Last 3 months headlines – Page 831
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Dentons to shift 50 UK business services roles to Warsaw
Global giant will open a business services centre in Poland later this year to offer clients a ‘one-firm experience’.
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SRA promises ‘sensitive’ mental health support
Chief executive Paul Philip says solicitors can tell the regulator if things are getting difficult.
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Council debates Law Society governance
Work to commence on more detailed proposals following discussions yesterday.
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Cripps hails record trading year
London and Kent firm posts rise in net profit on income up 9%.
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Bar regulator clears penultimate hurdle to licensing ABSs
Subject to the lord chancellor’s rubber stamp, the Bar Standards Board will be able to regulate non-lawyer-owned legal firms.
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High Court backs predictive coding in first contested case
Ruling could encourage more lawyers to use automated review process in e-disclosure.
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Norton Rose to move 170 'operational roles' to the Philippines
The firm plans to open a global service centre in Manila this September.
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Tougher sentences for animal cruelty proposed
Sentencing Council says it wants to ensure the most serious cases lead to jail time.
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Linklaters, Nabarro and Olswang lawyers to face BHS collapse questions
Partners from three firms will be questioned by MPs over their role in the sale of department store BHS. Lord Grabiner QC has also been invited to give evidence.
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Queen’s speech: courts and prisons to be reformed
Offenders will be given a second chance under Prison and Courts Reform Bill.
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Queen’s speech: SARs regime to be improved
Criminal Finances Bill will target entities that carry out money laundering rather than focusing on individual transactions.
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Queen’s speech: bill of rights revived
Law Society warns against watering down rights, as the government outlines its legislative programme.
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Barrister disbarred after lying to judge about PC
Katrina McCarthy told a district judge that she had been instructed by a solicitors’ firm.
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Queen’s speech: lawyers no longer at risk when making IP threats
The government plans to adopt Law Commission proposals on unjustified threats in infringement proceedings.
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Let law firms host court hearings – rights thinktank
Justice urges government to capitalise on ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to transform civil courts.
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Regulator in danger of ‘eroding confidence’ in the bar
Bar Standards Board suggests that growing commercial pressures could tempt barristers to take risks that harm consumers.
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Government urged to introduce guardianship bill in Queen’s speech
Justice minister Dominic Raab says government is still committed to pursuing new scheme to help deal with the property and affairs of missing people.
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QS founder offers stakes in comparison site to law firms
Saleem Arif is looking for practices willing to invest at least £3,000 in ReviewSolicitors.
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Sole practitioners criticise ‘threatening’ diversity survey
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it will run diversity questionnaire every two years instead of annually, following criticism from sole practitioners.