News – Page 155
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NewsLegal market growth nears pre-recession levels
UK legal services sector to grow by 3.8% in 2014 and 4.9% next year, Law Society predicts.
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NewsGuardian status proposed for families of missing people
The Ministry of Justice is consulting on plans to give the families of missing people authority to deal with their legal and financial matters.
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NewsBakers picks Belfast for second low-cost support centre
Operations will begin in September and employ up to 250 by 2017.
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NewsWealth consultant enters legal services market
Oracle Capital Group to offer corporate, debt financing, intellectual property and immigration advice to clients.
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NewsPistorius TV trial ‘impressive’, says Neuberger
Televising courts is merely the modern equivalent of visiting them, the president of the Supreme Court says in a speech on open justice.
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NewsCity optimism up but growth slowing
Professional services business volumes expanding, CBI survey says.
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NewsFears over closure of court canteens
HMCTS on-site catering contracts expire at the end of August.
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NewsSociety: don’t delay PII renewal
Around 95% of firms are expected to be working to the 1 October deadline.
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Complaints about insolvency practitioners rise 26%
In the first year of new complaints gateway, 941 complaints were received by regulators.
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NewsMidlands firms build ‘department next door’
Around 130 firms from across the West Midlands have joined network to match power of big players.
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NewsQuindell: we’re world’s top listed firm
Company posts half-year results, with pre-tax profits up 193% and turnover up 119%, after stock market roller-coaster ride.
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NewsCobbetts members fight £337k bank repayment
Threat of legal action halts remaining payment to secured creditor Lloyds TSB.
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NewsClosed CPD provider owes £458k, records show
Progressive Legal Training was founded in 1995 and provided around 3,000 CPD courses across the country.
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NewsCanada set to embrace new business models
Bar report recommends that lawyers should be free to practise ‘in any form they desire’.
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NewsProfits dip as Irwin Mitchell invests
Equity partner profit down 14% but firm insists: ‘PEP is not the right measure for us.’
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NewsICAEW approved to regulate probate and license ABSs
Chartered accountancy body breaks new ground in legal market liberalisation.
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NewsFamily lawyers sound alarm on separating parents
As private family law cases plummet, fears grow that parents will take the law into their own hands.
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NewsLiverpool PI firm falls foul of advertising standards
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers complained about ads for Hampson Hughes offering ‘upfront’ payments.
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NewsFamily system 'woefully behind' in treatment of vulnerable
Judicial working group recommends adapting criminal guidance to help family courts deal with vulnerable witnesses.