Last 3 months headlines – Page 328
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Consolidator buys QualitySolicitors network
Metamorph Group acquires business that once pledged to dominate sector.
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LSB backs career-long competence checks
Super-regulator says current system is not best serving the public interest or the interests of consumers.
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Wales granted appeal in post-Brexit trade law challenge
The Welsh government argues that the UK Internal Market Act 2020 will undermine its legislative competence.
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Baker McKenzie scales back promotion round
City firm has elected 67 new partners this year, compared with a record 84 in 2020.
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Conveyancers in final push to beat stamp duty deadline
Law Society president says solicitors have been working 24/7 to meet their clients' wishes.
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Leading judge says complex rules put LiPs at disadvantage
Rules must be simpler if litigants in person are expected to comply with them.
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Woman, 100, 'waiting years for justice' due to court delays
Labour MP criticises Ministry of Justice for failing to improve court waiting times.
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Selection process for appointing judges to be reviewed
Judicial Appointments Commission chief concerned about impact of 'secret sounding' accusations on potential candidates.
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Ex-Dechert partner rebuts negligence allegations
Neil Gerrard begins oral evidence in mammoth negligence claim brought by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.
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Top judges doubt whether costs budgeting works, master reveals
Court rejects argument to apply costs budgeting in asbestos claim going to trial.
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Law firms borrow £700m to deal with coronavirus fallout
New figures show extent of borrowing in the legal sector in the first year after lockdown.
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Figures reveal £50,000 gulf in law graduate pay
Data published by the government suggest graduate salaries depend heavily on which university law students attend.
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Former solicitor jailed after defrauding own firm of £2.3m
Senior partner used a corrupt relationship to launder proceeds crime through a property developer.
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Judicial Appointments Commission to face questions on 'systemic discrimination'
Anonymous judges told House of Commons justice committee that women and ethnic minority candidates were missing out on senior posts.
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Supreme Court gets social
£400,000 investment on IT and broadcasting pays off in viewing figures.
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'Net zero' network to support in-house lawyers tackle climate change
Legal chiefs have been piloting draft principles such as championing net zero internally within their organisations.
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More Nightingale courts to close
Venues in Birmingham, Hull, Lancaster, Middlesbrough and Stafford will close their doors this month.
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Solicitors apologise after remote hearing recorded without permission
Judge takes no immediate action but warns lawyers that leniency over live transcript services is unlikely to last.
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News focus: End ‘fishing expeditions’ on fees
Slater and Gordon saw off the latest challenge by a costs chaser. But the firm’s plea to halt such claims is likely to fall on deaf ears, especially with the landmark Belsner case on the horizon.
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Dirty deeds
Housing minister was speaking from experience when he told conference 'old and dusty' documents have to be located in the homebuying and selling process.