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- News focus: council lawyers face up to government cuts
external story (20/04/2011) - Reforms will deter VC firms
external story (20/04/2011) - Shadow justice minister attacks Jackson costs reforms
external story (20/04/2011) - Firm wins injunction against Solicitors from Hell
external story (20/04/2011) - Advocacy Training Council calls for vulnerable witness support
external story (20/04/2011) - Struck-off solicitor: ‘one of the worst SDT cases’
external story (20/04/2011) - City lawyers warn over EU boardroom plans
external story (20/04/2011) - Court hearings should not be private, says Lord Neuberger
external story (20/04/2011) - IT errors costly for legal aid firms
external story (20/04/2011) - Solicitors Regulation Authority launches review of CPD rules
external story (20/04/2011) - Half of UK adults cold-called by claims firms
external story (19/04/2011) - Linklaters tops table of law firm websites
external story (19/04/2011) - Prudential granted leave to appeal in privilege case
external story (19/04/2011) - More law firms face financial distress, report suggests
external story (18/04/2011) - CBI slams ‘claim first, think later’ tribunal culture
external story (18/04/2011) - TUC warns against impact of employment law reforms
external story (18/04/2011) - Society welcomes amendment to solicitors’ insurance rules
external story (15/04/2011) - Consumer ‘confusion’ over legal expenses insurance
external story (15/04/2011) - Law firm develops divorce app
external story (15/04/2011) - APIL warns of ‘dumbed down’ lawyers post-ABS
external story (14/04/2011) - Eversheds and DLA Piper lose employment tribunal cases
external story (13/04/2011) - Growth remains 'anaemic' in top 50 law firms
external story (13/04/2011) - MPs oppose legal aid cuts
external story (13/04/2011) - Future uncertain for Community Legal Advice Centres
external story (13/04/2011) - High Court challenge to court closures
external story (13/04/2011) - New round of district judge appointments
external story (13/04/2011) - Firms ignoring ABS impact are 'sticking their heads in sand'
external story (13/04/2011) - Solicitor won High Court injunction for stalking victim
external story (13/04/2011) - Big-hitters join Society’s Human Rights Committee
external story (13/04/2011) - Clifford Chance advises on Arsenal deal, General Electric aquisition and Norton Rose helps with Danaos changes
external story (13/04/2011) - Law Commission proposes new ‘Consumer Act’
external story (12/04/2011) - Society announces election of deputy vice-president
external story (12/04/2011) - APIL’s new president pledges to campaign for rights of injured
external story (11/04/2011) - ASA rejects complaint about QualitySolicitors TV advert
external story (11/04/2011) - Profession helps law schools to step up pro bono advice
external story (08/04/2011) - Dominic Grieve set for Minority Lawyers Conference
external story (08/04/2011) - Employment lawyers see surge in disputes
external story (08/04/2011) - RBS offers legal documentation to small business clients
external story (08/04/2011) - Legal Services Board reveals high level of ABS interest
external story (08/04/2011) - European courts face workload ‘crisis’, claims House of Lords
external story (07/04/2011) - Human rights partner acts for London Fortnum & Mason protestors
external story (06/04/2011) - Garden party date
external story (06/04/2011) - Study to examine oversupply of LPC graduates
external story (24/02/2011) - First law firms accredited under Conveyancing Quality Scheme
external story (23/02/2011) - Very superstitious
external story (23/02/2011) - Cuts to put half of legal aid firms at risk of closure
external story (23/02/2011) - Separating couples to be forced to consider mediation option
external story (23/02/2011) - Lloyds Banking Group heeds Law Society confidentiality concerns
external story (23/02/2011) - Robert M Jones represented mental illness patient in bankruptcy annulment
external story (23/02/2011) - Mosley speaks on privacy
external story (23/02/2011) - APIL chief urges government to give RTA portal a chance
external story (23/02/2011) - Justice system delays endemic, research shows
external story (23/02/2011) - One in two children in care 'don't trust the courts'
external story (23/02/2011) - London solicitor criticises 'absurd' conditional fee agreement ruling
external story (23/02/2011) - Djanogly defends impact of legal aid cuts on voluntary sector
external story (22/02/2011) - Oversupply of lawyers to drive down costs, says Green
external story (22/02/2011) - Rise in legal disputes between commercial landlords and tenants
external story (21/02/2011) - Lloyds backs down on client account information
external story (18/02/2011) - Clifford Chance merges with Australian firms
external story (18/02/2011) - Jackson reforms fail to account for RTA progress
external story (18/02/2011) - French judges in protest
external story (16/02/2011) - Colum Smith acts for businesswoman claiming from plastic surgeon
external story (16/02/2011) - Short sentences for young offenders ‘inefficient’
external story (18/01/2011) - Law Society demands release of Iranian lawyer
external story (18/01/2011) - UK legal sector set to benefit from Hong Kong investment
external story (17/01/2011) - Law firms’ poor use of Twitter risks 'damaging their brand’
external story (17/01/2011) - SRA takes first steps in review of training and education
external story (14/01/2011) - Fraud hits record high, KPMG report claims
external story (14/01/2011) - Stephanie Prior acted for three women over contraception failure
external story (12/01/2011) - Legal aid survey
external story (12/01/2011) - Burger deal, fashion buy, road-building initiative, new listing
external story (12/01/2011) - 'Virtual’ visitor interrupts police interview
external story (12/01/2011) - Bar Council calls for prohibition of referral fees
external story (23/12/2010) - Ministry of Justice backs virtual courts scheme
external story (23/12/2010) - Age of criminal responsibility will not change, says government
external story (21/12/2010) - ‘Irresponsible’ to roll out virtual courts after critical report, says Law Society
external story (21/12/2010) - Firms reject candidates on the basis of their accents, research suggests
external story (21/12/2010) - Publish complaints against firms, Consumer Panel urges
external story (21/12/2010) - Immigration cap ‘unlawful’, court rules
external story (20/12/2010) - Forced meditation will encourage ‘excessive demands’ in family disputes
external story (20/12/2010) - Lord chief justice allows Twitter in court
external story (20/12/2010) - Solicitors make errors in PII proposal forms
external story (17/12/2010) - MPs warned they will be ‘overloaded’ due to legal aid cuts
external story (17/12/2010) - FSA raises protection for client accounts
external story (17/12/2010) - Linklaters tops diversity league table
external story (17/12/2010) - Motion to widen Society membership withdrawn
external story (17/12/2010) - Judiciary has failed to lure City lawyers, lord chief justice admits
external story (16/12/2010) - SRA consults on simplifying regulation for sole practitioners
external story (16/12/2010) - Firms set to be forced to publish diversity data
external story (15/12/2010) - Law Society sets up lobbying working party
external story (15/12/2010) - City claims EC proposal would 'dilute English law'
external story (15/12/2010) - £1bn paid out to law firms for handling coal miners’ claims
external story (15/12/2010) - Green paper warning from mental health professionals
external story (15/12/2010) - Law firms face new year 'cash crunch'
external story (15/12/2010) - Students get murder case referred back to Court of Appeal
external story (15/12/2010) - Solicitor who 'shamed profession' jailed
external story (15/12/2010) - Government announces court closures
external story (14/12/2010) - Allen & Overy faces lawsuit over employee sacked for erotic blog
external story (14/12/2010) - Leading Sheffield firm falls victim to downturn
external story (13/12/2010) - Consumers unattracted by non-legal brands, survey suggests
external story (10/12/2010) - Youth crime has fallen, report suggests
external story (09/12/2010) - Mystery shoppers to test will-writers
external story (09/12/2010) - EU divorce options
external story (08/12/2010) - Out of court disposals warning
external story (08/12/2010) - Lawyer denies ‘£1.4m theft’
external story (08/12/2010) - Solicitors miss out on judicial posts
external story (08/12/2010) - Paul Howcroft represents Accidia in da Vinci case
external story (08/12/2010) - Libel defence broadened to reflect internet age
external story (08/12/2010) - Family lawyers offered ADR fee
external story (08/12/2010) - Academics warn against restricting qualifying law degrees
external story (07/12/2010) - Government proposes 50% sentence cut for guilty pleas
external story (07/12/2010) - Firms tighten spending on support staff and training
external story (07/12/2010) - Law Society should open to non-solicitors, council member proposes
external story (06/12/2010) - Kate Oldfield represents families involved in the Redfern Inquiry
external story (06/12/2010) - Lawyers switched on to technology
external story (03/12/2010) - Bar Council visits Gulf to promote barristers
external story (03/12/2010) - Conveyancing under spotlight as SRA unveils sweeping PII reforms
external story (03/12/2010) - Paralegals seek right to advise in redundancy cases
external story (03/12/2010) - Regulator sets out guidance on pre-emptive ABS discussions
external story (02/12/2010) - 'Mixed practice' warning for publicly funded barristers
external story (02/12/2010) - Green pioneers slash carbon footprints
external story (02/12/2010) - House of Commons inquiry
external story (01/12/2010) - Moses backs jury questions in criminal trials
external story (01/12/2010) - Fixed-share partner loses appeal
external story (01/12/2010) - Insurers seek to pursue solicitors over whiplash fraud claims
external story (01/12/2010) - MoJ calls for data on RTA portal abuses
external story (01/12/2010) - Personal injury ad ban appeal
external story (01/12/2010) - EU bill set to confirm UK sovereignty
external story (01/12/2010) - Mexican lawyers honoured with human rights award
external story (01/12/2010) - EU to the rescue on legal aid?
