Last 3 months headlines – Page 761
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A home for those old files?
Scholars offering to archive records pertinent to lawyers or firms for the benefit of future generations.
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Family judge condemns 2,000-page bundle
Mr Justice Cobb says case preparation was undertaken in a way that was ‘wholly disproportionate’ to the issues.
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Creditors lose £5m as failing law firm sold at knock-down value
Companies House document shows full extent of sums owed by national ABS Triton Global.
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Family law barrister who made woman ‘fearful’ disbarred
Sanjay Roy, a Northampton Chambers barrister, made woman call him ‘master’.
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Super-regulator announces Law Society-SRA governance probe
Chancery Lane welcomes opportunity to clarify statutory duty of oversight.
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Solicitors battle through ‘technical difficulties’ to reach next JAC round
Judicial Appointments Commission had committed to taking 60% of applicants to second stage of recorder competition.
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Bolton and Macclesfield firms on ‘pay shame’ list
Accidental shortfall of 50p per week puts law firm on government's public minimum wage list.
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Don’t panic over Gulf exodus, sector experts say
Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills and Weil Gotshal have all announced they are leaving the region.
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Supreme Court wants applicants to do their homework
Applicants for vacant posts will have to write 2,000-word essay.
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Diversity the watchword as Supreme Court competitions open
Separate competitions have been launched for president, and for justices to replace the retired Lord Toulson and soon-to-retire Lord Clarke.
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Ex-Leeds Utd MD fails to overturn costs award against fellow solicitor
David Haigh applied to Westminster Magistrates’ Court to bring a private prosecution against Peter Gray.
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LSB ‘not stepping back’ from diversity role
Oversight body has published ‘less prescriptive’ guidance for regulators.
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Slater and Gordon shares dive as UK recovery takes ‘longer than expected’
Update to Australian stock exchange also reveals bank debt now exceeds total enterprise value.
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Freshfields puts pen to paper on new City home
Magic circle firm will be based at 100 Bishopsgate from 2021.
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Government rebuffs latest calls for no-fault divorce
Solicitors have been lobbying for legislation to be modernised as court denies permission to to divorce.
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Be more diverse or we’ll withhold 10% of your fees, IT giant tells firms
US technology company HP issues diversity mandate, telling law firms ‘we can all do better’.
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Litigation funder launches $200m US investment vehicle
IMF Bentham launches $200m vehicle to finance US cases and investments.