News – Page 96
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NewsLinklaters board shares £19.6m as profits rise
Magic circle firm reports profits up 4% in year to April 2016. Meanwhile, Nabarro posts 2% rise in half-year revenue.
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NewsConsumer watchdog names new chair
Former local government ombudsman to take over at Legal Services Consumer Panel.
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NewsConveyancing productivity up 55% in three years
Study by search company shows conveyancers completing one transaction every 2.4 working days.
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NewsConveyancers urged to publicise fraud email alert scheme
Free Land Registry service sends e-alerts of all activity relating to up to 10 properties.
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NewsLaw Society publishes ‘transparency toolkit’ for firms
Chancery Lane acts ahead of expected Competition Watchdog call for more information about prices and service quality.
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Multinationals ‘failing to check’ contractors, law firm claims
Survey of compliance officers finds UK weakest jurisdiction for due diligence.
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News‘City powerhouse’ offers trainees £10k for deferral
CMS, Nabarro and Olswang announce voluntary programme ‘to ensure smooth transition’ as they press ahead with merger.
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NewsProfits up 44.8% at listed law firm Gateley
Stock exchange-listed commercial firm reports strong growth in first half.
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NewsFreshfields heads Ireland’s solicitor ‘Brexodus’ table
Law Society of Ireland releases details of ‘tsunami’ of England and Wales solicitors going on its roll.
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NewsNearly one-fifth of MoJ civil servants want to leave
Latest survey shows more civil servants want to leave Ministry of Justice headquarters immediately.
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NewsConveyancers back ‘pre-contract packs’ for buyers
Solicitors believe upfront information would help to speed the homebuying process - but a HIP replacement is off their agenda.
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News‘Change of direction’ sees top 100 firm bow out of SRA panel work
Bevan Brittan has reviewed investment in panel work for the regulator and decided not to retender.
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News‘City powerhouse’ firm signs London lease
London staff of soon-to-merge CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang will occupy five out of seven floors of Cannon Place, where CMS is currently based.
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NewsEmbattled Bolton council leader set to defend £300k law firm grant
Cliff Morris hopes that the controversial decision ‘will attract other occupiers in the future’.
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NewsSlater and Gordon to chase £53m refund on Quindell
Barrister’s opinion buoys Australian firm’s legal claim over 2015 acquisition.
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NewsEversheds reveals transatlantic tieup talks
Merger with Sutherland would create global firm with 2,300 lawyers.
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NewsHolman Fenwick agrees US merger
Holman Fenwick Willan to merge with Texas-based Legge Farrow Kimmitt McGrath & Brown.
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NewsSFO bucks trend of decline in sick days over mental illnesses
Solicitor general provides absence figures for the number of days lost due to mental health issues at law officers’ departments.
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NewsPI reforms blamed for law firm’s collapse
Administrators for Kemp Legal Limited say proposed changes mean business is no longer viable.
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NewsDWF spies Northern Ireland opportunity
Merger with Belfast-based commercial firm C & H Jefferson takes effect on 1 December.