external story (01/12/2010) - Legal aid solicitors overpaid by £77m
external story (30/11/2010) - Family courts have lost authority, warns judge
external story (29/11/2010) - Rise in number of intestacy disputes
external story (29/11/2010) - Ralli motors ahead with new iPhone app
external story (26/11/2010) - Law Society calls for greater focus on ethics in training
external story (26/11/2010) - Legal executives seek independent conveyancing rights
external story (26/11/2010) - Wigster comparison site signs up Shoosmiths’ consumer arm
external story (26/11/2010) - Online law degree launched in Scotland
external story (25/11/2010) - Court of Appeal dismisses US-style class action bid
external story (25/11/2010) - Herbert Smith to open document centre in Belfast
external story (24/11/2010) - Rapid population growth will fuel demand for legal services
external story (24/11/2010) - Calls for major reform to law training
external story (24/11/2010) - Law Society to fund panel action
external story (24/11/2010) - Internet ‘threat’ to jury system
external story (24/11/2010) - Stolen data used for email scams
external story (24/11/2010) - Real estate litigation to rise
external story (24/11/2010) - Unite and fight legal aid cuts – Kennedy
external story (24/11/2010) - BME firms told to embrace alternative business structures
external story (24/11/2010) - Djanogly in mediation push
external story (24/11/2010) - Solicitor jailed for client theft
external story (24/11/2010) - Trial judges should put questions to jurors, says Lord Justice Moses
external story (24/11/2010) - Forensic expert witnesses should be accredited, warns judge
external story (23/11/2010) - Justice minister calls for greater steer towards mediation
external story (22/11/2010) - Scrap training contract, says thinktank
external story (22/11/2010) - Society launches campaign to fight legal aid cuts
external story (19/11/2010) - ‘Compensation culture’ peer quits over gaffe
external story (19/11/2010) - Indian legal services market to stay closed
external story (17/11/2010) - Ian Ginbey challenges Whitehall policy on regional planning
external story (17/11/2010) - Criminal justice ‘sluggish’
external story (17/11/2010) - Judicial Appointments Commission survives quango cull
external story (17/11/2010) - Sole practitioners see fall in SRA interventions
external story (17/11/2010) - Skilled worker visa quota massively oversubscribed
external story (17/11/2010) - More than 300 firms reform as LDPs
external story (17/11/2010) - Consumer shift in estate services
external story (17/11/2010) - Government rethinks TUPE stance
external story (17/11/2010) - Neuberger: mediation is no substitute for justice
external story (17/11/2010) - News focus: more uncertainty ahead for legal aid lawyers
external story (17/11/2010) - Legal fees drive up motor premium costs, claim insurers
external story (16/11/2010) - Government unveils overhaul of legal aid and civil litigation costs
external story (15/11/2010) - LSC extends family contracts
external story (12/11/2010) - Solicitors ‘not doing enough’ to market themselves as ABSs approach
external story (12/11/2010) - Increase alcohol tax to fund legal aid, says Law Society
external story (12/11/2010) - Research reveals widening social divide in the profession
external story (12/11/2010) - SJ Berwin drops merger plans with US firm
external story (12/11/2010) - SRA to launch ‘strategic review’ of training
external story (12/11/2010) - QualitySolicitors opens first ‘legal store’
external story (11/11/2010) - Consumer panel wants lawyers to undergo ‘regular MOT’
external story (11/11/2010) - More solicitors struck off, as sole practitioners see interventions fall
external story (11/11/2010) - Top-50 firms see revenues grow
external story (11/11/2010) - ‘Sluggish’ justice must be faster and cheaper
external story (10/11/2010) - Judicial Appointments Commission survives quangos cull
external story (10/11/2010) - GC100 rejects government's disclosure proposals
external story (10/11/2010) - Virtual court pilot in ‘chaos’
external story (10/11/2010) - ProcureCos could earn bar ‘millions’ in new work
external story (10/11/2010) - Neuberger endorses accreditation scheme
external story (10/11/2010) - Miners’ compensation claims website under investigation by MoJ
external story (10/11/2010) - Big majority backs free legal advice
external story (10/11/2010) - 'Solicitors from Hell' owner vows to persevere after another libel loss
external story (10/11/2010) - Surprise fall in solicitors' PII bill
external story (10/11/2010) - Rail acquisition, energy listing, bank sale and telecoms loan
external story (10/11/2010) - LSC facing court challenge over immigration contracts
external story (09/11/2010) - Revenues rise at Allen & Overy
external story (08/11/2010) - New High Court challenge to legal aid contracts fails
external story (08/11/2010) - Hammonds agrees latest transatlantic merger
external story (08/11/2010) - National Pro Bono Week gets under way
external story (08/11/2010) - Indemnity insurance bill falls to three-year low
external story (05/11/2010) - Law Society warning over immigration cap proposals
external story (05/11/2010) - Robertson to deliver human rights lecture
external story (04/11/2010) - Drafting error fears over Equality Act
external story (03/11/2010) - Bribery Act sparks recruitment drive for compliance lawyers
external story (03/11/2010) - Call for professional code of conduct for all mediators
external story (03/11/2010) - Ombudsman to investigate complaints against LSC
external story (03/11/2010) - Scrap single PII renewal date, report says
external story (03/11/2010) - Clifford Chance sued in New York over redundancies
external story (03/11/2010) - MPs question MoJ over budget cuts
external story (03/11/2010) - Solicitors believe ABSs will create ‘more opportunity’
external story (03/11/2010) - Mid-tier law firms seek mergers as loans rise
external story (03/11/2010) - Law Society criticises jury trial proposals as 'entirely wrong'
external story (03/11/2010) - Outsourcing association for law firms launched
external story (02/11/2010) - Trade union backs asbestos appeal
external story (02/11/2010) - ‘Nothing is off the cards’ in ABS era, says Co-op
external story (29/10/2010) - Law Society calls for reform of murder sentencing
external story (29/10/2010) - Personal injury solicitors rebuff ABI claims over ‘excessive’ costs
external story (29/10/2010) - Freeman tops ranking of high-profile solicitors
external story (28/10/2010) - Abolish single PII renewal and review conveyancing process, says report for SRA
external story (28/10/2010) - Children 'at risk' over court fees
external story (27/10/2010) - Lawyers call for details of £350m legal aid budget cut
external story (27/10/2010) - Employment fears spark call surge
external story (27/10/2010) - LSC rules out appeal against family tender judgment
external story (27/10/2010) - Gazette reader offers
external story (27/10/2010) - James Carlton represents families of 7 July London bombing victims
external story (27/10/2010) - Supreme Court backs right to police station advice
external story (27/10/2010) - Gazette book reviews online
external story (27/10/2010) - New advocacy proposals 'prejudice' solicitors
external story (27/10/2010) - Solicitor jailed for fraud
external story (27/10/2010) - Regulators consult on tougher rules for law degrees
external story (26/10/2010) - Lord chief justice calls for reform of family system
external story (26/10/2010) - Immigration lawyers issue warning over appeals fee
external story (26/10/2010) - Support victims of rape, says Stern
external story (22/10/2010) - New advocacy proposals ‘prejudice’ solicitors
external story (22/10/2010) - Children at risk over court fees
external story (22/10/2010) - Des Collins named Gazette Legal Personality of the Year
external story (22/10/2010) - Thompsons reprimanded over miners’ claims
external story (21/10/2010) - Lawyers issue warning over Lord Young’s compensation proposals
external story (20/10/2010) - Price competition 'very possible' in criminal legal aid tendering
external story (20/10/2010) - SRA publishes ‘final draft’ of its radical reforms to the code of conduct
external story (20/10/2010) - Insurers accused of ‘abusing’ RTA scheme
external story (20/10/2010) - Bar unveils scheme to assess good conduct
external story (20/10/2010) - EC in class action plan
external story (20/10/2010) - Lawyers put forward alternatives to legal aid cuts
external story (19/10/2010) - SRA appoints former Linklaters partner as chief City adviser
external story (18/10/2010) - Law firm cashier jailed for stealing £1.6m
external story (18/10/2010) - MoJ budget slashed by 30%
external story (18/10/2010) - Lawyers suffer from ‘information overload’
external story (18/10/2010) - Young report seeks to curb ‘compensation culture’
external story (15/10/2010) - Consumer’s voice in legal reforms under threat
external story (15/10/2010) - Legal services reforms will create ‘tougher market’, says LSB
external story (15/10/2010) - Consumers ‘crowded out’ of small claims process
external story (15/10/2010) - Lawyers issue warning over Young’s proposals
external story (15/10/2010) - MoJ confirms quango cull
external story (14/10/2010) - LSC announces contract start dates
external story (13/10/2010) - Forced mediation 'may not serve interests of children'
external story (13/10/2010) - Stock market jitters hit equity capital markets teams
external story (13/10/2010) - TUC brands asbestos ruling 'obscene'
external story (13/10/2010) - Chancery Lane publishes Jackson review response
external story (13/10/2010) - Employment solicitor sets up legal aid support network
external story (13/10/2010) - More general counsel facing regulatory investigations
external story (13/10/2010) - Law Society issues warning over government cuts
external story (12/10/2010) - College of Law supports Browne’s plans on higher education
external story (12/10/2010) - High Court defamation claims soar
external story (11/10/2010) - Homeowners' policy could lower PII premiums
external story (11/10/2010) - Lord Young declines meeting with profession’s regulator
external story (08/10/2010) - Sadiq Khan named as shadow lord chancellor
external story (08/10/2010) - House price fall could prove fillip for conveyancers
