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Law firm targets acquisitions after taking private equity backing

Beyond Law Group – which currently owns three practices – has accepted private equity investment as it plans to expand significantly through organic and acquisitive growth.

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Welsh chambers breaks ground with first ICO legal services certification

The largest chambers in Wales has become the first legal services provider to obtain the new law-specific data protection certification approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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Cheers for what’s in King’s Speech, boos for what’s not

The legal profession’s reaction to the King’s Speech yesterday focused as much on what is not in the government’s legislative priorities as what is.

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CILEX set to make final decision on SRA switch in October

CILEX is set to make a final decision on whether to seek to transfer regulator to the Solicitors Regulation Authority in October, and has named a new chair and president.

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Lack of trust preventing consumers from complaining to law firms

Trust in in the legal profession is relatively high – but not when it comes to believing law firms will deal with complaints properly, major research has found.

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UN rapporteurs “seriously concerned” about online attacks on barrister

Four special rapporteurs appointed by the UN’s Human Rights Council have told the UK government about their concerns over the “ongoing harassment” of barrister Charlotte Proudman.

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Senior associate who exposed clients to “unknown risks” struck off

A senior associate who completed a transaction without an executed mortgage deed, exposing both the lender and lay clients to “unknown and unacceptable risks”, has been struck off.

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“Generational shift in priorities” between aspiring and established lawyers

There is “a significant generational shift in priorities” between those seeking their first job as a lawyer and those already working for law firms, a report has found.

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Partner “deliberately misled” client over PI claim she never issued

A partner at a leading personal injury firm who “deliberately misled” an accident victim for five years over a claim she never issued has been struck off.

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History made as Mahmood is sworn in as Lord Chancellor

A Lady Chief Justice swore in a female Lord Chancellor for the first time in English legal history yesterday. Shabana Mahmood is also the first from the employed Bar in the post.

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