News – Page 77
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NewsNew-breed Keystone Law plans £15m stock market entry
Placing aims to raise £9.4m for the company and £5m for existing shareholders.
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News'Suffocating' stamp duty threatens conveyancing demand
Academic research suggests homeowners are unwilling to move in order to avoid paying land tax twice.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency to review 14-hour rule to tackle 'ghost' solicitors
Law Society and practitioner groups say Crown court advocacy should count towards contract requirement.
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NewsLeigh Day seeking £5m in defence costs over SRA's failed Iraq prosecution
Firm applies for order to make the SRA liable for 60% of costs, accusing the regulator of 'ploughing ahead like a rudderless oil tanker'.
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NewsSolicitor jailed for 10 years for eco-investment tax scam
Rodney Whiston-Dew ’simply motivated by a desire to become extremely rich and to evade tax’.
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News'Plain English': Whitehall simplifies £650m legal tendering process
Crown Commercial Service has cut the amount of tender documents that bidders must complete.
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NewsUse your buying power to promote diversity, GC urges
Legal chief for fashion retailer ASOS tells women in law conference that money talks in the end.
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NewsNew chief legal ombudsman named
Rebecca March joins complaints watchdog from office of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
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NewsNeuberger: Tell judge if you can't do 9.30am start because of school run
Former Supreme Court president reinforces his opposition to gender quotas as women in law conference.
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Bar Conference: New five-year plan for appointing judges
The Judicial Appointments Commission is to publish an unprecedented forward programme for appointing judges in a bid to boost the appeal of the bench to candidates from all backgrounds. The five-year plan, running from 2017-2022, will enable aspiring judges to identify ‘clear pathways’ to office and help candidates decide which ...
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NewsUnion threatens industrial action over HMCTS job cuts
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says it will slash National Compliance and Enforcement Service staff by 60% over the next two years.
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NewsBar Conference: Chambers 'price war' and 'collusion' fears over fee transparency
Barristers and solicitors should be forced to publish prices online, conference hears.
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NewsNational Pro Bono Week: legal chiefs thank profession for 'life-changing' help
Law Society president Joe Egan praises lawyers' public service ethos.
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NewsParadise Papers firm Appleby: We've done nothing wrong
Firm says allegations are a ’patchwork quilt of unrelated allegations with a clear political agenda and movement against offshore’.
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NewsBar Conference: We don't accept your constraints, chair tells government
Andrew Langdon QC says treatment of profession ’borders on contempt’.
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News'Conveyancing factories' with inexperienced juniors can delay transactions
Law firm chief executive calls for greater transparency to improve home buying process.
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NewsAutomation to take 67,000 legal jobs, Society predicts
Loss will be offset by continuing growth in demand for legal services, according to sector forecast.
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News'Significant cultural shift' required to encourage more solicitor judges
House of Lords constitution committee says progress to increase judicial diversity has been slow.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses seven-year legal aid contract fight
Mr Justice Coulson says case is an example of how not to conduct a public procurement challenge.
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NewsListed firm buys tax business for deal worth up to £8m
Company says it can increase cross-selling opportunities through landmark deal.