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Top 100 Best Companies for Lawyers
Seven law firms have made it into The Sunday Times’ annual 100 Best Companies to work for ranking.
10 Mar 2010

Jackson on YouTube
NLJ Jackson webcast on YouTube
10 Mar 2010

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Implementing Jackson
5 Mar 2010

End of term report: B+
The number of complaints against judges has dropped, according to the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).In its third annual report, the OJC reveals it received 1,339 complaints between April 2008…
5 Mar 2010

Judicial diversity move
A panel reporting on judicial diversity has rejected diversity quotas and targets for judicial appointments.
5 Mar 2010

Law Society superbrand
The Law Society’s branding has been singled out for praise in the Business Superbrands 2010 survey.
5 Mar 2010

Silk status award celebrated
Almost 50% of applicants successful but only one solicitor-advocate award Nearly half of all QC applicants have been successful in the latest round of competition. However, of the 129 new appointees…
5 Mar 2010

Asbestos illness payments rise
Extra financial help for sufferers of mesothelioma and plural plaques Mesothelioma sufferers are to be given an extra 40% of financial help, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has…
5 Mar 2010

Barristers’ Rights to Practise
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is seeking practitioners’ views on its proposals for revising barristers’ practising arrangements as a result of the Legal Services Act 2007.
3 Mar 2010

Paragraph 168
The Court of Appeal has re-instated the substance of paragraph 168 of Lord Neuberger’s judgment, referring to the “dubious record” of Security Service personnel in the Binyam Mohamed case.
3 Mar 2010

EU Proposals on Maternity Leave
Minimum maternity leave should be extended from 14 to 20 weeks and be fully paid, according to draft legislation put forward by the European Parliament Women’s Rights Committee.
2 Mar 2010

Norris extradition appeal dismissed by Supreme Court
Former head of Morgan Crucible, Ian Norris has lost his appeal against extradition to the US over charges of obstructing justice.
26 Feb 2010