Last 3 months headlines – Page 1174
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NewsUnpaid work experience a bar to diversity, say young lawyers
The Young Legal Aid Lawyers group has called for the SRA to reinstate the minimum salary for trainees.
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NewsPeers advise government to rejoin EU crime-fighting measures
A House of Lords committee says the government should apply to rejoin more crime and policing measures in addition to the 35 already identified.
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NewsLack of PII puts 153 firms on cessation list
If they fail to secure cover by 29 December they will have to close.
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NewsMinistry tries to stave off VHCC boycott
A statutory instrument implementing 30% fee cuts will be laid tomorrow.
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NewsChancery Lane seeks further changes to legal aid reforms
The Law Society has responded to the government’s second legal aid consultation.
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NewsNumber of law firms dips to new low
Figures suggest long-predicted consolidation has at last begun in earnest.
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NewsCameras arrive in Court of Appeal
From tomorrow, footage of judges and lawyers will be available for broadcast from the Court of Appeal.
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NewsDon't turn a blind eye to human rights, City firms urged
Acting in the client’s best interest does not mean ignoring human rights, says partner at magic circle firm Allen & Overy.
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NewsLooming PII deadline could sink 176 firms
Firms that have not secured insurance cover by the end of today must cease practising.
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NewsCrime victims to get right to address courts directly
From December, judges will take into account victims’s personal statements when determining sentences, the victims’ minister says
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NewsThe courts are secular, says top family judge
Judges are no longer the guardians of public morality, Sir James Munby tells a Law Society conference.
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NewsSix new faces join consumer watchdog
The Legal Services Board has named the latest members of the consumer panel.
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NewsRedundancy claims from Challinors’ collapse may reach 150
The number of former employees seeking redundancy payouts from Challinors could be three times higher than the original estimate.
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NewsTroubled Midlands firm goes under
Administrators say Hacking Ashton is in liquidation following a creditors’ meeting on Friday.
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NewsScots warm to flexible working
A quarter of Scotland’s solicitors work away from the office at least once a week.
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NewsPI firms join forces to buy out sector refugees
A Manchester consortium of PI firms has been formed to capitalise on market consolidation.
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NewsMP to fight Welsh court closure plan
Elfyn Llwyd warns MoJ should not leave his constituency without any courts.
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NewsTrainee retention rate steady
City firm Travers Smith has topped this year’s ranking for trainee retention, offering placements to 22 trainees or 95.7% of its 2013 intake.
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NewsHigh Court set to rule on tribunal fees
A decision is expected next month on a union’s challenge to the government’s introduction of employment tribunal fees.
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NewsMoJ writes off £76m in uncollected court fines
Amount 'administratively cancelled' is 20% increase on previous year