Last 3 months headlines – Page 949
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Legal services market failing to cut costs, says LCJ
Market created by the 2007 Legal Services Act should undergo an independent examination, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd tells MPs.
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SRA urged not to relinquish insolvency regulation
The Law Society says most solicitor IPs do not want to be regulated by an accountancy regulator.
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Accountant threat driving law firm merger interest
Survey finds biggest firms predict significant merger activity in next two years.
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Victims ‘let down by justice agencies’ – report
Victims’ Commissioner sets out standards to address concerns.
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Tax dispute forced firm into insolvency
Progress report reveals how Welsh firm Morgans Select went into administration.
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Saatchi bill running out of time
Legislation clears House of Lords but faces struggle to be cleared before parliament breaks for election.
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Society puts trainee minimum salary back on agenda
Junior Lawyers Division working with Chancery Lane to establish recommended minimum wage as part of four key focus areas in 2015.
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Merseyside summit to tackle legal aid cuts
Meeting will focus on the effect of reforms in the housing and welfare benefits sector.
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Capita still failing to hit interpreter target
The Ministry of Justice said request completion between July and September was highest rate since the contract started in 2012.
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Lawyers-to-be reveal career motivations
Half of prospective solicitors want to qualify in order to help people.
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Insolvency costs cap does not fit – peer
At present, insolvency cases are exempted from the rules limiting the recovery of costs from a losing party.
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Law Society backing for outreach
CLOCK was set up in 2012 to assist those without representation in court with housing, welfare, family relations and community safety issues.
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Turkish lawyers concern
The Law Society will use its UN special consultative status to register its concern at human rights violations committed by Turkey against hundreds of lawyers.
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Rihanna gets shirty
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as the pop star Rihanna, won a legal action against retailer Topshop when the Court of Appeal ruled that the sale of a T-shirt with her image was an ‘act of passing off’.
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Valentine’s Day comes early at legal aid hearing
Who secretly gave Lord Justice Laws a pink heart?
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A dance to the music of timesheets
Dancing solicitors wowed the crowds to raise money for a Warrington hospice.
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Double-booked barrister
Maybe the justice secretary hasn’t probed all possible opportunities for savings.
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In the frame
Karen Birkin won prize for most outstanding work at Law Society Art Group exhibition.
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Memory lane
Clifford Chance establishes an internet-based information server on the world wide web.
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South-east roll-out for CRM14 form
Legal Aid Agency has been rolling out the CRM14 eForm across the country.