Last 3 months headlines – Page 1053
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Guideline hourly rates survey ‘important for all firms’
Decision on costs to be made next year by master of the rolls Lord Dyson.
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Clifford Chance steps in to fund free legal advice
Magic circle firm announces £73,000 grant to three centres.
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£4.5m fraud trial threatened by legal aid cuts
The first prosecution to be brought by the Financial Conduct Authority could be threatened.
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Reprieve for ‘largest town without a criminal court’
Plans to move criminal casework out of Dudley magistrates' court, West Midlands, are being reconsidered following opposition. Under a consultation the government’s preferred option was to have criminal cases heard at courts in Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Walsall instead. Ian Austin, Labour MP for Dudley North, said if the plans ...
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Solicitor population rises to all-time high
SRA statistics show no let up in people entering the legal profession.
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Irwin Mitchell snaps up PI specialist MPH Solicitors
National firm continues rapid growth and promises further acquisitions.
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Dembovsky to move on from HowardKennedyFsi
Chief executive orchestrated merger to create £40m London practice.
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Demand for in-house posts creates pay freeze
Research suggests the in-house sector is an employers’ market.
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Criminal legal aid specialists meet Grayling for ‘polite’ talks
Lord chancellor hears practitioners' views of impact of legal aid proposals.
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Balva clients offered hope as SRA targets uninsured
Uncertainty eased for hundreds of firms insured with Latvian company.
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Legal aid cuts will not affect quality, Vara insists
The MInistry of Justice received around 2,000 responses to the legal aid consultation and will respond in the ‘near future’.
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Essex firm quits QualitySolicitors network
Firm makes decision to stand alone after consultation with clients.
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SRA warns of ‘group contagion’ threat to complex structures
Regulator urges firms tied into complex structures to act against the risk.
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Society aligns with CBI to promote UK legal services abroad
City lobbying alliance a first for Chancery Lane, but SRA chair intervenes in debate on regulatory burden to warn that ‘hundreds of firms are on the edge of collapse’.
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Solicitors move firms as family practice goes under
Legal aid firm based in Milton Keynes is latest to close.
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New-look patents court gets a chief judge
Intellectual property barrister Richard Hacon, 57, named as presiding judge at the newly renamed Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
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Slater & Gordon expects deal with Pannone in weeks
Confirmation of talks between the Australian-based firm and top-60 outfit Pannone, following months of speculation.
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Ministry of Justice relationship with outsourcers under scrutiny
Watchdog report raises concerns that the MoJ could be among the most vulnerable to outsourcers that are ‘too big to fail’.
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Legal job numbers in London continue to fall
Lobby group remains optimistic despite 11% drop in two years.