FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has apologised for releasing information that made it appear as if there had been a massive rise in training places last year – when in fact the number has stayed static. Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request about trainee solicitor numbers from a legal recruitment company, the SRA said that “5,541 training contracts were registered in 2014, and 3,415 periods of recognised training entered into”. Full story - Legal Futures
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| Saturday Conversations on Law |
- A Review of the previous week's Legal Press - The Sunday Law Review: 8th to 14th February http://t.co/25dirwl9SY
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Skadden advise on Ball Corporation’s £4.3bn bid for UK rival Rexam | The Lawyer http://t.co/XSOlctKALf
- A ‘strategic’ approach in-house | Law Gazette http://t.co/jWd4A5bL9h
- Trowers applies for Malaysia licence | Law Gazette http://t.co/zmjrDi0N7I
- Judge rules that florist discriminated unlawfully by refusing same-sex wedding #US https://t.co/EGShd9DHiG
- In New York, Immigrants' Advocates Vow to Fight After Judge Halts Obama Programs #US https://t.co/ulQNvMHQEZ
- Persecution Defines Life for #YEMEN's Remaining Jews https://t.co/NJENX6ALa2
- Faulted for Avoiding 'Islamic' Labels to Describe Terrorism, White House Cites a Strategic Logic #US https://t.co/YdOZWDJts0
- A Judge's Assault on Immigration #US https://t.co/m3ZZcnd83N
- Daily Telegraph journalists say they felt discouraged from writing uncomfortable stories about a range of advertisers http://t.co/ueuDN8ul1S
- Suicide in men 'highest since 2001' http://t.co/GUpaUMav0B
- Paris Metro racist abuse victim calls for Chelsea fans' punishment http://t.co/zu5QyySHzC
- Operation Elveden: Payment probe prison officers bailed http://t.co/IHA2o7z6mW
- #AUSTRALIA's response to 9/11 was more damaging to freedom than any other country's http://t.co/OMJ0GkViiV
- Trowers & Hamlins applies to be first foreign law firm in Malaysia following change in local law | The Lawyer http://t.co/kogyVHg8xL
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Olswang CEO elections still months away as firm searches for candidates | The Lawyer http://t.co/AyAbXgzOYz
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Pinsent Masons secures victory for Home Office over £224m eBorders payout | The Lawyer http://t.co/0GAM5jjS5M
- Government admits procedures for handling legally-privileged information are unlawful | The Lawyer http://t.co/cwIlavOjm4
- Referral relationships help independent firms to punch above their weight | The Lawyer http://t.co/aJpUda2M5w
- PI giant moves in to conveyancing | Law Gazette http://t.co/0zdaLei9P7
- Law firms told: look after ‘Generation Y’ – or they’ll move on | Law Gazette http://t.co/5fdXiBbdee
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHC3kLR
- National Accident Helpline moves into conveyancing | Legal Futures http://t.co/g9GuQVjDe4
- LeO receives almost 1,000 CMC ‘contacts’ in first three weeks | Legal Futures http://t.co/AzKd7xGWtF
- First ABS attached to a barristers' chambers launched in Liverpool | Legal Futures http://t.co/2c4tqw1y3Q
- #US rapper Afroman arrested for punching fan http://t.co/Lhf8kh8tkc
- Police chiefs must explain 'sorry mess' http://t.co/vpwyBov7e0
- Derek Brockwell: Escaped prisoner found and arrested in Belfast http://t.co/r6sZrutnd1
- TV star Elliott Tittensor sued by injured plumber http://t.co/Bdj5mQXZvq
- Beheaded mum Jennifer Mills-Westley, killed in Spain 'was defenceless' http://t.co/KhaKUgI4F7
- Childcare charity urges all-party costs review http://t.co/zHVluM5E5X
- Man arrested over Becky Godden murder http://t.co/Q9Zo785rQr
- Barack Obama says US 'at war with those perverting Islam' #US http://t.co/tEL2a1yULM
- NICE 'sets price too high for NHS medicines' http://t.co/iz4Fg7g5s7
- Jeb Bush backs brother's NSA surveillance program to keep America safe #US http://t.co/NlT178DYBM
- Children to be given a voice in family court care proceedings http://t.co/NvzCrZCEiQ
- Legal aid cuts exposing domestic abuse victims to court ordeal, says report http://t.co/Icl6x7jm2j
- What do the charges Peter Oborne levels against the Telegraph tell us about the economics of newspapers? http://t.co/JhJdvfpA9n
- MI5 agents will wear make-up and wigs during trial of man accused of plotting terror attacks on UK, US and Denmark http://t.co/tvo8T51cqB
- Nuts-for-spices crisis spreads across Europe as six more UK food products recalled http://t.co/43D2MroM6w
- Kincora sex abuse victim wins right to pursue claims of MI5 collusion http://t.co/qZwjs8khFN
- Teenager in court charged with trying to acquire lethal toxin abrin http://t.co/6pQNCXm3wI
- Sainsbury’s and Morrisons remove Mexican foods as nuts are found in some spice packs http://t.co/zM3l2EnONI
- Woman arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of terrorism offences and child neglect, as she travels with her baby son http://t.co/QHua6uFzuR
- Twitter joke trial law is being used to win easy convictions and must be scrapped, report claims http://t.co/Wh24uVYgUp
- Baby whose parents fought in the High Court to save likely to die 'within hours' http://t.co/X7ao8BdgeQ
- Social services ignored 18 warnings about boy, 7, who died after suffering years of abuse http://t.co/0ISIgZKFyc
- Moped gang target wealthy Hampstead residents to steal expensive jewellery http://t.co/NHXFHbg2DE
- Mother who 'hit daughter on hand' with wooden spoon charged with cruelty http://t.co/iyU7nQikO5
- Teacher fined for posting pro-Hitler image on Facebook aimed at Jews http://t.co/6OGTNrANgO
- Huddersfield family fire deaths suspect arrested after global manhunt http://t.co/ai9R2n82rj
- Bath truck crash: Teenage driver released on bail over deaths http://t.co/hJhnRzSxZ3
- Ten years on from the foxhunting ban, has anything really changed? http://t.co/29fZ4SIpId
- International companies lose out on privilege protection in US | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/wusCEfHFJ0
- Paul, Weiss fees outweigh client compensation by 10 to one in NY case | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/28H7qhZgAn
- CC corporate head says firm must commit to efficiencies | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/JF6UAYxhSJ
- Labor Law Plus links in with New Jersey immigration specialist | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/dT9d8OyDyc
- Lawyers line up after librarians and authors for most desirable career | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/ZmpwH5IJxo
- Japanese corporate counsel have less pricing challenges | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/qAzLpZ65Hb
- SEC looks into Alibaba claims | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/rq5eruTL5m
- Singapore clients put pressure on fees | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/B5Wvo4N9Ke
