News – Page 25
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NewsBar sanctions under scrutiny in new consultation
Review prompted by claims of undue leniency in matters involving sexual misconduct.
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NewsOnly two Crown courts checked for cell safety
Revelation by Public Health England prompts calls for greater transparency.
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NewsRecommended trainee minimum rises by 1.1%
Nobody should face unnecessary financial barriers to entering the profession, Law Society says.
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NewsFirm leads fight to recover air ambulance costs from defendants
Fieldfisher working alongside charities to prepare claims and urges other firms to do the same.
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NewsViews sought on blockchain dispute resolution rules
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce opens consultation on disputes arising from new digital technologies.
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NewsYorkshire firm shut down over director’s suspected dishonesty
Practice papers, files and monies at North Yorkshire Law seized by Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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News‘Most diverse’ professional services group buys Leeds firm
Progeny has added a conveyancing arm to its financial and legal services roster.
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NewsInjury firm goes countrywide with new office opening
CFG Law, which started life in the north west, continues expansion across England.
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NewsFirms encouraged to join black interns initiative
Law Society joins programme aiming to offer work experience in 20 sectors where black people under-represented.
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NewsPoll: Covid pessimism confounded as law firms stay in profit
Grim outlook of last spring not reflected in a sector that has remained relatively buoyant.
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NewsFirst4Lawyers to open law firm and keep RTA enquiries for itself
Marketing collective will retain panel for other PI claims but has been forced to run its own whiplash firm.
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News'We demand results': Coca-Cola threatens to deduct 30% from fees over diversity
GC says diversity and inclusion is a business imperative and issues revised guidelines to law firms.
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NewsLaw firm chief makes £61m by cashing in half his shares
Knights completes share placing which is intended to bring in a more diverse shareholder base.
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NewsRosenblatt shareholders in line for dividend after ‘resilient’ performance
Listed group claims best ever financial performance for law firm and is upbeat about 2021 prospects.
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NewsRemote hearings must be public Queen’s Bench guide stresses
High Court’s largest division 'working under conditions that would have been unimaginable a year ago'.
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NewsDepartment store law? Firms given chance to host litigation concessions
Legal businesses say firms should capitalise on demand for litigation following pandemic.
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NewsDebt and part-time jobs: barristers ‘at breaking point’
A quarter of respondents taking on outside work as income collapses.
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NewsReview AML procedures now, practitioners warned
New version of anti-money laundering guidance published today.
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NewsSociety proposes two-week ‘pause’ as court health fears grow
Members expressing concerns about the safety of court buildings, despite assurances from HMCTS that they are Covid-secure.
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NewsDWF announces restructure - with legal one of three new divisions
Listed firm points to growing demand from clients for an integrated business and legal service.