Last 3 months headlines – Page 548
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Law firm's accountant liable for 'dishonest assistance' in £10m fraud claim
Court of Appeal finds accountant acted dishonestly in arranging what amounted to a bribe.
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Linklaters lawyers can work at home without saying why
Firm announces expansion of flexible hours scheme.
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MP Fiona Onasanya charged with misconduct by SRA
Labour member for Peterborough convicted of criminal offence in December.
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Lawyers expose damages 'lottery' for bereaved families
Payouts continue to rise in Northern Ireland, in stark contrast to in England and Wales.
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Ditch percentages in ‘flawed’ gender pay gap reports, say stats experts
Royal Statistical Society recommends 10 steps for better pay gap reporting.
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Keeping up with... aspiring lawyer Kim Kardashian West
The reality TV star says she can do criminal law in her sleep.
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Firm takes the lead on letting dogs come to work
Pets are a regular feature at Wragg Mark-Bell.
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Footballer settles with law firm over rape case advice
Ched Evans initially claimed £21m after alleging negligent defence.
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Wales: separate jurisdiction will handicap lawyers, Law Society warns
Chancery Lane opposes wholly separate jurisdiction and regulatory system for lawyers.
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Revealed: MoJ spends £4.2m on its own representation at inquests
Figures released by campaign charity show that bereaved families receive £92,000.
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Apprenticeship levy is ‘extra tax’, managing partners claim
More than half of firms say new requirement has complicated learning and development activities.
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Privilege: Parliamentarians should not breach court orders, LCJ warns
Lord chief justice says there is considerable scope for abusing parliamentary privilege.
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Top legal academic Moorhead to head Exeter’s law school
Legal ethics academic joins at time of unparalleled change.
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Taylor Wessing and Eversheds Sutherland delivering on gender diversity pledges
International firm promotes five to partner, of which three are women.
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Fresh bid to toughen protections for consumers of 'freelance' solicitors
Law Society urges Legal Services Board not to approve SRA reforms in their entirety.
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'If in town, don't wear brown' - Lawyers debate shoe protocol
‘City dress code’ still scorns a certain suit and shoe combination, apparently.
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Parliament, not judges, should be helping separated parents - McFarlane
Family division president says working group is looking at ways to divert cases away from court.
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Late payer granted costs relief as judge calls for 'sense of perspective'
Litigant is given relief from sanctions over court-ordered payment delayed overnight.
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Judge dismisses application to recuse himself from Post Office trial
Mr Justice Peter Fraser confident he can resolve litigation in ‘wholly impartial’ manner.
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Olympic bomb hoax barrister fails in disbarment appeal
Michael Shrimpton was convicted in 2015 of communicating false information and jailed for a year.