Last 3 months headlines – Page 1219
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NewsManchester firm failed after NatWest halted lending
Statement to creditors shows background to collapse of boutique firm.
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NewsChancery Lane keeps up pressure on fee cuts
Society to meet ‘as many solicitors affected as possible’.
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NewsHalf-day protest attracts hundreds of demonstrators
Lawyers take direct action over legal aid cuts.
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NewsFirm founded by ex-justice minister closes
‘Changes in personal circumstances’ cited as cause for shut-down.
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NewsClifford Chance defends position in £130m negligence case
Magic circle firm joined in negligence action brought by JP Morgan.
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NewsOmbudsman suggests end to ‘no win, no fee’ offers
Report finds clients are often unclear about conditional fee agreements.
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NewsFirst female law firm opens in Saudi Arabia
Landmark moment as four pioneering lawyers create firm.
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News£4.5m fraud case downgraded after bar refuses fee rates
A VHCC has been reclassified as a graduated fee case after barristers refused to work for the reduced VHCC fee.
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NewsCourts disrupted as lawyers protest over legal aid cuts
Criminal solicitors and barristers will stay out of court until 2pm.
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NewsFirst fire brigade ABS planned
Buckinghamshire council and Bucks and Milton Keynes Fire Authority plan ABS partnership.
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NewsProfits drop 9% at Clifford Chance
Magic circle firm reveals fall in profit share in Companies House statement.
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NewsMerger fever reached record level in 2013
Top-100 firms rush to bolster their size and expand into new markets.
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News100-year sentences plan to dodge Euro ruling
Judges could sentence offenders for hundreds of years, to get round ban on whole-life terms with no right to review.
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NewsJK Rowling leak solicitor penalised by SRA
Action taken after law firm partner revealed author’s pseudonym.
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NewsScott-Moncrieff recognised in new year honours list
Former Law Society president receives award for services to legal aid.
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NewsLabour recruits Starmer to advise on ‘victims’ law’
Keir Starmer QC to chair victims' taskforce
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NewsABS progress in Ireland stalls after cabinet row
Law Society of Ireland chief urges country to wait and see what happens in England and Wales.
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NewsFirm caught up in ‘dishonesty’ probe confident of reopening
Harrogate firm applies for sole accreditation after regulatory action against related company.
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NewsSociety joins criticism of LLP tax plans
Concern at ‘unfeasibly tight deadline’ for plan to tax some LLP members as employees.