Last 3 months headlines – Page 861
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SRA training shakeup will hit solicitor brand – survey
Proposals for a Solicitors Qualifying Examination prompt detailed comments.
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SRA publishes consumer credit toolkit
Designed to help firms ensure their services are compliant with the new regime
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MoJ reveals 15 closed courts remain unsold
In total, empty buildings are costing at least £40,000 a month to secure and maintain.
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Broad church
Historic cathedrals can provide the ideal venues for commercial dispute resolution. Apparently.
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Got enough to do while we investigate you?
CMA announces probe into lawyers. Then asks for help – from lawyers.
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Falling out over money
The Hatton Garden heist reminds me of some of the fall-out from other high-profile robberies.
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Civil partnership challenge
A heterosexual couple last week took to the High Court a legal challenge against the ban on members of the opposite sex entering into civil partnerships.
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Negligence claims against law firms halve
But firms have not yet seen the back of financial crisis-related claims, City firm RPC warns.
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CMC regulator reports sharp decrease in PI specialists
Four financial penalties were issued in the fourth quarter of 2015, with 51 warnings issued.
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Fewer requests for dormant client money
Solicitors can withdraw residual balances of £500 or less without regulator's permission.
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Minister for downfalls
Is Shailesh Vara the victim of some civil service conspiracy against solicitors?
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Cameron vows to end ‘industry’ of claims against armed forces
Prime minister tasks National Security Council with clampdown on claimant practices.
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Falconer joins calls for legal aid contracting clarity
The shadow justice secretary asks Michael Gove to urgently make a statement before parliament.
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New pension scheme for fee-paid judges delayed
Ministry of Justice anticipates scheme to be implemented by 1 December.
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Online divorce fault may void 2,000 settlements
Justice minister apologises for ‘any distress’ caused by the divorce form error as he reveals the scale of the fallout.
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Society clashes with SRA over potential split
Regulator says only a formal split will reassure the public. But Chancery Lane hits back, accusing the regulator of seeming to ‘devalue’ the profession.
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Australian pioneer suspends stock exchange listing
Shine Corporate to publish earnings forecast on Monday.
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Top earnings at BLP up 29% as profits rise
Operating profits at the firm rose by 15% in 2014/15.
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Family lawyers face new curbs on court bundles
President of the Family Division says new limits needed as lawyers ignore pleas for restraint on the length of court bundles.