News – Page 187
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NewsProfits down 3.4% at Linklaters, annual report reveals
Consolidated accounts at the magic circle firm show profits falling slightly to £371.5m.
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NewsAfrica ‘dependent’ on lawyers for growth
Countries urged to boost capacity of legal communities
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NewsFirms burying heads in sand over finances
Only half of firms understood what is involved if they get into financial trouble.
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NewsBlake Lapthorn confirms ‘first stage’ merger talks
Merger speculation continues as mid-size firms seek to grow.
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NewsSociety advice on barristers’ VHCC protest
The withdrawal of counsel over VHCC work should be treated like any other change of legal team.
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NewsExperts: ‘wriggle room’ gone after Mitchell ruling
Lawyers also express fear of unintended consequences following today’s landmark ruling.
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Commission calls for code to protect whistleblowers
The Whistleblowing Commission is calling for a simplification of the Public Interest Disclosure Act. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should force firms to adopt a code to protect whistleblowers, a retired senior judge has said. Former Court of Appeal judge Anthony Hooper told the Gazette that the SRA should ensure ...
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NewsTLT poaches 30-strong team from Irwin Mitchell
Six partners and 24 solicitors will join the national firm’s Manchester office before Christmas.
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NewsGrayling feels the heat from committee
The justice secretary said he will not delay civil legal aid reforms to wait for the Joint Committee on Human Rights to report.
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NewsClifford Chance names new global managing partner
Corporate head Matthew Layton replaces outgoing managing partner David Childs.
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SRA plans to waive £80 fee for LPC students
Students will no longer have to register with the regulator to begin LPCs.
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NewsWelsh firm gets £50k grant for UK-wide service
Money will pay for website offering legal services.
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NewsFlexible courts pilots fall flat
Insufficient caseloads meant courts finished no later than they had pre-pilot, an independent evaluation shows.
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NewsSRA opens ‘forensic investigations’ into fee-ban avoidance
Visits to firms have continued through November as enforcement action comes closer.
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News141 firms must prepare to shut down, says SRA
Regulator wants to encourage firms that failed to secure professional indemnity insurance to plan for the worst.
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NewsNumber of new EU laws falls to historic low
Study shows 1,474 legislative changes made in 2012, down 11% on previous year.
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NewsConflicted firms ‘unable to act against banks’
Businesses being ‘driven into bankruptcy’ by RBS are unable to fight back through the courts, Tomlinson report finds.
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NewsSolicitor-financial adviser ventures on the rise
Trend follows liberalisation of rules that prevented law firms referring clients to advisers tied into offering certain financial products.
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NewsLemma manager hid finances
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission said that David Brown was ‘not fit and proper to be a manager of a Gibraltar insurance company’.