Last 3 months headlines – Page 415
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City firm sets 'improvement measures' to promote BAME lawyers
Action plan to champion racial equity through wellbeing and learning, community work and client engagement.
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Firms drop A-level requirements
‘Academic performance is not an accurate predictor of performance in a role,’ says Ashurst.
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Social justice training contracts up for grabs
Legal Education Foundation opens application process for Justice First Fellowship 2020.
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Bar students can re-sit 'before December', says regulator
Bar Standards Board apologises to bar school students for distress caused by online exam faults.
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Utah to pioneer non-lawyer ownership in US first
State supreme court approves two-year trial of regulatory sandbox.
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Four more Nightingale courts open
Six out of 10 temporary venues announced last month to clear justice backlog now hearing cases.
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Former BT lawyers quit DWF over office relocation plans
International firm wanted to move staff from Sheffield to Leeds.
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PI lawyers step up 'injury prevention' campaign
Government focusing on wrong things says APIL in week-long road safety initiative.
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Junior lawyers confront law school in wake of formal complaint
Junior Lawyers Division urges BPP to explain why concerns ‘have not been appropriately dealt with’.
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Solicitors still acting as fronts for ‘dubious schemes’
SRA updates warning after publishing review of 40 recent cases leading to regulatory action.
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Covid-19 protocol encourages 'positive behaviours' in clinical negligence litigation
Best practice agreement designed to protect frontline staff and reassure claimants.
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Jury trial halted in Liverpool after paralegal tests positive for Covid-19
Manchester Crown Court remains closed after virus outbreak.
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Court rooms are sitting empty, says criminal bar
Number of trials being vacated remains persistently high, according to government figures.
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Bar Council wades into exam row
Representative body said in June that students should be allowed short breaks during exams.
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London criminal set to close after Covid-19 pressure
Chambers says the pandemic and the pending sale of its premises fuelled the decision.
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Fixed costs regime 'cut via the back door' for legal aid lawyers
Law centre solicitor says housing would become financially unsustainable.
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Innovation sandbox to be tested this year as LawtechUK contractors named
Oxford consortium will work on online dispute resolution platform for small and medium-sized businesses.
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DLA Piper announces £150m litigation funding pot
International firm is collaborating with two litigation funders.
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Legal information giant snaps up digital courts system
UK startup Caselines lists Crown courts and Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal among its customers.
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MoJ reveals impact of suspending housing possession proceedings
Figures for April to June show unprecedentedly low levels as government prepares to lift evictions ban.