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NewsSlash 10% on legal spend with e-billing, GCs told
General counsel could save up to 10% of their external legal spend simply by implementing effective workflow systems.
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NewsSRA lifts lid on bad practice by failing firms
Analysis exposes biggest failure of firms in financial difficulty.
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NewsPannone responds to Slater & Gordon link
Manchester firm has moved to dampen speculation linking it to an acquisition.
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NewsCountry gents set up first membership ABS
Landowners’ group likely to be first of several members’ organisations to offer legal services.
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NewsLib Dems call for halt to legal aid reforms
Members at conference voted to oppose further cuts if they are made without being properly trialled.
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NewsSRA survey exposes 1,200 firms in financial difficulty
Regulator set to increase supervision in bid to see off expensive interventions.
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NewsCobbetts clear-up fees revealed
An administrator’s report has laid out who made what from the Cobbetts collapse.
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NewsCPS spends £1.1m on two 'golden goodbyes'
The Crown Prosecution Service has handed out £1.1m in pay-offs to two former employees.
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News£37m legal bill for NHS computer scheme
Legal costs of winding up the NHS in England’s computerisation scheme have topped £37m.
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NewsSlater & Gordon unveils £1m campaign
Australian firm sets sights on UK market after series of acquisitions.
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NewsUK outstrips the rest of Europe in legal vacancies growth
The number of job advertisements for legal professionals rose 15% in the second quarter of this year, a recruiter says.
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NewsBar calls for a ‘college of regulators’ - and no Legal Services Board
The Bar Standards Board and Bar Council have added their voices to calls for the Legal Services Board to be scrapped.
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NewsFinalists announced after record entry in excellence awards
The Law Society Excellence Awards 2013 showcase the brightest legal talent in England and Wales.
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NewsJudge rules defendant cannot give evidence wearing niqab
A Muslim woman can wear a niqaab during her trial, but must remove it is she gives evidence.
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NewsCapita enters legal services market with Optima acquisition
The business services giant Capita has applied for a licence to become an alternative business structure.
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NewsSRA promises 'significant' improvements to PC renewal
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has set a deadline of 31 October for the 2013 practising certificate renewals.
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NewsCity lawyers support 'equal merit' diversity push
City lawyers join Bar Council in lukewarm support for supporting minority judicial candidates.
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NewsHigh five at Beachcroft
A batch of youngsters begin their legal careers after taking up apprenticeships with international firm DAC Beachcroft.
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Lithman: fee cuts will be 'kiss of death'
Criminal barristers will accept ’not a penny more’ of fee cuts, Nigel Lithman QC tells Chris Grayling.
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NewsBig Four firm nets £5m on IT contract
Accountancy firm Ernst & Young has been paid £5m to project manage a £125m Ministry of Justice IT contract.