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Bench diversity move
Applicants to the bench who are female and from under-represented ethnic groups could be chosen ahead of white men of equal merit.
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Firms rebuked over compliance failure
Three more firms have been rebuked for not having compliance officers in place by the start of 2013.
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Legal friendship across the pond
Manchester Law Society has signed a friendship agreement with the Philadelphia Bar to form and develop a working relationship.
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NewsRaising the bar: from protest songs to messiah
More harmonious choruses are on the way from the bar.
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NewsMemory Lane
The home secretary announced that the integrated CPS will be headed by the director of public prosecutions under the attorney general.
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Wigan law firms merge
Long-standing Wigan firms Alker & Ball and Healds Solicitors are to merge.
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Litigation funding injection
Calunius Capital has announced a fresh injection of £50m into its legal investment fund.
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Asbestos evidence call
Select committee calls for written evidence on the government’s decision to bring mesothelioma claims under LASPO arrangements.
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LSB pledges to cut costs
The Legal Services Board has said it will reduce its budget by £150,000 in the 2014/15 year.
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NewsFury at MP’s ‘solicitor from hell’ question to prime minister
North-west firm posts online statement following House of Commons question.
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NewsMinister grants legal aid for Brixton riot inquest
The family of shooting victim Cherry Groce has been given exceptional funding to be represented at the inquest into her 2011 death.
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NewsConveyancing firm must pay £100k over valuation
Judge orders law firm to halve the costs of settlement with surveyors.
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NewsWasted costs order quashed against ‘no returns’ barrister
A judge has ruled that a barrister whose case was affected by protest action acted entirely properly.
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NewsLawyers predict fee bonanza if Scots go it alone
Scottish solicitors expect ‘piles of work’ but government legal jobs in England would disappear.
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NewsIndependent Scotland ‘ready to compete with London’
New state would target global arbitration work, while supreme court for Scotland will not be just a ‘naming exercise’.
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NewsBlacklaws quits troubled Co-Op
Leading family lawyer Christina Blacklaws has left Co-operative Legal Services to set up an ABS consultancy.
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NewsBar votes to accept MoJ legal aid deal
Direct action to be suspended after two-to-one majority vote on fee deal.
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NewsLegal aid consultation ‘unlawful’, solicitors claim
Consultees, they say, did not have the opportunity to challenge the assumptions made in a report.