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NewsNew law firm claims animal protection first
Two solicitors have launched what claims to be the UK’s first specialised animal protection law firm. Advocates for Animals will help charities ’ensure the law relating to animal protection is complied with in the way parliament intended and that the protection given to animals by legislation is honoured’. The Vegan ...
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NewsClifford Chance lawyers offered two-month sabbatical
Pilot programme will also create new platform for ex-CC lawyers to work on specific projects.
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NewsMetamorph returns to acquisition trail
Verisona Law says joining the Metamorph stable ensures a bright future for clients and staff.
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NewsEquity investor pumps millions into two conveyancing firms
BGF says it will take a minority interest in businesses and maintain a ‘patient outlook’ on investments.
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NewsLSB gives green light to bar training reforms
Memorandum of Understanding between Bar Standards Board and Inns of Court set to be agreed.
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Listed PI firm owner upbeat about driving away from RTA claims
NewLaw parent company posts bullish financial results but dividend payout will be unchanged.
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Partnership model declines in growing legal services market
Annual snapshot shows UK legal services sector generated £35.1bn in 2018, 6.3% up on previous year.
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NewsHogan Lovells reports rise for equity partners
Profit per equity partner increases by 4% on revenue marginallly up on 2017.
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NewsQualitySolicitors pioneer goes under at nearly 250 years old
Administrators called in to handle affairs of Brighton firm Howlett Clarke.
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NewsDentons fails to strike out negligence claim
Master Shuman also criticises approach to produce further evidence.
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NewsCentralisation shifts remand hearings to next county
Shropshire advocates group calls for policy change after HM Courts & Tribunals Service apologises for 'wrong data'.
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NewsSimpson Millar saviour lifts another firm out of creditor arrangement
Doorway Capital invests in St Helens firm which had been in partnership voluntary arrangement.
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NewsJudge ignores family commitment pleas to demand application
Criminal bar chief says representative bodies will draft their own protocol for reasonable working hours if they have to.
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NewsLiving wage: City told ‘stop thinking and start doing’
Campaign admits it has no evidence of law firms paying less than £10.55 per hour.
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NewsGateley partners secure £6m from market funding call
Accelerated bookbuild created to meet demand from potential investors in the business.
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NewsBar confident it can overcome ‘testosterone overdose’
Representative body says it has a number of initiatives to support women.
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NewsListed high-flier Gateley fights professional negligence claim
Case involves advice given to a British Virgin Islands-incorporated company in relation to a property development.
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NewsAshfords and Boyes Turner call off merger
Structural differences of Ashfords and Boyes Turner ’currently too far apart’.
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NewsRenewed call for quotas to help women become equity partners
Founder of groundbreaking project says too many senior women are promoted but have no voting power.
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Legal services business Axiom to list in New York
Announcement follows divestment of contracts intelligence and managed solutions subsidiaries.