Last 3 months headlines – Page 832
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Privately educated dominate senior ranks at top law firms
Biggest diversity survey ever highlights uneven progress in solicitors’ profession – but four out of ten partners at top firms went to a fee-paying school.
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London Legal Walk: image gallery
View the best images from Monday night’s biggest ever London Legal Walk, which raised money for the London Legal Support Trust.
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Interpreters lose MoJ race bias challenge
Employment Tribunal did not misdirect itself, Court of Appeal says.
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Criminalisation of lesbians on the rise
Human Dignity Trust report finds former colonies and sharia states are extending anti-gay laws to women.
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Law Society accredited as Investor in People
Chancery Lane awarded internationally recognised kitemark for exceptional people management.
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Society hits out at accountants’ legal services plan
Allowing chartered accountancy body to regulate providers of reserved legal activities would confuse consumers.
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This street was made for walkers
Preparations are under way for this evening's London Legal Walk.
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PEP rises by 7.5% at bullish JMW Solicitors
Profit per equity partner hits £430,000 at Manchester firm on revenue up 16%.
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Land Registry: raise fees, don’t privatise, say conveyancers
Conveyancing Association suggests fees increase would enable the government to maximise returns in a less risky way.
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Dozens suspended for MedCo whiplash panel breach
MedCo was set up last year as part of the government’s programme to clamp down on fraudulent road traffic claims.
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Society report charts growing influence of general counsel
The Chancery Lane study, to be published this week, also highlights the pressures on in-house legal departments.
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Mental health taskforce for legal professionals
A Law Society survey on solicitors’ health and wellbeing finds that almost all practising certificate holders have negative stress in their working lives.
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Corporate criminal law set for ‘massive shift’
The Ministry of Justice announced last week that it will consult on proposals to extend the scope of the ‘failure to prevent’ criminal offence.
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It’s dirty work, but someone’s got to do it
Staff from Furley Page tackled gruelling challenge and succeeded in raising £240 for Help for Heroes.
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Memory lane
Thinking members knew an attempt would be made to ‘nationalise’ not only medicine but other suitable professions as well.
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No more costs reform without evidence, lawyers urge
Fixed costs should not be extended until we know what impact reforms such as budgeting have had so far, ACL conference hears.
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City lawyers slam Land Registry sell-off plan
City of London Law Society says government proposals could lead to conflicts of interest.