Last 3 months headlines – Page 610
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Top-200 law firm insurer quits market – with ‘frightening’ consequences
Libra Managers will cease to write new business from 1 October, citing ‘unsustainable’ market conditions.
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SFO criticised after pulling 'intimidatory' arrest warrant
Fraud office issued arrest warrant only last month
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Government gets tough on family financial orders
Justice minister Lucy Frazer admits the current system is open to exploitation and leaves people without legal representation vulnerable.
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Bar accused of double standards after top QC hits out at solicitor-advocates
Scotland’s Faculty of Advocates is seeking a review of internal instructions by law firms.
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Firm hire: Kirkpatrick is partner at HRC Law
Paul Kirkpatrick Paul Kirkpatrick, partner, HRC Law, Manchester Paul Kirkpatrick has joined Manchester-based commercial firm HRC Law as a new partner in its commercial dispute resolution team. Joining from national law firm Shoosmiths, where he was partner and led a team of 10, Kirkpatrick will work with ...
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Mistrust endemic between PI lawyers, relatives and case managers
Research reveals perception of poor standards from all sides of the process for managing seriously injured people.
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Direct access serial offender finally gets permanent ban
Barrister Oliver White had been suspended multiple times.
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Firm hire: Carla Brown rejoins Ellis Jones
Carla Brown Carla Brown, Ellis Jones Solicitors South Coast law firm Ellis Jones Solicitors has bolstered its wills, trusts and probate department with the appointment of new partner Carla Brown and her team. Brown rejoins the firm, where she worked between 2005 and 2009, as head of ...
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£60,000 trainees: US firm breaks new ground
Davis Polk’s move is latest example of US firms increasing pressure on UK counterparts.
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BBC calls on government to clarify privacy law
Appeal against Sir Cliff Richard judgment ’would be unsatisfactory means of addressing the issues’, broadcaster says.
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Firm hire: Nazia Bashir at Irwin Mitchell
Nazia Bashir Sarah Philips and Nazia Bashir, Irwin Mitchell National firm Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth has recruited solicitor Nazia Bashir to its tax, trusts and estates team in its Newbury office. Bashir, who qualified in 2016, is an expert in advising on wills, powers of attorney and ...
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Broker pledges PII product based on firms' long term history
New analytics tools allow Marsh to tailor how it calculates risk of each client.
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Appeal over criminal legal aid decision 'still on the cards'
Legal Aid Agency updates Crown court fee position following High Court defeat.
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Businessman's £3.5m estate challenged by infants
‘Unusual’ that wills should be challenged by six-month and three-year-old, judge says.
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Help for firms falling short on complaints-handling
Guidance states importance of notifying clients about ombudsman at the time of engagement as well as at the end of a complaints process.
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Judicial ombudsman asked to investigate 'barrister bias'
Complaint about Judicial Appointments Commission's selection process was not upheld.
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Solicitors in the dock over alleged £12.6m legal aid fraud
His Honour Judge Loraine-Smith adjourns plea and trial preparation hearing until 12 October.
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Society condemns 'deregulatory agenda based on flawed premises'
Oversight regulator urged to reject proposals to create different tiers of solicitors.