News – Page 60
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NewsFirms helped with publishing prices as transparency deadline looms
Law Society practice note offers guidance for how firms can be compliant.
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NewsSQE: Society sets out the 'known unknowns'
Chancery Lane pools all the information known about the new 'super-exam' into one document.
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NewsHigh-profile Midlands firm enters administration after director banned
Unnamed buyer found for ambitious and acquisitive DBS Law following failure of CVA to settle debts.
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NewsHong Kong highlights IP as priority with move toward specialist court
Special administrative region's judiciary to reveal further steps early next year.
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NewsDone deal: Gordon Dadds agrees £43m Ince & Co acquisition
Statement to the London Stock Exchanges confirms creation of biggest listed UK firm.
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NewsCripps and Pemberton Greenish join forces
Combined top-70 firm will have 465 lawyers and 66 partners.
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NewsSolicitors lauded for LGBT+ inclusion work
Annual list recognises work of solicitors who create supportive workplaces for other LGBT+ people.
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NewsRevised code adds disclosure duties for prosecutors
Outgoing CPS chief Alison Saunders says evidence must be rigorously examined that could help the defence.
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NewsOne third of Ashurst partnership to be female by 2022
International firm is the latest to set ambitous gender diversity targets.
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NewsPro bono week: Buckland says levy 'not the right way forward'
Solicitor-general says free legal advice comes naturally to lawyers.
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NewsCriminal bar lifts lid on 'utterly inadequate' fees
Heads of chambers to meet on 6 November where possibility of resuming action could be discussed.
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NewsBaker McKenzie chair to take time out due to ‘exhaustion’
Paul Rawlinson will take temporary leave after speaking with his doctor, international firm announces today.
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NewsUK law firms see income rise - but profits are a different matter
PwC chief says firms are struggling to contain costs following the findings of its latest sector survey.
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NewsJudges hearing traumatic cases to get extra emotional support
Professional support service has been designed to help judges before, during and after proceedings.
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NewsSRA given green light to pursue £800,000 Blavo intervention costs
Court of Appeal says there were no grounds to set aside statutory demands served on John Blavo.
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NewsSolicitor targets dozens of law firms seeking leasehold compensation
Birmingham and Manchester firm sends notification letters on behalf of 500 people.
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NewsHarassment reports to SRA double in seven months
Regulator pledges to update guidance over settlement agreements and unfair contract terms.
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NewsSRA mulls new 'test' for solicitor advocates
Regulator says it has received reports of solicitors acting ’beyond their competence’.
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NewsFuture bright for solicitor advocates' 'one-stop shops'
Limited budgets and drive towards ADR argue in favour of the one-stop shop litigator, higher court advocates hear.
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NewsNo-deal Brexit would halt European lawyer scheme overnight, says SRA
Regulator says it is working with government to ensure transition period runs as smoothly as possible.