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Contentious probate specialist secures private equity backing
A law firm specialising only in contentious probate has secured £3.25m in private equity funding to boost expansion across the country, the fifth law firm to be backed by BGF.
“About time” – Post Office replaces HSF as Horizon inquiry lawyers
The Post Office has replaced City giant Herbert Smith Freehills as its solicitors for the ongoing Horizon IT Inquiry, it announced yesterday, a move observers suggested was overdue.
Smaller law firms turn to marketing as optimism falters
Confidence among smaller law firms that they will grow in the coming year has fallen for the third year running and they are planning to increase their marketing efforts in response.
Career barriers “could widen ethnicity attainment gap” in SQE
Career barriers facing law students from ethnic minority backgrounds could affect their performance in the SQE if they feel there is little point in doing well.
Vaginal mesh claimants “distraught” after SRA closes firm
Women who claim to have been harmed by vaginal mesh implant surgery have been left “angry and distraught” after the SRA closed down a law firm acting for them.
Barrister suspended for recklessly misleading Court of Appeal
A barrister who recklessly misled the Court of Appeal – and made “serious and misconceived allegations” against other lawyers in doing so – has been suspended for a year.
Lawyers face beefed-up rules on handling complaints
Changes to statutory requirements on how lawyers handle complaints will move closer this week amid concern that consumers are being let down at the moment.
Fine for firm that failed to recognise conflict in property dispute
A law firm that failed to recognise a conflict of interest when it acted for one party in a dispute over a boundary issue on a property it had divided has been fined £4,250.
Plexus hunts for new investment after PE backer withdraws support
National insurance law firm Plexus Law is on the lookout for new investment after its existing backer refused to put more money into the business, it revealed yesterday.
Mother cleared for claim against law firm after solicitor son’s death
The mother of a solicitor who committed suicide five days after being given notice by his law firm can bring an employment tribunal claim out of time, a judge has ruled.
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Motor finance – the FCA is more worried about banks than consumers
The Financial Conduct Authority’s motor finance redress scheme announced last week amounts to one of the largest ever consumer failures by the regulator.
Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?
Cross-generation collaboration: the key to in-house legal tech adoption
In-house legal function leaders will increasingly have to evolve their thinking on how to manage multigenerational teams containing differing levels of technological expertise.
