell contract set to end
Agreement with insurance giant set to finish later this year, Slaters says in surprise announcement.
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News‘Draconian’ sanctions based on Mitchell are overturned
Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to impose heavy sanctions on a law firm for missing cost deadlines.
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NewsBar takes aim at solicitors in family court advocacy
Two principal branches of the profession clashed last week after the bar called for a review of advocacy in family law.
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NewsPolice issue referral fee fraud warning
Nine people interviewed this month over suspected bogus whiplash claims.
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NewsSexism still rampant in the ‘children’s playground’ of the bar
Bar Council report reveals ‘grossly disrespectful’ comments by male barristers in the ‘secret world’ of the bar.
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Early conciliation cuts employment tribunal cases in half
Statistics from Acas show that 73% of those involved in employment disputes have progressed to conciliation.