Tag: United Kingdom
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Why Reform UK remains a mystery
It categorically rules out an electoral pact with the Conservatives, but opts to stand aside in the forthcoming Kingswood by-election. It claims to want to… Read More
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City solicitor fined £10k for holding out to be sole practitioner
Motivated by compassion A City solicitor has been fined £10,000 after holding herself out to be a sole practitioner in court proceedings. Sundeep Kang, who… Read More
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Conservative right bids to close Rwanda bill ‘loopholes’ as commons showdown looms
Rishi Sunak faces a House of Commons showdown over the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill when it receives line-by-line scrutiny in its committee… Read More
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Post Office scandal: SRA unlikely to expedite lawyer prosecutions
Likely to wait until inquiry’s conclusion The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is unlikely to make a decision regarding any potential prosecutions against lawyers involved in… Read More
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Post Office scandal: government ‘very tempted’ to quash all 800 convictions
An announcement of the government’s plan to help the victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is “imminent”, it has been confirmed this morning.… Read More
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White & Case increases financial support for future SQE trainees
Now £20k White & Case has become the latest law firm to increase its financial support for future trainees completing the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).… Read More
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Labour vows schools would be ‘last to close and the first to open’ in another pandemic
Labour’s education spokesperson has attacked the government’s record on education during the Covid era, vowing that if the UK faced another pandemic under a Labour… Read More
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SRA recruits more staff to handle Axiom Ince fallout
Deal with compensation claims The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is having to hire more staff in a bid to handle the flood of claims stemming… Read More
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US firms dominate M&A work as deals slump to decade low
Tech suffers particularly badly Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has slumped to its lowest levels in a decade, new research has found. In what… Read More
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Ed Davey: Post Office misled me with ‘conspiracy of lies’
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said the Post Office lied to him on an “industrial scale” as he attempts to defend his role… Read More