Last 3 months headlines – Page 707
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Bar claims surge of interest in direct access
Barristers’ representative body says people are increasingly going direct to barristers and bypassing solicitors.
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Fake lawyer jailed for eight years after £92,000 fraud
Michael Cremin’s name appeared on legitimate chambers website, but he was a con man.
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Liberty among line-up to host social welfare trainees
The Legal Education Foundation is funding 15 posts as part of Justice First Fellowship Scheme.
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Arbitration panel proposed for post-Brexit dispute resolution
Latest Brexit position paper will propose ways to end 'direct jurisdiction’ of European court after 2019.
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Barrister-solicitor divide to blame for lack of diversity, says Lady Hale
Incoming president of the Supreme Court says the lower ranks of the judiciary should be nurtured - and promoted.
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Hogan Lovells takes on four in five trainees
Firm matches last year’s score by holding onto 80% of its trainee cohort.
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Government invests £80k to improve court waiting rooms
Model rooms will provide a template for courts nationwide, HM Courts & Tribunals Service says.
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28 Olswang partners left before ‘super merger’
Companies House filings reveal over a quarter of partners departed in run up to merger being finalised.
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Civil partnership fight heads to Supreme Court
Solicitor representing couple says development is a significant achievement.
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IP police get £3m boost
Police Intellectual Property Crime unit will survive for a further two years.
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Brexit: Government wants continuing judicial relationship
New civil judicial cooperation framework will be 'aspect of the deep and special partnership with the EU'.
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Law centre hails growing support for levy on corporate firms
Greater Manchester Law Centre says it is having constructive discussions with the mayor's office.
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Solicitor among five High Court appointments
Peter Lane, admitted in 1985, was the first in his family to go to university.
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BLM to cut more roles as profits continue to fall
Insurance litigation firm reveals 29 staff could lose their jobs as it relocates part of business from Southampton to Manchester and Liverpool.
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SRA rebukes third solicitor for Christmas party conduct
Yorkshire practitioner also found to have made inappropriate comments to colleagues.
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Linklaters quit as Barclays adviser over ‘unlawful’ loan fears
Court documents allege the magic circle firm had concerns over where Qatari money would end up.
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CPS to treat online hate crime as seriously as face-to-face offences
Alison Saunders says hate crime is a priority area for the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Police tighten procedures after sending woman's phone data to alleged abuser's solicitor
Woman who accused her partner of domestic abuse had volunteered her phone as evidence.
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Anti-money laundering quango 'adds no value' - Law Society
Chancery Lane says costs to profession are likely to be ‘substantial’.
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Forces representative attacks MoD despite Iraq apology
Government still working behind the scenes to thwart combat claims, says Hilary Meredith, as defence secretary apologises to mother of soldier killed in Iraq.