external story (08/10/2010) - SRA closes Burges Salmon investigation
external story (08/10/2010) - Ken Clarke predicts legal services ‘big bang’
external story (07/10/2010) - High volume of complaints against solicitors as LeO launches
external story (07/10/2010) - Firms leave ARP following tough SRA action
external story (07/10/2010) - Legal profession ‘inherently masculine’, says report for LSB
external story (07/10/2010) - 3,000 high street firms could disappear - Clarke
external story (06/10/2010) - LSC announces defendant legal aid sanctions
external story (06/10/2010) - Earn CPD points with the Gazette
external story (06/10/2010) - Chancery Lane calls for appraisal system for family judges
external story (06/10/2010) - Blueprint for local government revealed
external story (06/10/2010) - US merger for DWS
external story (06/10/2010) - Welfare group opposes immigration cap
external story (06/10/2010) - Policestationreps sees threefold increase in lawyers using website
external story (06/10/2010) - Lawyers hit by corruption and international bribery
external story (06/10/2010) - Intestacy rules in need of updating
external story (06/10/2010) - 'No legal case' for Iraq invasion
external story (06/10/2010) - Courts will ‘struggle to cope’ with Equality Act caseload
external story (06/10/2010) - Mayer Brown outsources secretarial practice
external story (04/10/2010) - Firms make applications to assigned risks pool
external story (04/10/2010) - Court figures show rise in FTSE 100 litigation
external story (04/10/2010) - LSC hit by £300,000 legal bill over tender
external story (01/10/2010) - Injury claims carry a ‘social stigma’
external story (30/09/2010) - Family contracts quashed
external story (30/09/2010) - Law Society wins family tender challenge
external story (30/09/2010) - Murder law changes
external story (29/09/2010) - Five firms ‘put in intensive care’ by banks
external story (29/09/2010) - David Thomas wins ECHR ruling for evicted tenants
external story (29/09/2010) - Five solicitors shortlisted for Gazette Legal Personality of the Year Award
external story (29/09/2010) - Djanogly sticks to October 2011 timetable for ABSs
external story (29/09/2010) - Legal Services Board rules out fresh referral fee ban
external story (29/09/2010) - ‘Allegations’ against solicitors in decline
external story (29/09/2010) - Tributes paid to Trevor Aldridge, the first solicitor QC
external story (29/09/2010) - Lawyers protest over proposed closure of Mayor’s and City court
external story (29/09/2010) - Flood liability warning for conveyancers
external story (29/09/2010) - Oxford report recommends tariffs for lawyers’ fees
external story (29/09/2010) - Firms miss out on consumer calls
external story (28/09/2010) - Legal Ombudsman seeks views on complaints publishing
external story (28/09/2010) - Law Society launches scheme to deliver PII help
external story (28/09/2010) - City Law School agrees internships
external story (27/09/2010) - Bar regulator proposes relaxing limits on barristers’ role
external story (27/09/2010) - Legal quangos face cull
external story (24/09/2010) - LSC puts its case in family judicial review
external story (24/09/2010) - Surge in judges ordering parenting classes
external story (24/09/2010) - Law Society doubles Diversity Access Scheme places
external story (24/09/2010) - Law Commission seeks ideas for projects
external story (23/09/2010) - Publishing diversity data ‘powerful incentive’ for firms
external story (23/09/2010) - Law Society puts legal aid tender case to the High Court
external story (23/09/2010) - Excellence award shortlist published
external story (22/09/2010) - Unified judiciary plan
external story (22/09/2010) - Small firms optimistic about year ahead, research reveals
external story (22/09/2010) - Legal brand to launch national franchise
external story (22/09/2010) - Forty-year bar boom set to end
external story (22/09/2010) - Conveyancers ‘vulnerable’ to ‘Tesco Law’
external story (22/09/2010) - Matt Foster overturns order to close down north-east nightclub
external story (22/09/2010) - ‘Vicious circle’ in legal aid highlighted by thinktank
external story (22/09/2010) - Mental health tender criteria ‘discriminate against smaller firms’
external story (22/09/2010) - Lib Dem minister faces economic reality
external story (22/09/2010) - ‘Use town halls as courts’, says LGA
external story (22/09/2010) - Panel calls for evidence over will-writing regulation
external story (21/09/2010) - Financial crisis sees dispute resolution surge
external story (17/09/2010) - Law Society warns Home Office over immigration cap
external story (17/09/2010) - Solicitors anxious over ABS ‘threat’
external story (17/09/2010) - Innovation ‘anathema to solicitors’, report suggests
external story (17/09/2010) - Law firms reduce carbon footprint
external story (16/09/2010) - New human rights body must be independent, says Law Society
external story (16/09/2010) - National Accident Helpline launches charter for panel firms
external story (16/09/2010) - MoJ consults on bribery prevention procedures
external story (15/09/2010) - Akzo Nobel ruling a ‘missed opportunity’ say lawyers
external story (15/09/2010) - MoJ to review media reporting in family courts
external story (15/09/2010) - Army cuts could hit support for Afghan operations
external story (15/09/2010) - Paralegal forces removal of posting from solicitorsfromhell website
external story (15/09/2010) - Mobile phones, bonds and healthcare
external story (15/09/2010) - Private search decline
external story (15/09/2010) - Lord Bingham – lawyers pay tribute
external story (15/09/2010) - Law firms fear school panel axe
external story (15/09/2010) - Solicitor charged with theft
external story (15/09/2010) - Akzo ruling against in-house privilege in competition matters
external story (14/09/2010) - Young legal aid lawyers call for quality
external story (14/09/2010) - Tributes paid following death of Lord Bingham
external story (13/09/2010) - Recruitment on the rise for private practice
external story (10/09/2010) - Guidance on ABS discussions may be amended
external story (10/09/2010) - Firms must inform clients of new complaints body
external story (10/09/2010) - Downing Street backing for Djanogly over Telegraph claims
external story (10/09/2010) - Scholarship to study law in France, Spain or Canada
external story (09/09/2010) - Firm claims sex discrimination in legal aid tender
external story (09/09/2010) - LSC heeds judge’s warning by reversing contract award decision
external story (08/09/2010) - LSC extends family contracts pending judicial review hearing
external story (08/09/2010) - Solicitors under fire from bar over referral fees
external story (08/09/2010) - LinkedIn group: membership tops 2,000
external story (08/09/2010) - Government Legal Service facing deep cuts
external story (08/09/2010) - Young set to rule out TV ad ban for personal injury
external story (08/09/2010) - Hundreds of Quinn firms yet to seek PII
external story (08/09/2010) - Top law firms reject conflict rules change
external story (08/09/2010) - Pro bono panel for 2012 Olympics
external story (08/09/2010) - SRA ‘unlikely’ to relax ABS restrictions
external story (08/09/2010) - Manchester CLAS will ‘eclipse’ small practices
external story (08/09/2010) - Firms see boom in high-value litigation
external story (07/09/2010) - LSC extends family contracts
external story (06/09/2010) - Rules on ABS discussions unlikely to be relaxed
external story (03/09/2010) - SRA steps up ARP enforcement action
external story (03/09/2010) - Barristers offer ‘lifeline’ to criminal solicitors
external story (03/09/2010) - Danish insurer enters PII market
external story (02/09/2010) - Law firms plan to escalate LSC tender challenge nationwide
external story (01/09/2010) - Treasury attacked over equality impact of budget
external story (01/09/2010) - Lloyds Banking Group axes 2,500 firms from conveyancing panel
external story (01/09/2010) - New SRA transfer scheme
external story (01/09/2010) - Defra lawyers face savage job cuts
external story (01/09/2010) - Claire Roantree wins six-figure settlement for former soldier
external story (01/09/2010) - Law Commission calls for greater use of civil penalties
external story (01/09/2010) - FSA underlines policyholder right to choose solicitor
external story (01/09/2010) - New law firm model could ease PII woes
external story (01/09/2010) - UK lawyer delegation suffer Colombia rights rebuff
external story (01/09/2010) - Ralli pursues group action for harassment against London firm
external story (01/09/2010) - Comparison website offers free legal expenses insurance
external story (01/09/2010) - FCO decision on human rights report 'puts businesses at risk'
external story (01/09/2010) - LSC reveals winners of Manchester CLAS contracts
external story (31/08/2010) - Law Society commences court action over tender process
external story (27/08/2010) - Legal executives seek right to conduct reserved probate work
external story (27/08/2010) - High Court judge brands welfare tender ‘irrational’
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external story (26/07/2010) - Judiciary reprimanded for inappropriate comments
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external story (20/07/2010) - Report shows imbalance in ethnic minority SDT referrals
external story (19/07/2010) - AWS extends awards deadline
external story (16/07/2010) - Legal aid budget to be slashed by half a billion
external story (16/07/2010) - Firms that fail to pay ARP premium will face closure
external story (16/07/2010) - Simon Young
external story (15/07/2010) - Russell Blakely wins Supreme Court case regarding gay asylum-seekers
external story (15/07/2010) - MoJ unveils policy roadmap
external story (14/07/2010) - ABI demands tougher indemnity terms
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external story (14/07/2010) - Government plans Defamation Bill
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external story (14/07/2010) - Chancery Lane launches new studies on paralegals and solicitor-advocates
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external story (14/07/2010) - DLA profits hit by Middle East losses
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external story (12/07/2010) - Annual immigration cap could harm legal sector
