Last 3 months headlines – Page 1139
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NewsWhitehall advertises for new Treasury Solicitor
The Government Legal Service is looking for a new head.
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NewsWragges confirms merger with Lawrence Graham
Two firms to come together after partnership vote.
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News‘Substantial’ number of firms not revealing PII status - SRA
Regulator threatens legal action against firms that have not provided evidence of their professional indemnity insurance cover.
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NewsAccountants approved to enter legal sector
ICAEW to be granted power to license alternative business structures.
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NewsNew practice rights pending for legal executives
Probate and conveyancing rights recommended by Legal Services Board.
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News‘Flat’ complaint figures could signal better client care
The prospective head of the Office for Legal Complaints suggests law firms are improving service levels.
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NewsNew Pannone job cut fears
Pannone’s acquisition by listed Australian firm Slater & Gordon places dozens of staff at risk.
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NewsMoJ pledges claims management clampdown under LeO
Ombudsman to handle complaints about CMCs from next year.
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NewsBar chair-elect renews call to scrap LSB
Frontline regulators including the SRA should be free to ‘get on with their job’.
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NewsCall for contempt jurors to face new crime
Law Commission has made a series of recommendations over contempt of court laws.
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NewsIPReg authorised to regulate ABS entities
Intellectual property lawyers given option to bring in non-legal owners.
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NewsChancery Lane pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
Law Society president Nicholas Fluck has led tributes from the legal profession to the life of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa.
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NewsNumber of students on LPC plummets
The number of students applying for LPCs has plummeted by 37.5% since 2009, figures show.
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NewsNational eLawyers network slimmed down
The plan was to pool resources from each member firm to fund a £2m advertising campaign and distribute the resulting PI claims.
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NewsMoJ to tackle fall in mediation referrals
Ministry is aware of the drop in referrals since LASPO and is working with the Family Mediation Council and legal profession to address it.
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NewsGeorgia bar calls for help for over 100 jailed lawyers
Georgian lawyers routinely suffer assaults and threats in the course of their work, the Council of Bars and Law Societies conference in Brussels heard last week.
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NewsSRA ‘doing decent job’ regulating the City
As recently as 2009, the Smedley report suggested the SRA was ill-equipped to regulate City firms.
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NewsCanada bar chief keeps open mind on ABSs
Fred Headon said the profession is looking closely at the UK and Australia as it decides whether to back non-lawyer ownership of firms.
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Slater Heelis and Cottrills united in Manchester
Manchester firm Slater Heelis has announced a merger with city neighbours Cottrills, with four partners moving across to the Slater Heelis management team. The new firm will boast a workforce of more than 100.