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Video interview with Ian Kelcey
High-profile solicitor-advocate Ian Kelcey is a former chair of both the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association and The Law Society’s criminal law committee. Gazette editor Paul Rogerson questioned him about the forthcoming SGM and what he perceives to be the best way forward.
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NewsEurope’s human rights system under new scrutiny
Council of Europe opens consultation on convention and Strasbourg court.
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NewsExclusive: Co-op Legal to axe 60 PI jobs
Staff told redundancy consultation will start in January.
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NewsAnglo-Russian agreement on rule of law
Law Society president Nicholas Fluck is in Moscow promoting English law.
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NewsSRA seeks ‘modest’ increase in fining powers
Regulator unhappy with disparity between traditional firms and alternative business structures.
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NewsRPC ditches flat fee for newly qualified solicitors
Flat rate has ‘passed its sell-by date and no longer has any integrity’.
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NewsArbitration centre builds Israeli-Palestinian bridge
Twenty years after the Oslo Accord, parties involved in commercial Israeli-Palestinian disputes get a forum for resolution.
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NewsLegal arm to escape Co-op review
Fact-finding will centre on the group’s democratic structure, the Co-op says.
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NewsPersonal injury firm in breach of duty
Judge criticises automated system that failed to fully assess extent of compensation claim.
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NewsMergers help drive hefty growth at DWF
Over 10% (£6m) of DWF’s revenue rise was organic, with the remainder coming from its high-profile mergers.
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Video interview with James Parry
Liverpool solicitor James Parry has requisitioned a special general meeting of The Law Society, accusing Chancery Lane of ‘surrender’ on criminal legal aid reform. Gazette editor Paul Rogerson spoke to him.
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NewsWragges and Lawrence Graham begin merger talks
Combined firm would have more than 600 lawyers and posted joint income of £172m last year.
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NewsBrands in line of fire after QS firms quit
Responding to the departures, QualitySolicitors said it had more than 200 locations across the country.
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NewsLaw firms ‘failing to embrace’ flexible work
The absence of flexible working is one of the biggest barriers to women becoming partners in law firms, says a prominent in-house lawyer.
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NewsLegal career progression fear over flexible working
Law firms accept flexible working arrangements reluctantly, a study of lawyers working at larger firms has concluded.
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NewsADR pledge may change approach to litigation
A number of the UK’s biggest companies including Tesco and Marks & Spencer signed up to the 21st Century Corporate ADR Pledge.
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Central conveyancing panel system
Three major lenders have agreed to adopt a centralised lender panel management system that will relieve conveyancing firms of the need to make repeat applications.