Last 3 months headlines – Page 1001
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Retail guru fashions ABS move into the law
Greg Tufnell, new chairman at Radiant Law, has held senior roles at Mothercare and Next.
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Government temps cost taxpayer £161m
Spending comes amid a central government freeze on non-payroll recruitment.
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Big fines to ‘criminalise motorists’, says Mr Loophole
Government plans to quadruple the maximum fines for some motoring offences and create a penalty of £10,000.
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Urgent costs reviews if hourly rates are cut
John Bramhall says current drive to hire paralegals may end if the GHR changes.
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Psychiatric nurse pledge for police stations
The nurses will help ‘divert’ the mentally ill away from the criminal justice system, Jeremy Wright has promised.
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Les misérables
Lawyers across France went on strike last week, calling for a doubling of the country’s legal aid budget.
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Mediation underspend by MoJ
Out of a potential pot of £24m available to mediators, the Ministry of Justice spent only £9.4m.
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Reform Human Rights Act: Sadiq Khan
Shadow justice secretary says that courts should not automatically be bound by judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
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Scottish trio to merge
Thorntons, Murray Donald Steel Eldridge Stewart will unite later this year.
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Nick clutches at speed loophole
If anyone was going to spot a loophole in plans to raise maximum speeding fines, it was always going to be Mr Loophole himself.
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Successful candidates must have Nerfs of steel
Oddball questions put to job candidates have included: ‘If your friend was seriously injured and you had to get him to a hospital, would you speed and go through a red light?’
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LSB page-turner full of thrills
Of course the board is in the curious position of having to regulate itself to death.
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City firm Bates Wells Braithwaite becomes ABS
The firm has promoted accountant Jim Clifford to equity partner.
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Legal aid guidance unlawful, High Court rules
The High Court rules that the guidance issued by the lord chancellor on granting legal aid in exceptional circumstances for immigration is in some respects ‘unlawful’.
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Kennedys reports 10% rise in turnover
Merger boosts global turnover at Kennedys, according to the firm’s financial results for 2013/14
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Huzar solicitor clashes with aviation regulator over Jet2 case
Civil Aviation Authority ‘wrong’ to say Court of Appeal decision does not apply to old claims.
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Malaysia liberalises its legal market
Foreign firms will be able to apply for three practice licences under the country’s newly liberalised regime.