Last 3 months headlines – Page 609
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Claims farmers to foot £16.8m bill for regulation
Financial Conduct Authority publishes proposals for taking over supervision, proposing to levy fees up-front.
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Legal bloggers allowed to report on family proceedings
Charity says the pilot will help to inform the public of cases that do not just involve celebrities, a scandal or titillating fact.
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Firm hire: Lauren Tully to Leigh Day
Lauren Tully Lauren Tully, Leigh Day Leigh Day has strengthened its clinical negligence team with the appointment of experienced solicitor Lauren Tully. She joins a Leigh Day team headed by Stephen Jones who worked with her at Pannone where she was a trainee from 2009 ...
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Chinese court poses 'no immediate threat' to London's legal dominance
Shanghai Financial Court opened this week and will initially hear domestic disputes.
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Legal London on the big screen
Excitement is building to see Oscar-winning Emma Thompson portray a High Court judge in The Children Act.
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Devon firms combine to create £10m 'west country leader'
Merger is second deal in quick succession for Wollen Michelmore.
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Dechert, Dentons and Addleshaws latest to boost junior lawyer pay
US firm now also pays new solicitors in excess of £100,000.
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Society warns of £3bn bill for 'no-deal' Brexit
Latest economic forecast predicts that WTO scenario would halve legal sector growth.
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Firm hire: Rhian Howell moves to RPC
Rhian Howell Rhian Howell, RPC Rhian Howell, a leading professional negligence lawyer with significant experience dealing with claims against lawyers and construction professionals has joined RPC as professional indemnity partner. Howell joins RPC from Beale & Co’s Bristol office which she led for several years. She is ...
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Commission gives green light to electronic signatures
Witness requirement for deeds could be fulfilled by webcam, law reform advisers propose.
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Windrush: Home Office asks immigration lawyers for advice
Immigration specialist welcomes call for evidence but questions whether changes will be implemented.
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Firm's 'huge' £1.6m costs bill for death in custody case to be hacked back
Judge required to decide whether attendance at inquest and criminal trial was relevant to civil claim.
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White & Case’s City office reports bumper profits
Accounts filed at Companies House show London branch of US firm had one of the highest profit to turnover ratios in the City.
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Criminal bar cautiously backs cameras in more courts
Victims' Commissioner told a Sunday newspaper that filming could make barristers less aggressive.
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Firm hire: Phil Morrison becomes head of Clarion construction team
Phil Morrison has been appointed as head of Clarion’s new construction team; he is the fourth partner to join the firm’s fast-growing property practice. With over 25 years’ experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters, Morrison joins from Shulmans where he was head of construction for the last five years. ...
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LSB to monitor advocacy standards as QASA is finally killed off
Oversight regulator approves application to remove QASA from BSB handbook.
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Brexit: City firms flock to Ireland (but not literally)
Solicitors are applying to join the roll but only one is opening a new office in Dublin.
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Solicitor Gemma shows her iron resolve
Obiter cannot imagine how some lawyers find the time to fit extra-curricular activities around their hectic work life. Given it is sometimes a struggle to find time to do the laundry post or pre-work it is always impressive when news reaches us of a solicitor who has completed the London ...
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Society urges City watchdog to probe conveyancing panels
Chancery Lane says strict panel membership criteria stifle consumer choice and warrant further investigation.
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Solicitor welcomes London mayor's call for new inquest into child's death
Hodge Jones & Allen partner Jocelyn Cockburn says Ella Kissi-Debrah's human rights may have been breached over the government's failure to act on air pollution.