Last 3 months headlines – Page 196
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Firms cutting office space and bullish about mergers
HSBC survey shows 70% of law firm leaders expect more M&A activity in coming 12 months.
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Government tight-lipped on fate of 'no fault' evictions
Department refuses to confirm reports that legislation banning section 21 notices will be dropped.
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Solicitor becomes 'iconic' 1960s minister on stage
Musical adaptation of Made in Dagenham will feature Julie Fisher as Barbara Castle.
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Solicitor fined £15,000 for error in rent review advice to 115 clients
Mistake has led to litigation against firm and claims by clients against compensation fund.
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Global firm announces India breakthrough
Combination between Dentons and Link Legal will be a first in the closed Indian market.
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New 'failure to prevent' offences on the way, former LC predicts
Sir Robert Buckland KC MP tells lawyers that he expects amendments to Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.
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Dispute not over: Law Society issues fresh warning on 'fair deal' for solicitors
Lord chancellor Brandon Lewis given weeks to bridge the funding gap between solicitors and barristers.
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News focus: Justice on the fringes at the Conservative conference
Justice and the rule of law didn’t get much of look-in at this year’s fraught Conservative party conference. But a hardy few still endeavoured to change the conversation.
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Claim worth £3,000 moved after costs rose towards £50,000
Judge moves claim out of High Court jurisdiction after ruling it was not complex.
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Grand National and fireworks fraudster agrees strike-off
Non-practising solicitor had been convicted of making false representations about his ability to pay for goods.
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Barristers vote for legal aid deal
Criminal bar decides to accept £54m offer and suspend strike - but solicitors are mulling their own action.
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Young defendants lack trust in lawyers, Fair Trials reports
Criminal justice campaign group researched experiences of young adults who pleaded guilty.
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Court of Appeal hears second fee claw-back challenge
Law firm says former client’s appeal is a ’pointless exercise’ that will incur huge costs.
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News focus: Law Society intervenes in the costs case of the century
The Law Society last week defended its 22-page model conditional fee agreement after senior judges questioned ‘impenetrable’ client documents in a landmark challenge on costs deduction
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Students on a roll
Nearly 19,000 students graduated with law degrees from universities in England and Wales in 2021, the highest number on record. Why the huge increase?
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Judges dress down for big occasion
In the rarefied portals of Court 71 at the Royal Courts of Justice, three of our finest legal minds, led by the master of the rolls, have been finding out about the low value PI business. Perhaps their lordships were displaying judicial curiosity, but at times the proceedings struck Obiter ...
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Learned friends in high places
It was fortunate for Edmund Galley that a number of young barristers were in court at Exeter Assizes in 1836 to watch his murder trial.
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Devaluing the currency
Michael Simmons’ central London practice appears buoyant, most recently acquiring a four-partner firm near Lincoln’s Inn. But his ambitions are increasingly thwarted as dissident partners get the upper hand...
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Khan loses bid for fresh tribunal hearing
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal refuses to grant a re-hearing but says Soophia Khan's application was not an abuse of process.