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25.Feb.2013

Staffordshire County Council and Local Government Lawyer have been shortlisted at the first ever Halsbury Legal Awards.

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19.Feb.2013

The London boroughs of Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Kingston have approved plans for a shared legal service serving all four councils.

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13.Feb.2013

A group of London councils are poised to give the green light over the next week to the creation of a shared legal service spanning four boroughs.

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12.Feb.2013

The Law Society has questioned the decision by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to include – as part of its ‘red tape initiative’ – a proposal to allow local authority solicitors to charge charities for legal services.

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24.Jan.2013

The use by local authorities of temporary labour in legal services was 31% higher in the final quarter of 2012 compared to the same period twelve months before, research has suggested.

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24.Jan.2013

The Law Society has hailed a Supreme Court ruling – by a majority of 5:2 – that legal professional privilege only applies to members of the legal profession.