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• UK and Canadian firms OK 1,400-lawyer merger of equals, setting stage for ... - ABA Journal

  08-07-2015 20:59
  
  UK and Canadian firms OK 1,400-lawyer merger of equals, setting stage for ...
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  Two well-known law firms in Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to a merger of equals, and are already looking ahead to further international expansion in upcoming years. The approximately 1,400-attorney firm to be formed in January by Gowling ...en meer »
  
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• UK and Canadian firms OK 1400-lawyer merger… - ABA Journal

  08-07-2015 20:59
  
  UK and Canadian firms OK 1400-lawyer merger…
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  Two well-known law firms in Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to a merger of equals, and are already looking ahead to further international expansion in upcoming years. The approximately 1,400-attorney firm to be formed in January by Gowling ...en meer »
  
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• Video: Gowlings goes global as it merges with U.K. law firm - The Globe and Mail - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

  08-07-2015 19:56
  
  Video: Gowlings goes global as it merges with U.K. law firm - The Globe and Mail
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  Toronto law firm Gowlings announced Wednesday it's joining forces with UK firm Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co to create a new international law firm called Gowling WLG. Scott Jolliffe, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Gowlings, joins BNN to explain ...
  
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• Law Gowlings goes global as it merges with UK law firm Add to ... - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

  08-07-2015 19:56
  
  Law Gowlings goes global as it merges with UK law firm Add to ...
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  Toronto law firm Gowlings announced Wednesday it's joining forces with UK firm Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co to create a new international law firm called Gowling WLG. Scott Jolliffe, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Gowlings, joins BNN to explain ...
  
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• Prison 'did not know' it had prisoner in its cells

  08-07-2015 18:58
  
  Judge criticises Pentonville prison bosses after man, who may have been falsely imprisoned, fails to turn up to high court hearing A high court judge has raised concerns after saying prison bosses did not appear to know that a prisoner was in their jail.Mr Justice Newton on Wednesday said he was “less than impressed” about what had happened at Pentonville prison in north London. Related: Polish woman pleads with husband to 'come out of hiding' with sonContinue reading...
  
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• Prison 'did not appear to know' it had prisoner in its cells

  08-07-2015 18:58
  
  Judge criticises Pentonville prison bosses and says man who failed to turn up to high court hearing may have been falsely imprisonedA high court judge has raised concerns after saying prison bosses did not appear to know that a prisoner was in their jail.Mr Justice Newton said on Wednesday he was “less than impressed” about what had happened at Pentonville prison in north London. He said a man may have been falsely imprisoned, that court time and public money had been wasted, and described t
  
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• Legal aid restrictions for domestic abuse loosened

  08-07-2015 18:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society lobbied for change to rule that meant legal aid could be withdrawn for victims before their case was completed.
  
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• Action day 8: Gove meets big legal aid firms

  08-07-2015 18:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord chancellor ‘concerned' as he meets representatives from the Big Firms Group.
  
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• Jailed barrister Constance Briscoe loses appeal over conviction

  08-07-2015 17:28
  
  Briscoe, one of Britain’s first black female judges, was sentenced to 16 months for lying to police investigating the Chris Huhne speeding points caseOne of Britain’s first black female judges, who was jailed for lying to police investigating the Chris Huhne speeding points scandal, has lost an appeal against her conviction.In May last year, barrister Constance Briscoe, 57, was given a 16-month sentence after being found guilty at the Old Bailey of trying to pervert the course of justice ove
  
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• Criminal justice delays grow as legal aid boycott takes hold

  08-07-2015 16:55
  
  Police say cases are backing up in custody suites as lawyers protesting against cuts in legal aid fees refuse to provide representationDelays are beginning to build up in the criminal justice system as a boycott of legal aid cases by solicitors gradually takes effect.
  The Ministry of Justice’s legal service, the Public Defender Service (PDS), has been deployed to provide emergency cover in cases where lawyers are refusing to provide representation. South Yorkshire police and other forces have
  
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• Rape prevention campaign targets young Scottish men and bar staff

  08-07-2015 16:42
  
  Police Scotland TV launches hard-hitting TV advert alongside scheme that trains pub and club employees to assist women at risk of sexual assault“Do you really know what rape is?” A graphic post-watershed TV advert poses this question to young Scotsmen in the latest phase of Police Scotland’s ground-breaking rape prevention campaign.Aimed at 16- to 27-year-old men, who are responsible for more than one third of reported rapes in Scotland, the £80,000 campaign called We Can Stop It wil
  
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• Rape prevention campaign targets young Scottish men

  08-07-2015 16:42
  
  Police Scotland TV advert has launched alongside a scheme that trains bar and club staff to assist women at risk of sexual assault“Do you really know what rape is?” A graphic post-watershed TV advert poses this question to young Scotsmen in the latest phase of Police Scotland’s ground-breaking rape prevention campaign.Aimed at 16- to 27-year-old men, who are responsible for more than one third of reported rapes in Scotland, the £80,000 campaign called We Can Stop It will include show
  
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• Budget: claims management set for reform

  08-07-2015 16:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government to propose cap on CMC charges. 
  
