Last 3 months headlines – Page 600
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Dadds-Ince merger to create largest listed firm
Acquisition would create £114m turnover business with 14 offices.
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Firm hire: DWF appoints new catastrophic injury lawyer partner
Partner Owen Rees has been appointed to DWF’s Catastrophic Injury Team where he will join the Practice Group board to lead organic growth within the business’s Leeds office and nationally.
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Top-200 firm in Hertfordshire merger
Taylor Rose TTKW announces combination with Hertfordshire based Breeze & Wyles Solicitors.
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£7m win for Chinese company in first 'persons unknown' freezing order
China Molybdenum Company succesfully applied for freezing order against unidentified individuals.
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Labour conference: civil servants should not be deciding people's liberty
Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti says judicial functions should be delegated only to staff with a minimum level of qualifications.
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City lawyers offer help to avoid Brexit data impasse
Protection of free movement of data first priority for City of London Law Society group.
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Firm hire: Wollen lures Lorimer back to Devon
Ellie Lorimer Ellie Lorimer (centre) with David Kendall, partner and Rebecca Procter, partner and head of family department, Wollen Michelmore Family solicitor Ellie Lorimer London solicitor has joined South Devon firm Wollen Michelmore after five years in London. She will be the family lead in the ...
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Fieldfisher agrees Spanish merger
Firm will gain offices in Barcelona and Madrid under partnership with top-30 Spanish firm.
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Poll reveals 'endemic' racial and gender bias in US legal profession
Survey exposes major issues with unconscious bias running through the American sector.
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Singh LJ to head snooping watchdog
Investigatory Powers Tribunal taking on higher profile amid challenges to surveillance activities.
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Listed firm boosts profits as job applicants spurn 'traditional' partnerships
Agile working pioneer Keystone exploits 'commoditised and overcrowded' sector to lure experienced practitioners.
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Dentons eyes ASEAN expansion with Indonesian tie-up
Firm says it wants to offer clients business opportunities across South East Asian countries.
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Delay over £15m legal aid injection 'completely unacceptable'
The Criminal Bar Association says there is no reason why the government cannot backdate advocacy fee rise.
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Labour conference: Society issues Brexit warning
Vice-president Simon Davis says the legal sector will suffer if investment dries up.
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Government admits 'no deal' could mean exit from patent court
Future of 25-nation European court in balance whatever the outcome of Brexit negotiations.
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PwC integrates immigration service with global firm
Tie-up with Fragoman marks the latest Big Four move into legal market.
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Bodyguard finale protects the lawyers this time (Warning: Spoilers)
The nation breathed a sigh of relief last night as David Budd, hero of Bodyguard, made it out alive after being shot at, assaulted, kidnapped and tied to a bomb. (incidentally, surely Obiter wasn’t the one terrified that car was going to blow up right at the end?) The ...
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Firm opening: Boutique divorce and family practice
City partners Juliette Peters and Jessica May have opened the doors to Peters May LLP, a boutique divorce and family law practice based in Mayfair, London. Juliette Peters (left) and Jessica May, Peters May LLP The partnership specialises in all aspects of family law ...
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PPI has 'turned portions of UK into fraudsters' - bank chief
New ‘compensation culture’ row over mis-sold payment protection insurance.
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Labour: we will build more law centres
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon says he is working with Law Centres Network on an action plan.