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Commission calls for code to protect whistleblowers
The Whistleblowing Commission is calling for a simplification of the Public Interest Disclosure Act. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should force firms to adopt a code to protect whistleblowers, a retired senior judge has said. Former Court of Appeal judge Anthony Hooper told the Gazette that the SRA should ensure ...
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NewsTLT poaches 30-strong team from Irwin Mitchell
Six partners and 24 solicitors will join the national firm’s Manchester office before Christmas.
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NewsGrayling feels the heat from committee
The justice secretary said he will not delay civil legal aid reforms to wait for the Joint Committee on Human Rights to report.
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NewsClifford Chance names new global managing partner
Corporate head Matthew Layton replaces outgoing managing partner David Childs.
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SRA plans to waive £80 fee for LPC students
Students will no longer have to register with the regulator to begin LPCs.
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NewsWelsh firm gets £50k grant for UK-wide service
Money will pay for website offering legal services.
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NewsFlexible courts pilots fall flat
Insufficient caseloads meant courts finished no later than they had pre-pilot, an independent evaluation shows.
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NewsSRA opens ‘forensic investigations’ into fee-ban avoidance
Visits to firms have continued through November as enforcement action comes closer.
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News141 firms must prepare to shut down, says SRA
Regulator wants to encourage firms that failed to secure professional indemnity insurance to plan for the worst.
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NewsNumber of new EU laws falls to historic low
Study shows 1,474 legislative changes made in 2012, down 11% on previous year.
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NewsConflicted firms ‘unable to act against banks’
Businesses being ‘driven into bankruptcy’ by RBS are unable to fight back through the courts, Tomlinson report finds.
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NewsSolicitor-financial adviser ventures on the rise
Trend follows liberalisation of rules that prevented law firms referring clients to advisers tied into offering certain financial products.
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NewsLemma manager hid finances
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission said that David Brown was ‘not fit and proper to be a manager of a Gibraltar insurance company’.
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NewsInterpreter disruption dragging on
Statistics released last week show that the performance of the courtroom interpreter service provided by Capita fell in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year.
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NewsChancery Lane warning follows bar strike vote
The Society has warned that solicitors considering similar action are in a very different position to the bar.
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Boost to expert witnesses
Jackson reforms have boosted the use of expert witnesses in mediations, where their presence is part of an increasingly tactical approach, a Gazette special focus reveals today.
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Criminal bar 'slowly being destroyed', says judge
HH Judge Woolman warns that dispensing justice could become 'impossible'.
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NewsJudge's fury at ‘eye-watering’ Young divorce case costs
Ex-wife awarded half of husband’s assets but judge is critical of time and costs spent during case.
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NewsYorkshire firm pulls out of PI market
Walker Morris is the latest to be affected by government reforms of the sector.
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NewsNewLaw joins insurance broker in latest ABS
Cardiff firm joins with another insurance organisation for personal injury claims.