Last 3 months headlines – Page 1066
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Government doubles TSoL spending
The government has more than doubled its spending with Whitehall’s central legal services provider the Treasury Solicitor’s Department.
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Barristers quit panel in QASA protest
CBA members told that the move represents the ‘first sign of collateral damage’ in the QASA ‘mess’.
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Referrals to family mediation plummet
The practice is seen as the government’s flagship solution to the removal of legal aid and congested courts.
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Management event to be held in India
Dealing with economic downturns is among the topics on the agenda of the first Law Firm Management conference.
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New role for Leveson
Top role for judge who carried out the 2011-12 public inquiry into the behaviour of the British press.
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Law firm merger market set to change direction
A law firm leader with an ‘aggressive’ acquisition strategy has warned principals they are running out of time to get best value from transactions.
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Criminal barristers set to target courts
Criminal Bar Association has stressed the bar’s concerns over the government’s ‘sustained attack’ on the criminal justice system.
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Don’t panic over PII deadline, law firms told
The Gazette understands the list of those to have missed indemnity insurance deadline may include two top-100 firms.
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‘Words! Mere words! How terrible they were!’
Obiter commends the Wildeian wit and prosaic elegance of ‘creative agency’ (always an easy target, we know) Isaac Parker.
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The customer is often trite
It is safe to say that the profession did not greet with unmitigated joy the initiative to open the legal services complaints process to non-clients.
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On a pavement near you...
What a breath of fresh air the brave new legal services market is proving. But there is a downside.
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Memory Lane
Personal injury solicitors are on tenterhooks over how the controversial fixed costs scheme for lower-value road traffic accident claims will work.
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CILEx fellow selected as a judge
Simon Lindsey has become the second fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives to be selected for a judicial post. The associate partner at Hampshire firm Greenwoods has been appointed deputy district judge on the South Eastern circuit.
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Catwalk courses
Fashion law school Wigs and Gowns is hosting workshops on intellectual property aimed at new designers and budding lawyers.
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Winn is a winner
Jeff Winn, co-founder of Newcastle firm Winn Solicitors, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum.
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Firms join forces to cash in on merger appetite
Changes in the personal injury sector abound as firms seek to take advantage.
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Special bodies keep exemption from ABS licences
Review of regulation sees proposed change delayed once again.
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Bar complaints system cleared of racial bias
Review finds disproportionate number of BME barristers subject to complaints but says the system does not discriminate.
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Unified patent court will attract 'trolls', tech giants warn
Apple and other major businesses say that the European court will open the way for exploitation by so-called patent assertion entities.