Last 3 months headlines – Page 803
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Convicted fraudster tells police: my solicitor made me do it
Officer warns about misconception over fees leading to submission of false claims.
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Slater and Gordon to sue Quindell successors over £637m deal
Record law firm acquisition was completed last year.
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Public opposed to SRA handbook proposals
Ipsos-Mori survey shows the public likely to be overwhelmingly opposed to removal of key client protections.
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News focus: a vulnerable child failed by the system
A solicitor has been found culpable over a vulnerable child’s murder. But the police, protection agencies and a sclerotic justice system were also at fault.
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Archers loses the plot
Legal eyebrows were raised at the minimal role given to Helen’s solicitor in the Radio 4 soap.
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I’ve reserved you a table at the Ivy, monsieur
London firm Howard Kennedy’s latest innovative product.
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Memory lane
European commission condemns use by British security forces in Northern Ireland of interrogation techniques which included the hooding of detainees.
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Magic circle coy on ‘Dear Sirs’ communications
Term abolished by Freshfields – but rival firms give little away.
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Profession expresses concern over online courts plan
Going to court is not the same as shopping, says Law Society president.
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City hires boost competition watchdog
The Competetition and Markets Authority has hired legal directors from Freshfields and Hogan Lovells.
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Man arrested after solicitor found dead
Alison Jane Farr-Davies, 42, ‘was always helping others’, family says.
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Top-tier barristers set creates BSB entity
6 Pump Court originally designed entity to focus on criminal legal aid work.
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HM Treasury consults on ‘fit and proper persons test’ for lawyers
Requirements of new EU money laundering directive must be transposed into UK law by June 2017.
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Society: fixed costs ‘totally inappropriate’ for high-value cases
Chancery Lane promises robust response to government’s ‘transforming justice’ proposals.
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CJEU says no to fixed-term contracts, with conditions
Fixed-term contracts against EU law where there is a need for permanent employment.
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‘Relentless and obstinate’ McKenzie friend allowed to be advocate
Defendant claimed assistant was mounting wider campaign, but judge allows him to represent litigant.
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Immigration fees to soar despite overwhelming opposition
Only five out of 142 respondents agreed with Ministry of Justice proposals for a six-fold rise at first-tier tribunal.
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Transforming justice: tribunals’ future unclear
Paper questions structure of employment tribunal service.
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Two more London courts face axe in MoJ plans
Camberwell Green and Hammersmith magistrates’ courts earmarked for closure.