News – Page 109
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NewsPC fee represents ‘poor value’ – LSB report
Research shows lack of awareness of what practising certificate fee pays for.
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NewsMPs attack Linklaters and Olswang for role in BHS sale
Top law firms accused of failing to alert client that buyer of the retail giant had twice been declared bankrupt.
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NewsSRA bans ‘solicitor’ who lied to senior judges
Mohammed Kabba of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, had been jailed for 16 months for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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NewsJacobs takes helm at Linklaters
M&A specialist elected as senior partner after 26 years at magic circle firm.
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NewsConveyancing boost from stamp duty reforms
Rush to complete transactions prior to government introducing higher rates for additional properties.
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News‘Handful’ of legal firms using .law web domain
The new ‘top level domain’ was one of a batch made available by the web’s governing body last autumn.
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NewsImmigration bar slams solicitors over ‘poor’ standards
‘Unanimous and strong’ opinion of immigration chambers is that clients experience poor standards of service.
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NewsDentons to shift 50 UK business services roles to Warsaw
Global giant will open a business services centre in Poland later this year to offer clients a ‘one-firm experience’.
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NewsSRA promises ‘sensitive’ mental health support
Chief executive Paul Philip says solicitors can tell the regulator if things are getting difficult.
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NewsBar regulator clears penultimate hurdle to licensing ABSs
Subject to the lord chancellor’s rubber stamp, the Bar Standards Board will be able to regulate non-lawyer-owned legal firms.
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High Court backs predictive coding in first contested case
Ruling could encourage more lawyers to use automated review process in e-disclosure.
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NewsNorton Rose to move 170 'operational roles' to the Philippines
The firm plans to open a global service centre in Manila this September.
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NewsLinklaters, Nabarro and Olswang lawyers to face BHS collapse questions
Partners from three firms will be questioned by MPs over their role in the sale of department store BHS. Lord Grabiner QC has also been invited to give evidence.
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NewsRegulator in danger of ‘eroding confidence’ in the bar
Bar Standards Board suggests that growing commercial pressures could tempt barristers to take risks that harm consumers.
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NewsQS founder offers stakes in comparison site to law firms
Saleem Arif is looking for practices willing to invest at least £3,000 in ReviewSolicitors.
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NewsSole practitioners criticise ‘threatening’ diversity survey
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it will run diversity questionnaire every two years instead of annually, following criticism from sole practitioners.
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NewsPrivately educated dominate senior ranks at top law firms
Biggest diversity survey ever highlights uneven progress in solicitors’ profession – but four out of ten partners at top firms went to a fee-paying school.
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NewsPEP rises by 7.5% at bullish JMW Solicitors
Profit per equity partner hits £430,000 at Manchester firm on revenue up 16%.
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NewsGrowth 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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NewsSRA warns against money laundering ‘complacency’
Firms generally good at tacking money laundering but regulator is investigating evidence of malpractice.