Last 3 months headlines – Page 651
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Legal ranking business sold for undisclosed sum
Private equity investor cites multiple opportunities for ‘enhanced digital offering’.
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Legal aid means test disqualifying families living in poverty
Law Society says no one should have to choose between accessing the justice system and a minimum living standard.
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MoJ unveils sweeping PI reform in expanded Civil Liability Bill
Legislation will include whiplash reforms and changes to the discount rate.
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Draft bill takes Wales towards distinct legal system
Measure would organise law into comprehensive codes according to subject area, and 'facilitate use of the law in Welsh'.
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Criminal barristers close to 'action for justice' over legal aid cuts
Government will be told to either scrap or delay advocates’ fee proposals.
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Society calls for 3% trainee pay boost
Latest figures showed that 38% of trainees were earning less than the recommended minimum.
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Scotland bids to regulate cross-border firms and attract legal business
Law Society of Scotland considering applying to the Legal Services Board to be an authorised regulator.
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Solicitor fined after merger uncovered colleagues' misconduct
Former principal Sheldon Leaman had no idea that improper transfers were taking place.
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Firms appoint anti-money laundering chiefs as quango looms
Firms have been required to appoint a compliance officer to prepare for new anti-money laundering regulations.
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Law centre solicitor criticises 'discriminatory and derogatory' legal aid question
Heather Reilly was shocked to be asked about her client's capability to present their case effectively.
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LiPs portal going public in online justice push
The civil money claims project is to progress from a pilot, involving invited claimants only, to so-called ‘public beta’ phase as soon as next Monday.
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Codification bill would make Welsh law ‘accessible’
Wales would become the first part of the UK to have a codified corpus of law under proposals to be discussed by the Welsh government this week.
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Magic circle feels the heat on gender pay
The Big Four accountancy firms have ratcheted up pressure on their elite counterparts in the law over gender pay by including equity partners in their comparisons.
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New justice charter to be unveiled
It will set out key principles that criminal law practitioners can unite behind
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News focus: local government lawyers battle dwindling budgets
Will the country’s first ‘social enterprise law firm’ reignite council interest in ABSs and inspire other lawyers in local government to follow in its footsteps?
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Russia crackdown
The government has hinted at passing a British version of the Magnitsky Act, a US law that freezes assets and imposes travel bans on Russians suspected of human rights violations, following the nerve agent poisonings in Salisbury.
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Real life drama
Solicitors attending Lawyers in Local Government’s weekend school in Bristol were treated to a theatrical performance by commercial firm Bevan Brittan.
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Persons of great interest
So, like Cameron’s ‘hug a hoodie’, this is to be the year of the KLIP (Kiss a Litigant In Person). It certainly hasn’t always been that way. When I was articled and trailed behind the outdoor clerk he was very dismissive of those strange people who could be seen in ...