Last 3 months headlines – Page 821
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Penningtons Manches pays tribute to Lesley Lintott
First female partner and chief executive has died.
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US firm backs London as it announces transatlantic merger
Haynes and Boone will merge with Curtis Davis Garrard to create a 600-lawyer firm.
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Solicitor slashes insurance costs through bar regulation
David Bowden predicts ‘flood’ of solicitors will opt to set up under the bar regulator.
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Former shadow attorney general sorry for failing to declare interest
Complaints made to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in relation to five parliamentary questions and five debates.
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Africa law firms ‘lack quality’, report alleges
UK and US law firms resort to WhatsApp in an attempt to elicit a response from African lawyers, says study by management consultancy.
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Barrister suspended for failing to pay fine
Tiyani Behanzin failed to pay a fine of £750 and costs of £585 imposed for disciplinary offences in 2011.
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Parabis directors blameless as creditor dividend slashed
Total owed to unsecured creditors has soared to £114m – they will get back just 1p in the pound.
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Lords sound legal privilege alarm over snooping bill
Protections needed on the face of the investigatory powers bill, QCs tell the government.
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London firm reported to SRA after £17k email case settlement
Litigant had objected after personal emails were accessed by lawyers working on the other side.
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Law centres field Brexit concerns from EU citizens
Queries have included asking whether people will have to leave the UK immediately.
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SRA chief laments ‘claims-harvesting’ activities
Suspicion remains that firms continue to flout the spirit – if not the letter – of referral fee ban.
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Barclays hacks back legal panel
Banking giant’s new model will have 140 firms, compared with nearly 400 previously.
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Legal aid contributions decision to face judicial review
Court of Appeal urges ‘meaningful negotiations’ between parties in dispute over a capital contribution order.
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Unregulated legal services providers cheaper and more innovative, says LSB
Super-regulator’s chair says unregulated sector is ‘neither as big nor as problematic’ as some have suggested.
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Leave regulation alone while lawyers deal with Brexit – Society
Law Society chief executive Catherine Dixon tells MPs now is not the time to contemplate sweeping changes to the Legal Services Act.
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Trade union solicitor appointed shadow lord chancellor
Former Thompsons lawyer Richard Burgon named as Labour turmoil claims another shadow justice minister.
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MPs probe role of sharia councils in British law
Select committee inquiry separate from independent review commissioned by Home Office.
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Doing judges a discourtesy
Supreme Court president revealed himself to be only too aware of lawyers attempting to conceal their contempt for the bench.
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SRA warns of scammers offering refunds on subs
Law firms are fighting on several fronts to prevent fraudsters getting hold of their bank details.