Last 3 months headlines – Page 459
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Coronavirus: legal trade union threatens action
Legal Sector Workers United says employers must not shirk their responsibilities.
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Bar exam delay sparks pupillage fears
Students concerned they will not qualify in time to start pupillage this autumn.
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Oxbridge college heads: QCs are one in, one out
Be ye ever so high, as Lord Denning almost said in 1977, the ‘rub-out e-mail’ is above you.
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Social media ad controls in wholesale electoral law reform call
Law Commission steers clear of 'too political' topics such as voter ID and boundaries.
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Lawyers alarmed by courts ‘operating normally’ claim
Commentators question wisdom of keeping courts open during coronavirus crisis
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Coronavirus: events and meetings latest
The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the legal calendar.
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E-scooters could be legalised in ‘transport revolution’
Electric scooters will be tested on public roads in four areas of the UK.
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City firm rebuked by SRA over AML training failures
Withers accepts it took too long training staff in effects of new anti-money laundering legislation.
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Coronavirus: City giants tell staff to stay at home
Allen & Overy and Baker McKenzie have asked staff not to come into the office.
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Coronavirus: New guidance over conveyancing transactions
Request for properties to be decontaminated among issues raised with Law Society.
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Coronavirus: Call for upfront payments to barristers
Advances in payment will be a ‘lifeline’ for practitioners, says Caroline Goodwin QC.
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Firms not meeting the needs of disabled staff, SRA finds
Regulator finds ‘startling’ levels of uncertainty around workplace adjustments.
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MBO practice in acquisition talks with three firms
Jackson Lees Group backed by lenders who want to ‘invest heavily’ in the legal sector.
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No more secrets
Once upon a time any advance whisper of the chancellor’s speech was a resignation matter.
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Bog standards
Coronavirus outbreak calls attention to shocking state of toilets in the justice system.
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City firms berate AML levy ‘burden’
Charge to fund action against economic crime will damage competitiveness of UK’s legal sector, solicitors claim.
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SFO on rack after Barclays blow
The acquittal of former Barclays executives was another setback for the Serious Fraud Office over its failure to secure high-profile convictions. Calls for a root-and-branch review are getting louder.
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Sharpest tool in shed
Eversheds Sutherland's team 'Shedheads' had the winning entry to Manchester heat of a global legal tech event last week.
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SRA to reveal racial profiles of solicitors facing prosecution
Regulator confirms to the Gazette it will publish report outlining what proportion is from ethnic minority groups.