Last 3 months headlines – Page 906
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Ditching training contract could ‘undermine UK law’
Law Society warns that scrapping workplace learning risks damaging sector’s reputation and competitiveness.
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SRA praises ‘innovative’ Gateley as firm posts £60m revenue
Full-year turnover expected to have risen by 10% during period prior to listing.
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Aussies losing their grip on the Ashes
Could civil war break out over cricket at Slater and Gordon?
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Exceptional funding scheme ‘unlawful’, High Court rules
People unable to pay for legal assistance ‘suffering in a way that parliament could not have intended’.
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Accounts burden lifted from 1,000 smaller firms
New threshold for removing the requirement to submit accountants’ reports.
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PC fee unchanged for next year
Solicitors Regulation Authority proposes individual fee remains at £320.
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Manchester legal aid rally: image gallery
Hundreds of solicitors gathered in Manchester to voice their opposition to legal aid cuts.
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Council legal chief warns against curbs to judicial review
The assistant director of Essex Legal Services rebuts the government’s claims that judicial review actions are growing.
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West Country firm claims Iran first
Everys Solicitors boosts Middle East presence by acquiring Iranian law firm with offices in Shiraz and Tehran.
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Gove: legal aid ‘concerns are legitimate’ – but no concessions
Lord chancellor also pledges review of Legal Services Act to avoid ‘regulators falling over each other’s feet’.
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Action day 15: bar backs direct action
Majority of CBA members who voted back policy of no new work and ‘no returns’.
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Complaints fall at relocated London county court
HMCTS reveals £3.6m will be saved every year by move – but solicitors call for money to be reinvested.
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Trade Union Bill to raise strike ballot threshold
Government says trade unions should have a bigger mandate from members to call industrial action.
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Action day 14: judges query absence of solicitors
Hundreds of practitioners attend north-west rally to protest cuts as judges seek answers.
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No damage caused by civil legal aid reforms, says defiant MoJ
Government defends itself against a highly critical report on LASPO from the commons justice committee.
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Family lawyers: 100% divorce ruling exceptional but fair
A hospital consultant has been ordered to give his former wife his entire fortune, after neglecting to pay child support.
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'Force lawyers into pro bono' - think tank
Report says public have lost trust in legal profession and recommends free work as a way to re-establish it.
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New official website for Welsh law
Online information service will help lawyers keep track of evolving legal framework in Wales.
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Action day 13: firms consider duty boycott
Legal aid lawyers gear up for more direct action as standoff continues.