News – Page 47
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NewsProfits and turnover up at Taylor Wessing
International firm announces record rate of UK revenue growth.
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NewsHundreds of new firms predicted to set up in 2020
Serviced offices becoming more acceptable as 'entrepreunerial' lawyers feel encouraged to go it alone.
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NewsCity firms create management roles to drive innovation
Clients are demanding a wider set of services from lawyers, says magic circle firm.
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NewsSRA-backed scheme offers £50,000 for lawtech innovators
Bids invited for ideas about how to make legal advice 'more affordable and accessible'.
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NewsConveyancing consolidation squeezing out local knowledge
Top 200 firms controlling record share of the market, according to data tracker.
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NewsLegal aid heavyweights to merge
Steel & Shamash and Edwards Duthie will join forces to become Edwards Duthie Shamash on 3 June.
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NewsUniversity and law firms team up to develop lawtech standard
University of Manchester’s law and technology initiative now has six legal services members.
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NewsMagic circle firm brings in five-figure maintenance grant for trainees
Freshfields will offer its future solicitors £10,000 to cover living costs incurred during the law conversion course.
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NewsMunby's concerns prompt fresh guidance on special guardians
Practitioners told that late entrants to care proceedings must be realistic.
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NewsPI firms offered exit route with 'no need' for due diligence
Market uncertainty continues in personal injury sector as firms prepare for changes next April.
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NewsInsurer's failure exposes costs conflict as NHS defendants dig in
LAMP Insurance was a casualty of a wider dispute between claimant firms and NHS trusts.
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NewsBarrister suspended for not holding practising certificate
Bernadette McGurk has been suspended for six months following charges of professional misconduct.
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NewsClaims firm folded when CFA delays choked off cashflow
London practice ran into trouble - and borrowed millions - when claims over faulty cavity wall insulation did not settle.
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NewsAccountancy body wins right to regulate oaths
Lord chancellor throws a bone to ICAEW after court spurns bid to regulate reserved activities.
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NewsFDACs to grow after government pledges £15m to keep children out of care
Children minister says substance-abuse problem-solving courts stop vulnerable families from spiralling out of control.
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NewsLawyers urged to crack down on money laundering before governments intervene
International Bar Association proposes what it says are stricter rules for the profession in light of the Panama papers revelations.
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NewsRegulators should 'incentivise' lawtech - consumer panel
Incentives should be part of a ‘robust regulatory framework’. Says regulator.
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NewsLaw centre JR prompts Home Office to clarify immigration support
Guidance and application form published a month before judicial review was due to be heard.
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NewsListed law firm expects profits to double in debut year
Knights states in trading update that its net debt of £14.1m is ’significantly better’ than expected.
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NewsChild protection in family court set to come under fresh scrutiny
Panel of experts, including senior members of the judiciary, will report back within three months.