Last 3 months headlines – Page 797
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Fixed fees popular among lawyers’ clients
Mini-bellwether report states that solicitors, under immense pressure to lower their fees, tend to equate value with price.
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Law Society custom posters promote brand – and profession
Posters will appear on 900 bus routes and 440 railway station sites across England and Wales.
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In-house lawyers should time-record to show value – ex-FA GC
Former legal chief at the Football Association acknowledges suggestion is controversial.
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News focus: ECHR comes under Tory fire
Plans to protect service personnel from ‘vexatious’ claims enthused the party conference. But the lord chancellor had little to add to grand rhetoric on prison reform.
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Sky’s the limit for Kendal solicitor songster
John Osborne is in two bands – one 'more fun' than the other.
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Solicitors – we can be heroes
How is it that solicitors have lost out in literature and cinema?
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Agency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Public Law Project sends pre-action protocol letter over terms of new criminal legal aid contracts.
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Solicitors ‘conned Legal Aid Agency out of £600,000’
Trio on trial deny setting up fake agency to siphon off interpreters’ fees.
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CPS criticised for ‘shocking’ disclosure failure
Crown Prosecution Service says it has agreed to settle Conrad Jones’s civil claim without admission of liability.
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IPO trademark boom ‘may be caused by Brexit vote’
Businesses taking ‘belt and braces’ approach to ensure UK right is protected.
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Legal Aid Agency looking for extra £11m in cuts
Chief executive calls for ‘adult to adult’ relationship with solicitors.
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Outer Temple Chambers hires solicitor after entity approval
New setup will help manage international queries.
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Chinese law firm eyes UK office
AllBright Law Offices hopes to set up office by end of the year.
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70 firms sign up with LawBid tendering pioneer
Founder says auction site has far exceeded expectations, with 350 clients also registered.
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LiP handed 114 pages of legal documents ‘at the door of the court’
Mr Justice Peter Jackson says the Family Division incident is not unusual.
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New bill of costs to be compulsory from October 2017
The new bill has been the subject of a voluntary pilot in the Senior Courts Costs Office since October last year.
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Former Stobart chief acquires second criminal legal aid firm
Trevor Howarth says One Legal has completed acquisition of Guney, Clark & Ryan.
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‘New breed’ personal injury law firm enters administration
Prolegal Limited now linked with growing London practice keen on acquisitions.
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Courts have become a ‘casino’, Conservative conference hears
MP and former deputy London mayor says defendants do not plead guilty because they know witnesses may not turn up.