Last 3 months headlines – Page 730
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Womble Bond Dickinson is latest transatlantic tie-up
Deal will create top-20 firm with revenue of more than £340 million.
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MedCo disciplines dozens of doctors for late reports
Delays in uploading data has been the subject of solicitors’ complaints.
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SRA refuses to budge over private board meetings
'We are not hiding anything away', chief executive tells journalists.
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Compensation fund payments to cover solicitor failings drop 42%
SRA reveals that replacing misappropriated legacies is biggest drain on fund.
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Fury over £5.48 immigration email charge
UK Visas and Immigration announces changes under new contract, which comes into force tomorrow.
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End DWP delays now, solicitor urges
Review into DWP’s Recovery from Estates section began last year.
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Two thirds of law firms dissatisfied with new business enquiries
Report shows 97% of firms receive at least one new enquiry per month - but 70% unimpressed with the quality.
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Cross examination of abused wife a 'stain' on justice system - judge
High Court judgment states that allowing mother to be questioned was abusive in itself.
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Barristers unpersuaded by new business models, BSB finds
Chambers model still preferred option, according to research for regulator.
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Lawyers make the grade in BAME 'power lists'
List celebrates the ’incredible achievements’ of the UK’s BAME community.
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Shareholder group's RBS action edges towards settlement
Parties expected to inform High Court that they wish to accept £200m offer.
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Banned conveyancer worked for three firms after changing name
Oonagh Grant, 57, sentenced to five years for stealing more than half a million pounds.
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Hogan Lovells boosts junior lawyers' pay
Newly qualifieds will now receive £75,000 on ’merit based pay model’.
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Flight delay firm expects busy week from £100m BA claims
Power surge caused planes to be grounded over the weekend affecting 75,000 passengers.
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Seriously injured say legal system is failing them
Claimants say lengthy process for securing vital compensation means they cannot move on with their lives.
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Defamation cases slump to nine-year low
Fall of 8% last year partly due to 2013 Defamation Act, research suggests.
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CoA right to take stern line on McKenzie friend concept, solicitors say
Judgment says term ‘McKenzie friend’ is not appropriate in Court of Appeal’s Criminal Division.
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Sir Cliff gets courts boost after police row settled
Singer settles with South Yorkshire Police, though BBC will have to reveal details of source.
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Defence firm in 'second class stamp' debacle responds to judge
Case highlights challenges faced by practitioners over late changes to court listings.
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Shiner did wrong - but torture is worse, says veteran rights campaigner
Critics of the behaviour of lawyers pursuing claims against British troops in Iraq should look at the bigger picture, a leading civil rights lawyer said last night. Referring to disgraced former solicitor Phil Shiner, Clive Stafford Smith, founder of the advocacy group Reprieve, said: 'Phil did some things he shouldn’t ...