Last 3 months headlines – Page 486
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Flexible operating hours must stop, says incoming Bar Council chair
Amanda Pinto QC condemns ‘rigid and imposed’ hours which threaten diversity at the bar and in the judiciary.
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‘Not my finest hour’: Solicitor fined after taking 14 years over estate
Tribunal finds Bedford-based veteran practitioner 'lost control of his administrative workload'.
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Administrative backlog behind drop in divorces
Office for National Statistics predicts numbers will rise as regional centres process cases.
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More foreign firms coming to Hong Kong, says region's Law Society
The president of the Hong Kong Law Society said ‘public order events have not impacted legal work’.
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News focus: Key questions remain as new AML regime looms
With new directives coming into force and little guidance for firms on compliance, even anti-money laundering experts are struggling to stay on top, as a Law Society conference heard last week.
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Bite mark leaves clue to murder
A half-eaten apple was found in the room of actress and prostitute Clara Buswell, who was stabbed to death on Christmas Eve 1872.
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Diamond geezer
Grantham solicitor celebrating 60th year in the job says he will retire ‘when the fun stops’.
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Beneficial owners of firms to face DBS checks
SRA director of anti-money laundering stresses checks are required for regulator to comply with EU’s fifth Money Laundering Directive.
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Baker McKenzie boss 'gave junior colleague unwanted kiss' in hotel room, tribunal hears
International firm faces SDT over allegations of sexual misconduct and the investigation that followed.
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Brexit: ‘England and Wales will remain jurisdiction of choice’, says Law Society
Law Society president Simon Davis says he is ‘full of optimism’ that legal status will not be damaged if UK leaves the EU.
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Tributes pour in for justice campaigners who died at London Bridge
Friends and fellow Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones attended the same conference on prisoner rehabilitation.
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East Anglia firm targets French market despite Brexit fears
Ashtons Legal, which has offices across the East of England, has acquired a team of eight French law specialists.
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Final warning for legal aid recipient in Wimbledon tickets case
His Honour Judge Freedman tells Luke McKay he is being given one last chance to purge his contempt.
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Record year for UK solicitors seeking Irish ‘Brexit backstop’
Applications have been more than double the previous post-referendum record set in 2016.
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Bar puts the fizz into courtoom horror stories
The chair of the CBA announces a rather unusual Christmas competition.
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More barristers to skip court security – but solicitors still have to queue
The professional access scheme for barristers has been rolled out in 30 more courts in England and Wales.
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Criticism deterring medical specialists from being expert witnesses
Working group set up by family president publishes 22 recommendations to tackle shortage.
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Former partner ordered to pay £182k costs of shutting down his firm
First case of its kind where High Court asked to order former partner to stump up costs of closing his firm.