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Law firms will be able to monitor how much noxious gas they generate using a carbon footprint measuring tool. The Legal Services Alliance wants lawyers to commit to sustainable environments that show the effect their businesses have on the planet. The scheme was welcomed by the Law Society which stressed that the results will remain private. The carbon footprint protocol will be launched by the end of July 2008.
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
