All Law Society activity articles – Page 42
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OpinionGetting on with the job
The Law Society’s new Board will build on excellent work to promote and support the profession.
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NewsLegal wishlist for Hammond's first spring statement
Chancellor set to outline any new spending plans in next week’s speech to parliament.
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NewsWomen's Day: Only 16% see visible steps towards closing gender pay gap
Unconscious bias most commonly perceived barrier to career progression, Law Society survey suggests.
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NewsLaw Society: no ‘scorched earth’ Brexit
The Law Society marked a week of significant developments in the process of the UK leaving the EU.
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NewsFirst 100 years: largest ever census of women in law
Law Society vice-president welcomes new Women in Criminal Law network and announces events to mark suffrage centenary.
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NewsPresident's patent court plea to government
Unified Patent Court agreement will create EU-wide court system for patent disputes
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NewsSociety seeks views on disclosure failures
Chancery Lane says case studies will highlight extent of the problem as MPs begin inquiry.
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NewsSociety reports gender pay gap
The gap between men and women's pay at the legal profession's regulatory and representative bodies is 'substantially lower' than across the UK workforce as a whole, the organisations announced today. The 2017 gender pay gap report by the Law Society Group finds a median pay gap of 5.6% compared ...
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FeatureInfluencing at home and abroad
February’s meeting of the Law Society Council was held at the Law Society Hall on Chancery Lane. This was the first on home turf for over a year as the chamber roof had been under repair.
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Invitation to trainees facing 'exceptional obstacles'
Chancery Lane has begun the recruitment process to fill this year's places on its Diversity Access Scheme.
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NewsCMS chief Warne and lay members among appointments to Law Society's new Board
The Law Society has today finalised membership of its new Board by appointing two solicitors not already on its governing Council, together with two lay members. The non-Council solicitor members appointed following an executive search process are Penelope Warne and Vicky Lockie. Warne is senior partner and chairman of the ...
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NewsUnrepresented must be told about surcharges on sentencing, Society says
Law Commission has suggested that the imposition of surcharges should become an automatic consequence of conviction.
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NewsConveyancing fraud: Society seeks to intervene in crucial test of solicitors' liability
Chancery Lane says it is preferable for fraud loss to lie with solicitor acting for fraudster.
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News'You can't force people into mediation': Society spells out ADR wishes
Chancery Lane agrees with working group that alternative dispute resolution in civil justice remains ‘patchy and inadequate’.
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NewsSociety intervenes in crucial third-party capture case
Case reaching Supreme Court next month after a challenge from insurance firm has 'important implications for solicitors'.
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NewsSociety issues JR proceedings over legal aid cuts
Joe Egan, president, says arbitrary cuts would have a detrimental impact on justice.