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• Laurence Harbottle obituary

  08-07-2015 15:52
  
  My friend Laurence Harbottle, who has died aged 91, was a solicitor who also made an outstanding contribution to cultural life in Britain. As chair of both the ICA and the Central School of Speech and Drama, as a significant force behind the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester and as a member of the Arts Council, he was a champion of the arts for more than 60 years.Laurence was a founding partner of Harbottle & Lewis, a leading law firm specialising in the entertainment industry. His first
  
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• $18m plan to replace bail aims to keep defendants at liberty until proven guilty

  08-07-2015 15:41
  
  New York City follows trend to end overreliance on bail with scheme introducing alternative supervision options for thousands of low-level or non-violent crimes Thousands of New Yorkers accused of low-level or non-violent crimes will not face the prospect of raising cash for bail under a plan that seeks to keep such suspects out of the troubled Rikers Island jail complex.The $18m city plan, detailed ahead of the announcement on Wednesday, allows judges beginning next year to replace bail for low
  
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• Kevin Lane loses appeal against conviction for 1994 murder of car dealer

  08-07-2015 12:50
  
  Lane, 47, who was released from prison in January, was jailed for life for murder of Robert MagillA man who spent two decades locked up for a murder he insists he did not commit has lost an appeal against his conviction.Kevin Lane, now 47 and living in Kent, challenged the safety of the murder conviction at the court of appeal in London. Continue reading...
  
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• Profits up at Eversheds and Simmons & Simmons

  08-07-2015 11:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International firms post results for 2014/15.
  
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• Eversheds profits rise on flat revenues

  08-07-2015 11:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Profit per equity partner up 2% in ‘mixed bag’ of a year.
  
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• UK court rejects Afghan interpreters' discrimination claims

  08-07-2015 11:52
  
  Judges dismiss challenge to UK assistance scheme brought by two Afghans regarded by Taliban as ‘infidel spies’ for working with British militaryFormer local interpreters who risked their lives working for the British military in Afghanistan have lost their high court challenge to a government assistance scheme they say unlawfully discriminates against them.
  The two men – Afghans regarded by the Taliban as “infidel spies” – applied for judicial review at the court. Continue reading...
  
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• PEP fall at Freshfields blamed on accounting changes

  08-07-2015 11:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Global managing partner hails ‘solid’ performance in face of ‘strong headwinds’.
  
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• Aspiring barrister loses exam human rights challenge

  08-07-2015 11:29 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Student claims article 8 rights would be breached if he was unable to progress towards becoming a barrister for failing a retake on his BPTC.
  
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• Revised appeal court limit to replace 'unrealistic' deadlines

  08-07-2015 09:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson publishes guidance to replace existing directions from 2003.
  
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• Gowlings Law Firm to Combine With U.K.'s Wragge Lawrence Graham - WSJ - Wall Street Journal

  08-07-2015 08:00
  
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  Gowlings Law Firm to Combine With U.K.'s Wragge Lawrence Graham - WSJ
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  Canadian law firm Gowlings said Wednesday it will combine with U.K.-based Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. to create a firm with global reach and representation in 18 cities. The combined firm will be called Gowling WLG and will include more than 1,400 ...
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• Gowlings Law Firm to Combine With UK's Wragge Lawrence Graham - Wall Street Journal

  08-07-2015 08:00
  
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  Gowlings Law Firm to Combine With UK's Wragge Lawrence Graham
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  Canadian law firm Gowlings said Wednesday it will combine with U.K.-based Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. to create a firm with global reach and representation in 18 cities. The combined firm will be called Gowling WLG and will include more than 1,400 ...
  Canadian law firm Gowlings to merge with UK's Wragge Lawrence GrahamThe Chronicle Journal
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• Guatemalan ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt mentally unfit for genocide retrial

  08-07-2015 02:10
  
  Forensic authority says 89-year-old would not be able to defend himself in retrial over killings of nearly 2,000 indigenous Maya during civil warEx-dictator Efrain Rios Montt is mentally unfit to be tried again on genocide charges, Guatemala’s forensic authority declared on Tuesday, two years after a historic conviction of the former strongman was thrown out on a technicality.Due to cognitive deterioration the 89-year-old would not be able to defend himself against charges that he was responsi
  
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