external story (12/07/2010) - Circuit judge resigns over male prostitute allegations
external story (12/07/2010) - MoJ to publish draft Defamation Bill
external story (09/07/2010) - MoJ axes training grants for legal aid
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external story (09/07/2010) - Freshfields reports fall in turnover
external story (08/07/2010) - Government rules out appealing defence costs cap judgment
external story (07/07/2010) - Clifford Chance regains status as biggest firm by revenues
external story (07/07/2010) - A third of 'trusted' immigration practices face closure
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external story (07/07/2010) - Solicitors vie for judicial office
external story (07/07/2010) - Courts Service failed to collect £1.3bn of fines
external story (07/07/2010) - Law centre to take on child asylum appeals
external story (07/07/2010) - SRA considers scrapping minimum trainee salaries
external story (07/07/2010) - Call for 'international convention’ on parent relocation
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external story (07/07/2010) - Greg Foxsmith represented councillor found guilty of racially aggravated threatening behaviour
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external story (07/07/2010) - Refugee and Migrant Justice clients lose High Court bid
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external story (07/07/2010) - Munby calls for more openness in family courts
external story (06/07/2010) - Linklaters reports fall in turnover
external story (06/07/2010) - Family lawyers warn against dangers of cost cutting
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external story (02/07/2010) - Cuts on the agenda of family justice review
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external story (30/06/2010) - Lord Lester demands 'urgent action' on CFA 'scandal'
external story (30/06/2010) - Charlotte Collins wins landmark tenancy victory in Supreme Court
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external story (30/06/2010) - Halliwells becomes biggest casualty of the recession
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external story (30/06/2010) - CPS lawyer pleads guilty to bribe charge
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external story (25/06/2010) - Chancery Lane warning over budget tax hike
external story (24/06/2010) - Human rights test case call for sharia law
external story (23/06/2010) - European Parliament backs equal treatment for suspects
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external story (23/06/2010) - ABI launches third-party code for insurers
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external story (23/06/2010) - New international hub to promote pro bono work
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external story (18/06/2010) - Lawyer wins tribunal appeal over withdrawal of job offer
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external story (17/06/2010) - Asylum advice centre closes
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external story (16/06/2010) - Warning over CPS recruitment freeze and budget cut
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external story (16/06/2010) - EAT upholds victimisation claim
external story (16/06/2010) - Fresh legal aid cuts not ruled out by MoJ
external story (16/06/2010) - Society repeats nationwide ad campaign to promote solicitors
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external story (16/06/2010) - Chancery Lane hails costs cap coup
external story (16/06/2010) - Mayer Brown picks up pro bono gong
external story (16/06/2010) - Joint pro bono clearing house to launch
external story (15/06/2010) - Lord Phillips defends Human Rights Act
external story (11/06/2010) - Bar must step up competition with solicitors, chairman warns
external story (11/06/2010) - Law Society launches advertising campaign
external story (11/06/2010) - James Bell wins damages for woman prescribed unlicensed drug
external story (09/06/2010) - New rules address ‘appalling’ child care delays
external story (09/06/2010) - Coalition government to review legal services reforms
external story (09/06/2010) - Partners approve US merger for Denton Wilde Sapte
external story (09/06/2010) - Solicitor jailed for stealing £850,000 from clients
external story (09/06/2010) - Law Society launches risk management service
external story (09/06/2010) - Social welfare paralysis fear in Manchester
external story (09/06/2010) - Solicitors call for an end to court recording ban
external story (09/06/2010) - Lawyers condemn arrest of US lawyer in Rwanda
external story (09/06/2010) - London boundary change
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external story (09/06/2010) - Lawyers pay tribute to ‘old school’ solicitor killed in Cumbria massacre
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external story (08/06/2010) - Solicitors support advocacy quality assurance scheme
external story (04/06/2010) - OFT approves will-writing code of practice
external story (04/06/2010) - City lawyer acquitted of insider dealing
external story (03/06/2010) - Clarke urged to save cash-strapped immigration advice provider
external story (02/06/2010) - In-house salaries fall for newly qualifieds
external story (02/06/2010) - LSC accused of squandering millions on VHCC tender process
external story (02/06/2010) - BME solicitors and Chancery Lane devise plan to halt PII discrimination
external story (02/06/2010) - MoJ admits drafting error in fee-capping regulations
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external story (02/06/2010) - European Commission to split justice department in two
external story (02/06/2010) - Sean Joyce acted for lorry driver in bizarre motorway accident
external story (02/06/2010) - SRA drafts rulebook for new regulation regime
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external story (28/05/2010) - Second blow for supporters of referral fee ban
external story (28/05/2010) - Amjad Malik acts for three Pakistani terror suspects against deportation
external story (27/05/2010) - Denton Wilde Sapte set for transatlantic merger
external story (27/05/2010) - Law firms must tell clients how to complain, says LSB
external story (27/05/2010) - Government to scrap ID cards
external story (27/05/2010) - Consumer watchdog backs retention of referral fees
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external story (26/05/2010) - OFT chief slams 'excessive demands' of defendant lawyers
external story (26/05/2010) - Solicitors celebrate the demise of HIPs
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external story (26/05/2010) - Chinese lawyers disbarred
external story (26/05/2010) - Solicitor fears over further legal aid cuts
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external story (26/05/2010) - LSC could face judicial review of 'unfair’ family tender process
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external story (26/05/2010) - MoJ announces new ministerial briefs
external story (26/05/2010) - Chancery Lane welcomes Queen’s speech proposals
external story (25/05/2010) - MoJ to cut £325m
external story (24/05/2010) - MoJ unveils new ministers’ portfolios
external story (21/05/2010) - Law firms fail to maximise internet exposure
external story (21/05/2010) - Home information packs suspended
external story (20/05/2010) - Jago Russell acted for British football fan extradited to Portugal
external story (20/05/2010) - Exclusive: QualitySolicitors launches high street network
external story (19/05/2010) - FSA fines anti-money laundering officer £14k
external story (19/05/2010) - Claims begin to filter through RTA claims portal
external story (19/05/2010) - LSC payment delays spark bankruptcy fears
external story (19/05/2010) - Chancery Lane welcomes coalition government proposals
external story (19/05/2010) - Duncan Lewis boosts turnover by 56%
external story (19/05/2010) - Biriyok to head SPG
external story (19/05/2010) - Appeal court upholds ruling that CPS case was abuse of process
external story (19/05/2010) - Class action protocol drawn up for NHS litigation
external story (19/05/2010) - London legal walk
external story (19/05/2010) - Neuberger calls for curb on legislation
external story (18/05/2010) - Ministry of Justice appoints City lawyer as minister
external story (17/05/2010) - Referral fees do not harm consumers, LSB research shows
external story (17/05/2010) - New ministers appointed to Ministry of Justice
external story (14/05/2010) - Cameron McKenna signs deal to outsource ‘middle office’ functions
external story (14/05/2010) - Asian lawyers recognised in awards
external story (14/05/2010) - Solicitor and firm fined £400,000 for aiding share scam
external story (13/05/2010) - Kenneth Clarke appointed as new justice secretary
external story (12/05/2010) - Mediations double in two years
external story (12/05/2010) - Quinn administrators recommend closure of PII arm
external story (12/05/2010) - Chelsea and Yorkshire to review conveyancing panels
external story (12/05/2010) - Law firms reveal impact of recession in benchmarking survey
external story (12/05/2010) - Technical problems continue to dog RTA claims portal
external story (12/05/2010) - Eversheds to fight employment tribunal bias ruling
external story (12/05/2010) - Criminal law firm start-ups confound cull predictions
external story (12/05/2010) - LSC begins phased rollout of eForms
external story (12/05/2010) - Nineteen new solicitor MPs enter House of Commons
external story (12/05/2010) - SRA aims to make fee fair
external story (12/05/2010) - Master of the rolls Lord Neuberger: ‘Train all lawyers in mediation’
external story (12/05/2010) - New scheme to target personal injury claims
external story (10/05/2010) - Public fails to chart financial assets in wills
external story (07/05/2010) - Lawyers sceptical over latest IT rollout by LSC
external story (07/05/2010) - Co-op launches new service for insurers
external story (07/05/2010) - Law Society seeks to block privilege for non-lawyers
external story (06/05/2010) - Spike in mergers predicted in 2010
external story (05/05/2010) - RTA portal launch runs into trouble
external story (05/05/2010) - Law Society survey reveals BME insurance divide
external story (05/05/2010) - QualitySolicitors to launch personal injury claims management scheme
