Last 3 months headlines – Page 833
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Unkindest cut of all for corruption watchdogs
Spare a thought for the impoverished souls charged with meeting David Cameron’s anti-corruption promises.
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Growth in mediations slows as fees soar
Experienced mediators now charge £4,500 per day – and lawyers are in a minority for the first time.
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Social mobility scheme for law extends to GCSE students
Sutton Trust’s Pathways to Law programme gets £1m cash injection.
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New-style bill of costs ‘fails’ to deliver benefits
New spreadsheet-based bill was used by claimants in a case which settled last month.
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SRA warns against money laundering ‘complacency’
Firms generally good at tacking money laundering but regulator is investigating evidence of malpractice.
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Law firm creates consultancy service to help GCs
RPC Perform will be led by former T-Mobile UK general counsel Julia Chain.
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New ‘failure to prevent’ offences to fight corruption
Extension of law one of several measures announced as the UK’s anti-corruption summit gets under way.
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Preventing corruption not top priority for UK companies – City firm
Study of chief compliance officers by Hogan Lovells suggests that sales pressures are the biggest challenge.
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CFAs ‘validly assigned’, judge rules
Judgment will be welcomed by firms that bought up thousands of pre-Jackson cases.
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Sentencing guidelines to reflect influence of technology
Sentencing Council says the practice of recording and sharing photos to humiliate victims has become increasingly common.
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Lawyers call for SFO funding boost ahead of anti-corruption summit
Legal and accountancy bodies unite to voice their support for renewed anti-corruption drive.
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DLA Piper plans to cut 200 UK staff
The firm has started consulting on proposals to automate some administrative tasks and transfer processes to Warsaw.
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MoJ rules out review of legal aid repayment interest
Repayment scheme is designed to deter vexatious or unnecessary legal action.
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Paris arbitration court hails record year
Value of disputes at ICC court surges to new record as total number of cases climbs to over 800.
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Judge raps solicitor over ‘negligent’ will
Wills and probate lawyer who had already settled the dispute says he does not agree with judge's reported comments.
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Slashing back the SRA Handbook could be ‘too much’ – LSB
SRA ‘moving in the right direction’ but firms could struggle to cope with wholesale review of the handbook, super-regulator warns.
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Negligence peril over early guilty pleas – Law Society
Chancery Lane says solicitors should be careful about offering advice in certain circumstances.
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City says ‘no surprise’ as more law firms named in Panama Papers leak
Names of top firms including Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Norton Rose Fulbright appear in latest release of papers.
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City solicitor sets up online system for contract disputes
Co-founder Quentin Bargate says Ajuve platform is the first of its kind from a private company.
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Legal ‘Airbnb’ pioneers new .law web domain
New online channel to Lawyers on Demand venture opens for registrations.