THIS ISSUE
Legal services provider The Partnership has been approved as the 16th alternative business structure of the Council of Licensed Conveyancers
Law Society expresses alarm over Jackson timetable
Lord McNally promises amendment to controversial regulation
Third PI law firm purchase for Quindell
Journalists, lawyers & MPs split over long-awaited report
Index finds that landscape of law firm dominance is changing
The Medical Innovation Bill is introduced
New app to facilitate separations
SRA approves first tranche of COLPs & COFAs
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions
Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class
Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments
Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard
Myers & Co—Jess Latham
Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire
NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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