Last 3 months headlines – Page 704
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Slater and Gordon sell-off in prospect as BLM link emerges
Conversations under way about ‘working closely’ with Slater and Gordon’s business legal services team.
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Revealed: fixed costs proposals for hearing loss claims
Working group claimant and defendant sides comes to agreement about a fixed fee regime.
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Scotland sets Unified Patent Court wheels in motion
Scottish Parliament set to debate implementation measure for European court despite uncertainty over entire system.
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Holiday claims farmer rapped for '351,000 deaths' video
Rebuke comes as SRA reveals it has received information about 31 firms suspected of improper referral arrangements.
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Government tight-lipped on tribunal repayments
First parliamentary justice question time after the summer break extracts little information.
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ECtHR backs employee over workplace communications monitoring
Majority decision finds that national authorities had not protected right to private life and correspondence.
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Clifford Chance completes strong magic circle retention round
Canary Wharf-based firm takes on 81% of trainee cohort.
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Junior lawyers seek to bolster representative ranks as super-exam looms
Representatives will try to set the agenda on key issues including the solicitors qualifying examination.
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Grenfell Tower research to expose gaps in the law
Kent and Bristol universities are seeking evidence to include in report for homelessness charity Shelter.
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SRA not planning outright ban on solicitor-client sexual relations
Regulator had been urged to revise its guidance to solicitors unsure of their ethical obligations.
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Fee scheme update on the way as criminal bar chair warns of 'crisis'
MoJ expected to respond to advocates graduated fee scheme consultation in the autumn.
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EFTA court chief pitches for Brexit role
Swiss president of Luxembourg-based English-language court offers dispute resolution forum.
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Jackson's scorn for 'artificial claims stirred up by advertisements'
Appeal dismisses negligence claim against firm after scope of retainer found to have been filled by original lawyers.
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Solicitor general hints at SFO turning point
Crime Symposium hears from solicitor general Robert Buckland as decision looms over Serious Fraud Office's future.
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Profits up 16% at Anthony Collins
Birmingham based firm benefits from strong growth across housing, local government, health and social care.
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Linklaters faces negligence claim over Arsenal shares sale
Magic circle firm advised businesswoman on sale of shares in 2011.
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Simpson Millar leaders leave for rival firm
Yorkshire practice outline their plans for expansion and growth.
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Interpreter CEO optimistic despite complaints surge
Larry Gould, chief executive of thebigword, says technology investment will improve performance.
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Insolvency expert rebuked for missing reports as he prepared for retirement
SRA publicises agreement involving solicitor who has retired after a 30-year unblemished record.
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Skin-deep tolerance for needle work
Even in these dress-down days, it seems one fashion item is still a no-no for lawyers. A survey on attitudes to visible tattoos in 13 occupations places lawyers fourth from bottom in public acceptability. Apparently, 57% of people are comfortable with tattooed lawyers, compared with 73% who think it OK ...