Last 3 months headlines – Page 1062
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Penningtons buys Manches in pre-pack deal
Market consolidation continues at pace as top-100 rivals join forces.
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LCJ urges Wales to start afresh
Access to justice requires ‘good and properly drafted law’, says Sir John Thomas.
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Room for ‘only 300 criminal firms’
There are too many criminal law firms and too many criminal lawyers, according to a Tuckers senior partner.
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Regional firms buy files from Harris Cartier in PII fallout
Harris Cartier was the first firm to be placed into administration of those that did not secure PII in this year’s renewal period.
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Legal training shake-up must not ‘dumb down’
University of Law president said the big challenge is to ‘get clarity on standards to avoid dumbing down legal training’.
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Britons take to video to learn US law
University responds to growing demand from lawyers who wanted to add US qualifications without having to relocate.
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Poor due diligence plagues lateral hire
Leading headhunter is surprised so little work is done on the business case for lateral hires.
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Lawyers in France strike
The move is a sign of growing anger among the French legal profession over legal aid cuts.
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Standardised property deals procedure launched
The revised Leasehold Property Enquiries Form will capture key details in a single format.
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Scholarship payments on offer
University and newspaper team up to offer scholarships and work experience placements.
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Boston raises a glass to the world
Lawyers excitedly taking selfies like teenagers, a naked Brad Pitt and more bow ties than the Bullingdon Club – such is life at the International Bar Association conference.
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Celtic confusion
One seminar was attended by the president of the Law Society of Scotland, splendid in national dress with kilt, sporran and sgian dubh.
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EU access directive
Directive will guarantee people facing criminal proceedings the right to the effective assistance of a lawyer.
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Counsel collective
The spectacle of so many lawyers all in one place set many minds thinking alike.
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DWF and HCR announce investments
Harrison Clark Rickerbys and DWF make strategic announcements in the clinical negligence and major injury sectors.
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Pioneering landlord eviction service becomes ABS
Landlord Action was created to bypass solicitors and their ‘expensive’ fees.
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BSB hits back in row over costs of challenge to QASA
The bar’s regulator describes as ‘grossly inaccurate’ claims that it is prepared to spend up to £500,000 fighting a judicial review of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates.