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FOCUS OF THE DAY: There is still a gap in the market for an “essential, go-to website for employment law”, Professor Roger Smith, solicitor and former director of JUSTICE, has said. Full story - Legal Futures
FOCUS OF THE DAY: There is still a gap in the market for an “essential, go-to website for employment law”, Professor Roger Smith, solicitor and former director of JUSTICE, has said. Full story - Legal Futures
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- Lawyers need to learn from the retail sector on customer satisfaction | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/NWoh1t5Ig5
- Voluntary code of recruitment lives on as SRA backs out | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MK38O9jaXm
- Practitioners avoid applications to vary costs budgets | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7cFlJyHlIs
- Bar Standards Board calls for new regulatory powers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tf0kTBVZpF
- Fox Williams recruits GFI Group legal head Brahams | The Lawyer http://t.co/1bVjOD0yDO
- Weil and Wachtell advise on Verizon's $4.4bn acquisition of AOL | The Lawyer http://t.co/jg6D0CNP9r
- Fieldfisher picks up sole instruction from GCA over Tesco investigation | The Lawyer http://t.co/KFZmLX2rJV
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- LAW FIRM NEWS: Osborne Clarke reports 15 per cent turnover hike to £140m | The Lawyer http://t.co/McCniomkbr
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Kingsley Napley reports profits of £9.5m for 2014/15 financial year | The Lawyer http://t.co/J0HSj8xbn4
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Pannone Corporate picks up Iceland and NG Bailey panel wins | The Lawyer http://t.co/G0G8qroO9i
- LAW FIRM NEWS: EY Law hires Baker & McKenzie and Weil team for financial regulatory practice | The Lawyer http://t.co/SMO17xofUT
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Foot Anstey revenues increase by 16 per cent to £32m | The Lawyer http://t.co/loS7Rv4NnK
- Gibson Dunn client Djibouti fails in new attempt to seek freezing order against Boreh in Singapore | The Lawyer http://t.co/62iFiMBnUm
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Gateley seeks to entice investors and growth capital with first UK legal IPO | The Lawyer http://t.co/Npp2FB5zVW
- Let’s welcome Dominic Raab | Law Gazette http://t.co/XDl5NE2pzx
- Hong Kong rule of law still strong, says chief justice | Law Gazette http://t.co/SKgHoiQ3Uj
- QS founder launches ‘Trip Advisor’-style legal comparison site | Law Gazette http://t.co/KqYhH0xlWf
- Neuberger backs compulsory mediation for more civil cases | Law Gazette http://t.co/6eDug54y2r
- SRA right to intervene in solicitor who ‘lost ethical compass’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/eSffPsUE1Y
- NHS 24 sues company over call handling software contract dispute | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/CLtN7b7KaB
- Scotland first in UK to update death certification system | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/g5wzodRWZ2
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Lindsays and RSB macdonald to merge | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/qIRFUTMrkW
- Prison officer fails in damages claim for injury sustained during riot training exercise | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/maLVfdNNo9
- Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre appoints new CEO | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/StXJgfkyno
- Michael Gove doesn't really want to bring back hanging – unlike his predecessor, he's not a monster https://t.co/oXWbC5DVwq
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/S2iXJUOarg
- Pensions increase in importance in UK divorces | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/PYkriGncJW
- Cravath IP partner defends US patent system | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/X6D9CFdmwr
- Dentons restructures Singapore operations | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/O9rZxGckV7
- Blake Morgan ramps up London presence with merger | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8jpUqpvlG0
- Slow financial start for US law firms in 2015 | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/3aVCdgxHz2
- Gateley set to become first UK listed law firm | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/GZsn0PL8QN
- Costs management needs to be reviewed | The Global Legal Post https://t.co/8gfCznP3p2
- Bar Standards Board calls for new regulatory powers | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/tf0kTBVZpF
- Practitioners avoid applications to vary costs budgets | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/7cFlJyHlIs
- Voluntary code of recruitment lives on as SRA backs out | Solicitors Journal https://t.co/MK38O9jaXm
- Coroner slates G4S over death of Scottish bodyguard | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/GaPN6DNbq5
- Law Society to leave Drumsheugh Gardens | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/xccq3zZrHy
- Edinburgh tram inquiry makes call for evidence | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/cD5hN53RNb
- Andy Coulson perjury trial begins on Friday | Scottish Legal News http://t.co/TVdEJGXSQZ
- Former City and Foreign Office lawyer appointed to Ministry of Justice | Legal Futures http://t.co/lvFTFNkDI7
- Gateley eyes acqusitions as it says listing will give "first-mover advantage" | Legal Futures http://t.co/cONz4DJ5Fj
- SRA widens definition of ‘small firms’ by doubling turnover limit | Legal Futures http://t.co/7rIdKcF2Ce
- High Court rejects challenge to closure of ABS from solicitor who “lost ethical compass” | Legal Futures http://t.co/AHZYAnGWMs
- David Cameron is to set out a string of new anti-radicalisation powers http://t.co/Iq4b1MxvCD
- Mobility scooter driver knocked down and repeatedly ran over pedestrian http://t.co/kxXtVUmoGz
- Defra 'breaking law' by not restoring hacked air-quality website, say users http://t.co/QhfGrByiIV
- Victim of alleged paedophile hunters jailed for 12 months http://t.co/o60v5Cwv7U
- Scrapping Human Rights Act 'would breach Good Friday agreement' http://t.co/MEKo8F01tb
- Legal aid lawyers fear further cuts under the Conservative government http://t.co/w7KCFgGzbj
- Child immigrant detainees: 'There's an overwhelming sadness among them' http://t.co/IYZ5Sw0yTQ
- #US employee sues after 'being fired for deleting app' that tracked her location http://t.co/qqFLssWoiW
- Lithuanian MPs petition Lords Speaker over child custody case http://t.co/n0ZIImDJVZ
- Scotland 'will not consent' to Tory plans to scrap Human Rights Act http://t.co/1Vz0RMvWTq
- Smuggled #Syrian documents enough to indict Bashar al-Assad, say investigators http://t.co/9PAqiFimr2
- Texas could vote to block gay marriage before supreme court ruling #US http://t.co/PlIcteJdp3
- Former City solicitor Raab who is opposed to the Human Rights Act joins MoJ | Law Gazette http://t.co/6q3fEEfOYQ
- Newly appointed Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said there will be "significant changes" to strike laws http://t.co/OIfwLEUCOv
- Q&A: What Tory Britain wants from Europe http://t.co/59W4WyKBHK
- Corfu gas deaths: Coroner tells jurors to reach unlawful killing conclusion http://t.co/fBL5tnFMyV
- London luxury smash-and-grab raid teenage gang jailed http://t.co/BzgKXpveND
- Triple murder arrest in Grand Union Canal suitcase body probe http://t.co/4VUbUtE5KY
- Douglas Carswell clashes with UKIP officials over money http://t.co/e4OjdPhgN4
- Trainee recruitment rules to be upheld by recruiters in wake of SRA's withdrawal | The Lawyer http://t.co/DoT7s4PrM7
- Profits climb at JMW Solicitors | Law Gazette http://t.co/mwPeTyNs4x
- Three held over suspected sale of crash data | Law Gazette http://t.co/99aKhHEOCQ
- Profits rise with income at Kingsley Napley | Law Gazette http://t.co/QSpDgMGCDQ
- Clyde & Co in ‘advanced’ merger talks | Law Gazette http://t.co/QAqfI0vu3i
- Third atheist blogger killed in #BANGLADESH knife attack http://t.co/T6MKy7oMox
- #Nepal rocked by 7.3-magnitude earthquake near Mount Everest http://t.co/4tzZwdXWue
- Alabama grandmother gets life in prison for running grandchild, nine, to death #US http://t.co/RwUzXkzeIp
- 'I will not be silenced': fight for justice that gave #Kenyan rape victims a voice http://t.co/uvEqVpZVPF
- European court says 12-day detention of Northern Ireland suspects was lawful http://t.co/cR9qb19XE1
- LAW FIRM NEWS: Clydes seeks to enter Scottish market through Simpson & Marwick tie-up | The Lawyer http://t.co/AYtKe3FHw5
- Barclays shake up: three more senior exits from in-house legal team | The Lawyer http://t.co/e5qpXnHcBR
- Gateley chief says PLC status offers ‘opportunity for growth’ | Law Gazette http://t.co/WTnWOlpJyo
- Bar regulator seeks SRA-style powers over failing chambers | Law Gazette http://t.co/7Yb7r8jCFD
- TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/77al31D2ot
- Parents plan legal action after daughter with autism kicked off flight #US http://t.co/e0ea94ctLE
- Legal Aid seeks standing at penalty hearing for disgraced refugee lawyer #CANADA https://t.co/BTmn55FyDm
- Former Va. governor gets boost from wide range of legal professions as appeal hearing nears #US https://t.co/GTKTN91HZy
- Does Manny Pacquiao have a legal case to answer over his shoulder injury? http://t.co/Clswg3MwgD
- Endanger aircraft with your drone and enjoy time behind bars, UK demands https://t.co/ewriQK2sEH
- #AUSTRALIA flags law to tax corporations that shift profits https://t.co/CaQZnl4Kjg
- Politician who opposed motorbike helmet law is killed… in motorbike crash #US https://t.co/lNFeP8C34e
- #NEWZEALAND lawyer for Bali death row inmate Lindsay Sandiford wants inquiry: UK consular office prejudicing case https://t.co/B7FrIFu6Ov
- Of Museums and Racial Relics #US https://t.co/bj9CM6AyKT
- Transgender at the C.I.A. https://t.co/hFFUM12tt4
- Governor Cuomo Orders Emergency Measures to Protect Workers at Nail Salons #US https://t.co/80ndWBSbDj
