Last 3 months headlines – Page 562
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Supreme Court backs insurer in 'unknown defendant' case
Judgment 'emphatically underlines' that current framework is fit for purpose.
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Renewed call for quotas to help women become equity partners
Founder of groundbreaking project says too many senior women are promoted but have no voting power.
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Legal services business Axiom to list in New York
Announcement follows divestment of contracts intelligence and managed solutions subsidiaries.
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Knife ASBOs a 'knee jerk reaction', criminal defence firm says
Children as young as 12 who breach civil order could end up in prison.
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University claims legal first with 'student law firm'
SHU Law will operate from Sheffield Hallam University.
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Beware of IP pitfalls in merger deals, law firm warns
Regulators increasingly viewing IP-focussed M&A deals with suspicion, according to magic circle firm.
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Retail collapses bring City firms £7m legal fees
DLA Piper and Jones Day among biggest billers dealing with spate of high street closures.
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Conveyancers under increasing pressure over leasehold advice
Professional negligence solicitor says his team has been contacted by 'several hundred' worried homeowners.
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Judicial diversity? It's up to law firms, says lord chief justice
Lord Burnett asks what more needs to be done to create 'a properly diverse profession at its senior levels'.
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India arbitration reform will restrict foreign lawyers
Debevoise partner Lord Goldsmith says its not too late for New Delhi to delay reform.
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Regional firm merges with London insolvency outfit
Harrison Clark Rickerbys will move into Sprecher Grier’s London office.
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Linklaters former director agrees to keep silent
High Court judgment reveals litigation over ‘women in workplace’ disclosure has come to an end by agreement.
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Country's biggest regional divorce centre hit by record delays
Bury St Edmunds experienced longer waiting times for each stage of the divorce process last year, the Gazette reveals.
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Lawyer who received death threat thanks profession for show of support
Criminal defence solicitor Richard Egan represents convicted killer Jack Shepherd.
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‘Never say no,’ says GC who inspired groundbreaking Hermes deal
Hugo Martin has advised in-house legal teams that they need to gain influence in organisations by providing solutions.
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‘Lax’ LSB failed consumers by sanctioning deregulation
Law Society rules out JR of decision to approve Handbook reforms, but lambasts super-regulator for ducking its responsibilities.
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News focus: Making the bar a 'happy place to be'
This year’s bar chair wants to end the profession’s ‘24/7 culture’ to improve wellbeing and help tackle retention woes. And he’s optimistic the MoJ is finally getting the message on funding
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Judge caught napping
Obiter can relate to the Family Division judge who chose to rest her eyes during a case hearing.
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Art of glass
Mr Justice Mann’s judgment in Neo Bankside Residents v Tate Gallery shows he’s not a particular fan of fashions in modern art. Or of south London.
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Orwell that didn’t end well
Mr Justice Williams drew on a literary allusion in a family court case this week that wasn’t exactly flattering.