external story (05/05/2010) - Employment Appeal Tribunal: ‘Job applications must be genuine’
external story (05/05/2010) - Barristers could have right to sue solicitors for unpaid fees
external story (05/05/2010) - Quinn Group considers selling insurance arm
external story (05/05/2010) - Chancery Lane condemns criticism of Chinese human rights lawyers
external story (05/05/2010) - FTSE-100 group attacks ECJ ruling on Akzo Nobel appeal
external story (05/05/2010) - Partner promotions up at top City firms
external story (05/05/2010) - New focus for SRA
external story (05/05/2010) - Children ‘at risk’ over expert witness fee cuts
external story (05/05/2010) - Law Society calls for greater protection of client money
external story (04/05/2010) - Firms ‘bucking recessionary trend’, says survey
external story (04/05/2010) - Solicitors to launch scheme to drive down PI referral costs
external story (30/04/2010) - Quinn Group to ‘consider selling’ its insurance business
external story (30/04/2010) - Children ‘at risk’ over expert witness fee cuts
external story (30/04/2010) - Research shows fall in in-house salaries
external story (30/04/2010) - Advocate general advises against privilege for in-house lawyers
external story (29/04/2010) - Employment Appeal Tribunal issues TUPE judgment on contract wins
external story (29/04/2010) - General counsel ‘bypass law firms’ and go directly to the bar
external story (28/04/2010) - Pro rata practising certificate plea for part-timers
external story (28/04/2010) - Bar sets out guidance on how chambers can compete with solicitors
external story (28/04/2010) - Plans to reopen Quinn business lines
external story (28/04/2010) - Beresfords pays out to former coal miners
external story (28/04/2010) - Warning that local solicitors will become an ‘endangered species’
external story (28/04/2010) - Law Society unveils new online resource with details of CPD courses
external story (28/04/2010) - Firms shrug off disruption caused by Iceland’s volcanic eruption
external story (28/04/2010) - Rising cost of PI claims against the NHS ‘cannot continue’
external story (28/04/2010) - Third-party capture is ‘legitimate’ , says Association of British Insurers
external story (28/04/2010) - Legal Services Commission delays outcome of mental health tender
external story (28/04/2010) - Nominations sought for Law Society Council
external story (28/04/2010) - Surge in new laws sparked by recession, research reveals
external story (26/04/2010) - Malaysian Human Rights Commission criticises treatment of lawyers
external story (23/04/2010) - Nationwide removes 300 firms from its conveyancing panel
external story (23/04/2010) - Quinn to re-enter UK insurance market
external story (22/04/2010) - Local government legal departments braced for cuts
external story (21/04/2010) - New brand to promote barristers’ services direct to the public
external story (21/04/2010) - CPS slows recruitment of in-house Crown advocates
external story (21/04/2010) - Quinn Insurance may reopen UK business – latest advice
external story (21/04/2010) - Solicitor concerns over ‘chaotic’ DSCC handover
external story (21/04/2010) - New civil legal aid contracts ‘will cause closures’
external story (21/04/2010) - Judicial mediation in Employment Tribunal cases falls short
external story (21/04/2010) - Regional administrative courts issue more cases than expected
external story (21/04/2010) - Co-op in new drive to promote legal services to food shoppers
external story (21/04/2010) - Child’s view holds sway in international abduction case
external story (21/04/2010) - Scottish solicitors reject ‘Tesco law’ – and raise fears of flight to England
external story (21/04/2010) - Immigration rules ‘poisoned chalice’, warn lawyers
external story (20/04/2010) - City partnership promotions unveiled
external story (20/04/2010) - Call for opening up of search data
external story (19/04/2010) - ‘No action needed’ on Quinn Insurance
external story (16/04/2010) - Co-op launches advertising campaign in legal services drive
external story (16/04/2010) - LibDems propose to scrap HIPs
external story (15/04/2010) - Victoria Johnson represents PC’s family in fatal shooting case
external story (15/04/2010) - Permanent administrators appointed to Quinn Insurance
external story (15/04/2010) - Fears over child care lawyer shortage
external story (14/04/2010) - Baker & McKenzie using external firms to recover unpaid fees
external story (14/04/2010) - McGrigors chief offers ‘Tesco law’ rift solution
external story (14/04/2010) - Lawyer issues libel claim against 'solicitorsfromhell' website
external story (14/04/2010) - Immigration legal aid contracts further delayed
external story (14/04/2010) - SRA rules out practising certificate fee appeals
external story (14/04/2010) - Barristers starting to take advantage of reforms
external story (14/04/2010) - Publicity provokes firm into file-sharing rethink
external story (14/04/2010) - IFA commissions clampdown welcomed
external story (14/04/2010) - Media reporting bill ‘threat’ to vulnerable children
external story (14/04/2010) - Labour manifesto targets legal aid to safeguard ‘frontline services’
external story (13/04/2010) - Conservative manifesto promise to ‘rebuild confidence’ in justice system
external story (13/04/2010) - ‘Good firms’ should offer online services, say consumers
external story (13/04/2010) - Solicitors in limbo as Quinn ruling adjourned
external story (12/04/2010) - PC fee help for small firms and legal aid practices
external story (09/04/2010) - Fate of Quinn Insurance hangs in the balance
external story (08/04/2010) - Fate of Quinn Insurance hangs in the balance
external story (08/04/2010) - Legal aid cuts will happen ‘under any government’, parties warn
external story (08/04/2010) - English language test for foreign-qualified lawyers
external story (08/04/2010) - Firms face bar competition after conduct rules relaxed
external story (08/04/2010) - Government abandons libel fee cut bid
external story (08/04/2010) - Criminal defence firms fail to secure legal aid contracts beyond July 2010
external story (08/04/2010) - Cap on contingency fees comes into force
external story (08/04/2010) - Solicitor struck off over £8m mortgage fraud
external story (08/04/2010) - South Korea ‘high growth market’ opens up for UK firms
external story (08/04/2010) - Scots to debate compromise plan that would derail ‘Tesco law’
external story (08/04/2010) - Pre-packaged insolvency proposals are ‘expensive duplication’
external story (07/04/2010) - Edwards Duthie wins contract for first London CLAC
external story (06/04/2010) - MoJ announces changes to Crown court fees
external story (06/04/2010) - Yorkshire Forward launches two legal panels
external story (06/04/2010) - Metropolitan Police revises document charges for civil cases
external story (06/04/2010) - Expansion of barristers’ role following relaxation of bar rules
external story (01/04/2010) - SRA issues advice on Quinn administration
external story (31/03/2010) - Consumer panel calls for competence test for lawyers
external story (31/03/2010) - Most asylum seekers wrongly denied funded representation
external story (31/03/2010) - ‘Tesco law’ will put an end to hourly billing, says Lord Neuberger
external story (31/03/2010) - MPs spearhead undersettlement claims drive for former coal miners
external story (31/03/2010) - New family practice direction promotes mediation
external story (31/03/2010) - Whitehall to consult lawyers over move to cut fees in libel actions
external story (31/03/2010) - Bar offers legal aid ‘olive branch’ on criminal fee proposals
external story (31/03/2010) - SRA issues advice on Quinn administration
external story (31/03/2010) - Complaints against claims management companies rise 300%
external story (31/03/2010) - Quinn Insurance in administration
external story (30/03/2010) - SRA scraps plans to change conflicts rules
external story (30/03/2010) - Lawyers warning over family experts fee cuts
external story (30/03/2010) - New higher rights qualification approved
external story (29/03/2010) - ‘Tesco law juggernaut halted’ in Scotland
external story (26/03/2010) - Legal challenge threat to RTA process
external story (26/03/2010) - SRA consults solicitors on overhaul of regulation
external story (25/03/2010) - Purge of criminal legal aid firms planned
external story (24/03/2010) - Women solicitors believe flexible working damages career
external story (24/03/2010) - Success fee cut in defamation cases delayed by former Commons speaker
external story (24/03/2010) - Explosion in demand for paralegals, thinktank reveals
external story (24/03/2010) - Tories rule out ban on PI referral fees
external story (24/03/2010) - O2 slams letters sent out by lawyers to alleged internet file-sharers
external story (24/03/2010) - Carlton Rae acted for a man abused by Roman Catholic priest in 1976
external story (24/03/2010) - Environmental search data breakthrough for conveyancing solicitors
external story (24/03/2010) - Lord Neuberger calls for single appeals tribunal
external story (24/03/2010) - City firms in the dark
external story (24/03/2010) - EC raps UK government over environment failure
external story (24/03/2010) - Libel reform bill planned after the next election
external story (24/03/2010) - Chancery Lane calls for ‘radical rethink’ of legal aid funding
external story (24/03/2010) - MoJ reveals top-earning legal aid firms
external story (22/03/2010) - Top firms fear fee pressure
external story (22/03/2010) - One in five consumers surfs internet to find a solicitor
external story (19/03/2010) - Justice secretary announces court closures
external story (19/03/2010) - Solicitors alarmed by associate prosecutor proposals
external story (17/03/2010) - Judge Gledhill's regret over solicitor-advocate 'distress'
external story (17/03/2010) - Assigned risks pool to remain open
external story (17/03/2010) - Jack Straw to scrap court fees in care cases
external story (17/03/2010) - Law Society of Scotland facing vote of confidence
external story (17/03/2010) - Litigation solicitors targeted by money launderers
external story (17/03/2010) - Conservatives pledge to re-evaluate RTA fees
external story (17/03/2010) - Eady claims libel tourism is a 'myth'
external story (17/03/2010) - Plan for post-charge police interview faces opposition
external story (17/03/2010) - Lords demand curbs on pleural plaques compensation fees
external story (17/03/2010) - Bar Standards Board agrees constitution
external story (16/03/2010) - A third of home information packs ‘unsatisfactory’
external story (16/03/2010) - Public sector faces high level of employment claims
external story (15/03/2010) - MoJ consults on implementing Coroners Act
external story (12/03/2010) - Explore legal representation for rape victims, says Stern review
external story (12/03/2010) - ‘Out of touch’ Law Society of Scotland facing a vote of confidence
external story (11/03/2010) - Scottish solicitors to get ‘Tesco law’ referendum
external story (10/03/2010) - LSC delays payments due to ‘cash position’ problems
external story (10/03/2010) - Call for conveyancers to diversify as pressure grows on fees
external story (10/03/2010) - Firms enter into ‘gentlemen’s agreements’ with investors
external story (10/03/2010) - Adverts for magistrates’ courts branded ‘tacky’
external story (10/03/2010) - Children should give evidence, says Supreme Court
external story (10/03/2010) - Call to simplify ‘intrusive’ legal aid means test
external story (10/03/2010) - Staff cuts bolstering revenues in mid-tier corporate firms
external story (10/03/2010) - Commerce & Industry Group in-house trainee push
external story (10/03/2010) - Court staff go on strike over cuts to redundancy pay
external story (10/03/2010) - Lawyer fined over deal for footballer Kanu
external story (10/03/2010) - HSBC in free advice drive
external story (10/03/2010) - Law firms unveil their carbon footprints
external story (09/03/2010) - Libel success fees limited to 10%
external story (05/03/2010) - Recruitment freezes in local government
external story (05/03/2010) - Miners’ solicitors to face court action
external story (03/03/2010) - Most consumers ‘cannot tell good lawyer from bad one’
external story (03/03/2010) - Landmark Court of Appeal ruling on retainers
external story (03/03/2010) - Carolyn Regan quits as Jack Straw turns LSC into executive agency
external story (03/03/2010) - Legal Complaints Service a ‘success story’ says commissioner
external story (03/03/2010) - Poverty campaign protest outside ‘vulture fund’ firm
external story (03/03/2010) - Appointment of just one solicitor QC concerns Law Society
external story (03/03/2010) - APIL slams government stance on asbestos claims
external story (03/03/2010) - Third-party funders to form association to oversee code of conduct
external story (03/03/2010) - Withers ‘in contempt’ of parliament over legal action threat
external story (03/03/2010) - Government use of ADR falls – but settlement rate increases
external story (02/03/2010) - Law Society launches election manifesto
external story (01/03/2010) - Lawyers work ‘extreme’ overtime, study reveals
external story (26/02/2010) - Only one solicitor among new QC appointments
external story (26/02/2010) - Referral ban ‘will not reduce costs’
external story (26/02/2010) - Committee proposes libel law changes
external story (25/02/2010) - Groundbreaking college scheme sidesteps training contract
external story (24/02/2010) - Law Society wins top Business Superbrands award
external story (24/02/2010) - Solicitors ‘key’ to increasing judicial diversity
external story (24/02/2010) - Some criminal advocates ‘not up to the job’
external story (24/02/2010) - Coodes unveils online legal service
external story (24/02/2010) - Insurer claims public will pay more if Jackson is implemented
external story (24/02/2010) - Poorer students cannot afford to become legal aid lawyers
external story (24/02/2010) - OFT calls for referral fee payment regulation
external story (24/02/2010) - Pioneering public sector alliance to offer 'budget' legal services
external story (24/02/2010) - Two solicitors charged over £50m of mortgage frauds
external story (24/02/2010) - Law Society TUPE action reaches the High Court
external story (24/02/2010) - Lawyers go back to school
external story (24/02/2010) - Commission proposes radical shake-up of social care law
external story (24/02/2010) - CPS updates its code for Crown prosecutors
external story (23/02/2010) - Regulation of estate agents ‘unnecessary’, says OFT
external story (19/02/2010) - Local government lawyers to develop new competence powers
external story (19/02/2010) - SRA approves sweeping changes to practising fee charging regime
external story (17/02/2010) - Women jurors more likely to change their minds than men
external story (17/02/2010) - Ministry of Justice in legal aid talks with larger firms
external story (17/02/2010) - Cafcass in ‘meltdown’, report claims
external story (17/02/2010) - Conveyancing solicitors ‘failing’ clients over survey advice
external story (17/02/2010) - Sanjeev Sharma acts for Davender Ghai over cremation rights
external story (17/02/2010) - Government ‘actively assessing’ Jackson report
external story (17/02/2010) - Miners' solicitors bombard government with FoI requests
external story (17/02/2010) - Insurance tracking plans welcomed by personal injury lawyers
external story (17/02/2010) - Irwin’s Bristol move
external story (17/02/2010) - Law Society Diversity Access Scheme calls for funds
external story (16/02/2010) - APIL attacks government over eligibility for bereavement damages
external story (15/02/2010) - Linklaters launches fast-track LPC
external story (12/02/2010) - HIPs reduce failed transactions and benefit solicitors, provider claims
external story (12/02/2010) - Injured person ‘forgotten’, says APIL
external story (12/02/2010) - Number of family law disputes in January much greater than expected
external story (12/02/2010) - Trainee solicitors 'exploited' after qualification
external story (10/02/2010) - Firms face court action risk over money laundering reports
external story (10/02/2010) - Solicitors should report insolvency risk to SRA, recommends KPMG
external story (10/02/2010) - LSC procurement plans show no rise in civil legal aid cases
external story (10/02/2010) - ‘New era’ for family mediation in London
external story (10/02/2010) - LCJ warns of 'undoubted danger’ to administration of justice
external story (10/02/2010) - Legal recruiters see upturn in law firm job market
external story (10/02/2010) - Class act for CPS
external story (10/02/2010) - Law Society mulls Zimbabwe protest
external story (10/02/2010) - Des Hudson warns that legal aid policy needs ‘radical rethink’
external story (10/02/2010) - Banks predict M&A recovery in 2010
external story (09/02/2010) - High numbers of women and solicitors appointed to judicial posts
external story (09/02/2010) - Allen & Overy launches in Australia
external story (08/02/2010) - Bar Council to launch legal action against MoJ
external story (05/02/2010) - MoJ restricts civil legal aid
external story (04/02/2010) - Public Accounts Committee publishes damning report on LSC
external story (03/02/2010) - High Court ruling reveals lawyer’s role in £380,000 aviation ‘bribe’
external story (03/02/2010) - Children ‘mistrust media’, study by children’s commissioner reveals
external story (03/02/2010) - DLA Piper denies lawyer’s discrimination claim
external story (03/02/2010) - Solicitors face professional indemnity challenge from insurers
external story (03/02/2010) - JAC and Chancery Lane launch training package for aspiring judges
external story (03/02/2010) - Solicitors could face £2K fine based on lower standard of proof
external story (03/02/2010) - Local government lawyers make PC fee plea to the SRA
external story (03/02/2010) - Ogier eyes Hong Kong
external story (03/02/2010) - MPs attack ‘lax’ Legal Services Commission
external story (02/02/2010) - Most consumers think all will writers are solicitors
external story (29/01/2010) - Shoosmiths launches Access Legal consumer brand
external story (29/01/2010) - MoJ shuts claims website
external story (28/01/2010) - Firms feel the burden of SRA regulation
external story (27/01/2010) - Website for blacklisted solicitors plans expansion
external story (27/01/2010) - Conveyancing solicitors face higher bank charges over Registry portal
external story (27/01/2010) - Recession fears leaves corporate and property lawyers overstretched
external story (27/01/2010) - Lawyers unite to oppose further criminal legal aid cutbacks
external story (27/01/2010) - Legal world comes to aid of Haitian survivors
external story (27/01/2010) - Firm launches website for 'undersettled’ coal miner compensation claims
external story (27/01/2010) - BRM Solicitors could repay up to £89,000 to former miners
external story (27/01/2010) - MPs condemn 'serial litigant’ website
external story (27/01/2010) - Law firms set up terror victim compensation scheme
external story (26/01/2010) - Government unveils strategy to tackle overseas bribery
external story (22/01/2010) - Estate agents not influenced by referral fees, survey reports
external story (22/01/2010) - Tax lawyers report rise in tribunal appeals work
external story (20/01/2010) - Straw to crack down on lawyers’ defamation fees
external story (20/01/2010) - SRA poised to relax conflict of interest rules
external story (20/01/2010) - Solicitor comparison wesite for legal fees
external story (20/01/2010) - LSC announces dates for civil legal aid tenders, but concerns remain
external story (20/01/2010) - Family solicitors report rise in 'collaborative prenups’
external story (20/01/2010) - Claimant personal injury lawyers angry over Jackson review
external story (20/01/2010) - Government backs fairer access proposals
external story (20/01/2010) - LawCare helpline sees surge in solicitor calls
external story (20/01/2010) - Land Registry urges conveyancers to sign up to web portal
external story (20/01/2010) - Costs regime bad for environment
external story (20/01/2010) - Family justice review aims to foster positive relationships’
external story (20/01/2010) - MPs warn of criminal justice 'crisis'
external story (15/01/2010) - Jackson calls for success fee reform and end to PI referral fees
external story (14/01/2010) - New government client care regulations ‘excessive’
external story (13/01/2010) - Surprise increase in practising certificate numbers
external story (13/01/2010) - Legal aid payments delayed by LSC IT glitch
external story (13/01/2010) - Law Society files judicial review application over defendants’ costs cap
external story (13/01/2010) - SRA makes £3m payment to help clients of Wolstenholmes
external story (13/01/2010) - Top M&A advisers
external story (13/01/2010) - Legal process outsourcing facing a ‘watershed’ year
external story (13/01/2010) - HMRC tax break for large law firms
external story (13/01/2010) - Mental health charity launches jury campaign
external story (13/01/2010) - SRA warns lawyers acting in civil recovery claims against shoplifters
external story (13/01/2010) - Jackson report published today
external story (13/01/2010) - Chancery Lane calls for answers about legal aid tendering process
external story (13/01/2010) - Chancery Lane moves to block legal aid cap for acquitted defendants
external story (11/01/2010) - Tough times ahead but no more redundancies, predict conveyancers
external story (08/01/2010) - ‘Breakthrough’ tax agreement helps large partnerships
external story (08/01/2010) - LSB research reveals public ‘don’t know what lawyers do’
external story (06/01/2010) - Local authorities team up to buy legal services
external story (06/01/2010) - First Sikh to be appointed a judge receives knighthood
external story (06/01/2010) - Family mediation pilot achieves mixed results
external story (06/01/2010) - Various groups of solicitors represented disproportionately in SRA actions
external story (06/01/2010) - Solicitors predict number of divorces will rocket following surge in enquiries
external story (06/01/2010) - Five solicitors suspended following more than 100 client complaints
external story (06/01/2010) - Crime contracts tender
external story (06/01/2010) - IT failure at LSC delays legal aid payments
external story (06/01/2010) - Reform group publishes plans to change HIP rules
external story (05/01/2010) - Trainee solicitors face debts of more than £10,000
external story (04/01/2010) - Unemployment rate among solicitors climbs by 400%
external story (22/12/2009) - Chancery Lane hails scrapping of best value tendering pilots
external story (18/12/2009) - Government’s £23m legal aid cuts ‘affront to justice’
external story (18/12/2009) - Foreign firms cannot practice Indian law, Mumbai court says
external story (17/12/2009) - Commons committee renews call for statutory lobbying register
external story (16/12/2009) - Human rights committee warning on civil litigation funding curbs
external story (16/12/2009) - ‘Chaos’ predicted over virtual court pilot
external story (16/12/2009) - Scottish Parliament warned that ‘Tesco law’ could trigger English invasion
external story (16/12/2009) - SRA to overhaul regulation and scrap ‘unjustified’ rules
external story (16/12/2009) - Law Society seeks judicial review over costs capping
external story (16/12/2009) - Law firms urged to conduct identity checks on staff
external story (16/12/2009) - Judiciary must speak out on 'parlous state of family law'
external story (16/12/2009) - Solicitors ‘to profit’ from instructing barristers following BSB rule changes
external story (16/12/2009) - Law Society to advise students about the risks of a legal career
external story (16/12/2009) - Solicitors dismayed over chancellor's legal aid budget cuts
external story (16/12/2009) - European Court of Human Rights in 'crisis'
external story (16/12/2009) - Staff shortage stops Burma probe into international law firms
external story (16/12/2009) - Lovells agrees merger with Hogan & Hartson
external story (15/12/2009) - Government to review use of cautions
external story (14/12/2009) - New guidelines for lawyers on assessing mental capacity
external story (14/12/2009) - LSB sets out rules for regulators
external story (11/12/2009) - Family judges must speak out, says Wall
external story (11/12/2009) - Law Society to launch legal challenge on legal aid
external story (11/12/2009) - Colin Passmore acts for Barclays in Supreme Court challenge
external story (10/12/2009) - Law Society threatens legal action over complaints staff
external story (10/12/2009) - Law Society Charity donates £369,000 to good causes
external story (09/12/2009) - Criminal legal aid firms threaten boycott of BVT pilot
external story (09/12/2009) - MPs lobby to exclude solicitors from asbestos compensation scheme
external story (09/12/2009) - Bar Council claims ‘privileged’ perception is ‘outdated’
external story (09/12/2009) - Bar eyes contract push with new procurement vehicles
external story (09/12/2009) - Law Society unlikely to introduce fellowship scheme
external story (09/12/2009) - Lawyers attack government plans to extend family reporting
external story (09/12/2009) - Jack Straw hints at more autonomous Welsh justice system
external story (09/12/2009) - Miners' compensation solicitors lose High Court appeal
external story (09/12/2009) - Anger over 'cost-cutting' plans for serious criminal cases
external story (09/12/2009) - Europe appoints new justice head
external story (09/12/2009) - New Law Commission chairman planning to reform adult social care law
external story (07/12/2009) - SRA boosts the diversity of adjudicators
external story (04/12/2009) - Chinese bar strengthens UK links
external story (04/12/2009) - Legal groups publish ‘manifesto for justice’
external story (03/12/2009) - First community advice network to open in East Yorkshire
external story (02/12/2009) - High Court rules Beresfords solicitors should be struck off
external story (02/12/2009) - SRA interventions to cost profession extra £3.6m next year
external story (02/12/2009) - Quarter of firms expected to walk away from legal aid in next five years
external story (02/12/2009) - Woolf calls for arbitration overhaul as he launches new guidance
external story (02/12/2009) - Vulnerable defendants not helped in understanding court proceedings
external story (02/12/2009) - Banks could be first to face US-style ‘opt-out’ class actions
external story (02/12/2009) - Solicitor to be sentenced after stealing £90,000 from blind widow
external story (02/12/2009) - Tory housing minister reignites HIP debate
external story (02/12/2009) - Lawyers in UK and Ireland hit hardest by problems in property market
external story (02/12/2009) - Revenues drop at top firms
external story (02/12/2009) - Lisbon treaty to improve access to European courts
external story (01/12/2009) - CPS consults on its ‘minimum standards’
external story (30/11/2009) - City firms publish environmental performance
external story (27/11/2009) - Report slams LSC over criminal legal aid
external story (27/11/2009) - Cole dismisses FSA prosecution concerns
external story (25/11/2009) - Norfolk solicitor who charged by file weight to be struck off
external story (25/11/2009) - New matter starts shortage reaching ‘crisis level’
external story (25/11/2009) - Kate Maynard acts on complaint over Rachel Nickell inquiry
external story (25/11/2009) - Scrapping assigned risks pool ‘dangerous’
external story (25/11/2009) - Tories to scrap HIPs
external story (25/11/2009) - LawNet to strengthen solicitor ‘brand’ with new website
external story (25/11/2009) - African lawyers complete training at top City firms
external story (25/11/2009) - Talks on fixed fees for fast-track cases fail
external story (25/11/2009) - Bar Standards Board sanctions legal disciplinary practices
external story (25/11/2009) - Lawyers praise ‘brave new world’ for mental health
external story (24/11/2009) - Bar Standards Board opens door to joint practices
external story (20/11/2009) - Professional indemnity costs rise by £15m
external story (20/11/2009) - Freshfields top for M&A
external story (18/11/2009) - SRA moves to scrap assigned risks pool
external story (18/11/2009) - Conservatives pledge to apply brakes to alternative business structures
external story (18/11/2009) - Silverbeck Rymer faces six-figure repayment to former miners
external story (18/11/2009) - ABI to introduce new voluntary code on third-party capture
external story (18/11/2009) - Private equity investors focus on legal sector
external story (18/11/2009) - Solicitors blamed for delays in conveyancing process
external story (18/11/2009) - Jack Straw urges magistrates to keep cases in own court
external story (18/11/2009) - Solicitors issue advice warning over child neglect cases
external story (18/11/2009) - Whistleblowing proposals could give ‘improper bargaining power’ to claimants
external story (18/11/2009) - Legal Services Board issues proposals on ABS regulation
external story (18/11/2009) - Junior lawyers commended for pro bono work
external story (16/11/2009) - Law firms face hefty fines for data losses
external story (13/11/2009) - Rise in recruitment of junior lawyers
external story (13/11/2009) - Lovells results show static revenues
external story (13/11/2009) - Coroners reforms receive royal assent
external story (13/11/2009) - Legal Services Board launches consumer panel
external story (11/11/2009) - Mid-tier corporate firms see profits plummet
external story (11/11/2009) - LCS braced for deluge of Scottish equal pay cases
external story (11/11/2009) - Website launched to gather 'undersettled' coal miner claims
external story (11/11/2009) - Call for better career information for law students
external story (11/11/2009) - Law Society Council considers 'useful' Hunt review
external story (11/11/2009) - Scrapping single renewal date for PII 'improbable', claims SRA
external story (11/11/2009) - Flint Bishop finds marketing success with affiliate partnerships
external story (11/11/2009) - Legal aid website
external story (11/11/2009) - Unpaid volunteers not covered by discrimination legislation
external story (11/11/2009) - Unpaid volunteers not covered by discrimination legislation
external story (11/11/2009) - Call for change to libel laws
external story (10/11/2009) - CPS rolls out national telephone charging service
external story (10/11/2009) - Eversheds reports fall in turnover
external story (09/11/2009) - Rise in number of intellectual property disputes
external story (09/11/2009) - Fee income falls at Simmons
external story (09/11/2009) - Revenues down at Allen & Overy
external story (06/11/2009) - LSB consumer panel to examine referral fees
external story (06/11/2009) - Prosecutors should explain sentences to victims, says attorney general
external story (06/11/2009) - City firm Denton Wilde Sapte increases turnover
external story (06/11/2009) - Law Society Council votes against referral fees
external story (05/11/2009) - Lawyers provide £4m of pro bono work a year
external story (05/11/2009) - Shanghai opening
external story (04/11/2009) - Calls for single renewal date for professional indemnity insurance
external story (04/11/2009) - Solicitors rebut claim that they ‘overcharge’ for legal aid work
external story (04/11/2009) - ‘Failed’ Kent virtual court pilot to become compulsory
external story (04/11/2009) - Money laundering regime will not be relaxed
external story (04/11/2009) - Public unable to name a single law firm, research shows
external story (04/11/2009) - Law China delegation to promote UK entrants
external story (04/11/2009) - Regional administrative courts attract only 8% of cases
external story (04/11/2009) - Government retreats on plans for contingency fees
external story (04/11/2009) - Firms settle trademark dispute
external story (04/11/2009) - Government offender management IT project a ‘shambles’
external story (03/11/2009) - Family judgments to be made available online in pilot areas
external story (03/11/2009) - Law firm partners ‘overpaid’, says Mayson
external story (02/11/2009) - Red tape cut for forced marriage orders
external story (02/11/2009) - CPS publishes ethical principles
external story (02/11/2009) - LSC launches tender for Community Legal Advice Centre in Barking & Dagenham
external story (30/10/2009) - Lovells moves closer to transatlantic merger
external story (29/10/2009) - European Commission criticises lawyers over lobbying
external story (29/10/2009) - Solicitors overpaid millions by LSC for legal aid work
external story (29/10/2009) - Barnetts launches iPhone application
external story (28/10/2009) - Solicitors join with bar to fight plans to cut advocacy rates
external story (28/10/2009) - Aspiring will-writing regulator's colourful past revealed
external story (28/10/2009) - Insurer refused access to SRA intervention documents
external story (28/10/2009) - Recession to blame for rise in law firm investigations
external story (28/10/2009) - Human rights record
external story (28/10/2009) - Top solicitor jailed for cash theft
external story (28/10/2009) - David Singh defends beefburger batterer
external story (28/10/2009) - Conveyancers must enact 'radical' change to survive, says Chancery Lane
external story (28/10/2009) - Court case results recording review shows error rate of 25%
external story (28/10/2009) - APIL rejoins talks on extending fixed fees regime
external story (28/10/2009) - Children and young people facing legal advice ‘crisis’, charities warn
external story (26/10/2009) - Former bar chief questions wisdom of legal services reforms
external story (26/10/2009) - Government launches legal helpline for families of murder victims
external story (26/10/2009) - Law Society Excellence Award winners announced
external story (23/10/2009) - ‘Super-injunction’ not able to gag parliament, says Prentice
external story (22/10/2009) - Shoosmiths and HP in pro bono tie-in with Prince's Trust
external story (22/10/2009) - Land Registry slashes one in five jobs
external story (22/10/2009) - Gazette nomination
external story (21/10/2009) - Claim of racial bias by insurers in indemnity cover
external story (21/10/2009) - New rules will help clients to challenge solicitors’ bills
external story (21/10/2009) - Lord Woolf raps solicitors for CPR failings
external story (21/10/2009) - Court rules on legal privilege in Prudential case
external story (21/10/2009) - ‘Super injunctions’ come under fire from senior judge
external story (21/10/2009) - Law Society slams legal aid ‘shambles’
external story (21/10/2009) - New legal aid rates for family advocacy
external story (21/10/2009) - Call for ‘hard line action’ on coal health compensation
external story (21/10/2009) - Law Society warning on unregulated will writers
external story (20/10/2009) - CPS consults on changes to prosecution code
external story (19/10/2009) - Litigation funder lists on AIM
external story (16/10/2009) - ‘Radical reform’ planned for assigned risks pool
external story (16/10/2009) - Ross Brain represents bereaved family at inquest
external story (15/10/2009) - Barristers face the dock
external story (14/10/2009) - MoJ review on separate budgets for criminal and civil legal aid
external story (14/10/2009) - SRA rules out lowering premiums in assigned risks pool
external story (14/10/2009) - MoJ shuts down miners’ claims website
external story (14/10/2009) - Legal process outsourcing is ‘here to stay’
external story (14/10/2009) - Joint LA panel to save £1.5M
external story (14/10/2009) - SRA commissions £40,000 diversity research
external story (14/10/2009) - Surge in unfair dismissal claims puts tribunals under strain
external story (14/10/2009) - Collaborative law a success for divorcing couples, says judge
external story (14/10/2009) - UN to help developing nations negotiate with western projects lawyers
external story (14/10/2009) - Brussels simplifies rules on cross-border successions
external story (14/10/2009) - MoJ announces review of legal aid delivery
external story (13/10/2009) - London councils slash £1.5m in legal spend
external story (12/10/2009) - Lovells ‘in US merger talks’
external story (09/10/2009) - Twitter injunction
external story (07/10/2009) - City law firms to lose out to regions
external story (07/10/2009) - SRA considers reducing premium in assigned risks pool
external story (07/10/2009) - Office for Legal Complaints to be based in Birmingham
external story (07/10/2009) - Nick Oldham acts for Roland Digby, who made citizen’s arrest on youth
external story (07/10/2009) - Law firms should be able to ‘self govern’, says Hunt report
external story (07/10/2009) - Sole practitioners removed from Co-Op panel as no deal reached
external story (07/10/2009) - Family lawyer fears over guardians’ ‘dangerous’ caseloads
external story (07/10/2009) - Law firm wins injunction against departing solicitor
external story (07/10/2009) - Law Society warning on legal aid cuts for vulnerable
external story (07/10/2009) - Chancery Lane ‘dismay’ at Co-op’s panel cull
external story (07/10/2009) - Lord Hunt publishes regulation review
external story (05/10/2009) - Society's PII helpline to target assigned risks pool
external story (02/10/2009) - BSB to decide barristers’ role in new legal structures
external story (02/10/2009) - New sheriff in town
external story (01/10/2009) - National bar leaders rally in defence of legal aid
external story (01/10/2009) - Bach rejects Society’s legal aid fee cut fears
external story (30/09/2009) - Support service launched for bereaved families of victims
external story (30/09/2009) - 500 firms to enter assigned risks pool at indemnity deadline
external story (30/09/2009) - Hike in TUPE litigation claims against law firms
external story (30/09/2009) - Call for lawyers to speak plain English
external story (30/09/2009) - Jamil Trawally acts for Tesco model Fatou Cham
external story (30/09/2009) - MP rallies miners for legal action against legal adviser
external story (30/09/2009) - Chancery Lane responds to PII concerns – statement from the chief executive
external story (30/09/2009) - Personal injury lawyers hit by new fees for RTA claims
external story (30/09/2009) - Ministry of Justice tackles ‘spiralling’ defamation legal costs
external story (30/09/2009) - Jackson considers raising personal injury small claims limit
external story (30/09/2009) - Law firm to offer all services online with new website launch
external story (30/09/2009) - Bar urges halt on contingency fees reform
external story (28/09/2009) - Law Society acts on ‘inflated’ indemnity premiums
external story (25/09/2009) - Government moves to cut ‘no win, no fee’ libel costs
external story (24/09/2009) - New guidance issued on assisted suicide law
external story (23/09/2009) - SRA launches tender for new legal panel
external story (23/09/2009) - Lawyers to stand trial on insider-dealing charges
external story (23/09/2009) - MoJ seeks web defamation views
external story (23/09/2009) - Law firms 'over the worst' of recession, PwC report reveals
external story (23/09/2009) - 'Scrap training contract for unreserved work', thinktank urges
external story (23/09/2009) - Halifax seeks firms for nationwide panel
external story (23/09/2009) - Europe to gain new justice commissioner
external story (23/09/2009) - Probate services company ITC signs deal with Barclays
external story (23/09/2009) - Barristers to form ‘procurement companies’ for block contracts
external story (23/09/2009) - SRA board appointment call rejected by LSB
external story (23/09/2009) - Solicitors raise confidentiality concerns in virtual court pilot
external story (23/09/2009) - FSA contemplates action on third-party capture by insurers
external story (23/09/2009) - Law Society publishes Excellence Awards shortlist
external story (21/09/2009) - Louisa Ghevaert acts for couple in frozen embryo time limit case
external story (17/09/2009) - Surge in online professional networking
external story (17/09/2009) - Practising certificate offer
external story (16/09/2009) - Firms shut down ahead of PII renewal
external story (16/09/2009) - Chancery Lane drive to promote high street solicitors
external story (16/09/2009) - Aspiring judges are quizzed on race
external story (16/09/2009) - SRA unveils mortgage fraud probe
external story (16/09/2009) - LSB cost deferral too late to affect PC fee
external story (16/09/2009) - Town halls call for monitoring officers with legal expertise
external story (16/09/2009) - New Law Commission chairman appointed
external story (03/08/2009) - Huge fines await regulators under LSB proposals
external story (03/08/2009) - Lord Justice Goldring to become senior presiding judge
external story (31/07/2009) - LSC delays tendering for civil legal aid contracts
external story (31/07/2009) - Solicitors hit by HSBC bank charges on client accounts
external story (29/07/2009) - Miners’ MP seeks probe into compensation payouts
external story (29/07/2009) - Practising certificate fee set to rise by 19%
external story (29/07/2009) - SOCA ignores call to give lawyers feedback on money laundering reports
external story (29/07/2009) - Legal Services Commission asks crime lawyers to join assessment pilot
external story (29/07/2009) - Claims management market booms with 60% rise in number of firms
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