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  • International firms call off merger

    International firms Speechly Bircham and Withers today announced that they had dropped merger plans following almost two months of talks. The firms said in March they had entered ‘preliminary discussions’ over creating a joint practice with more than 600 lawyers. But in a statement released today, the firms said the management and partners had opted against continuing the talks. ‘Both sides have now concluded that a merger would not be in the best interests of both firms and have agreed not to pursue this further,’ said the statement. read more

  • Unanimous: profession votes for ‘training days’ action in protest over cuts

    In an unprecedented show of unity by the legal profession hundreds of barristers and solicitors came together yesterday to oppose the government’s proposed criminal legal aid cuts which they said would ‘destroy the fabric of the criminal justice system’. Over 1,000 attended a London meeting dubbed ‘Justice For Sale’ organised by the Criminal Law Solicitors Association to oppose the planned £220m cuts to criminal legal aid, removal of client choice and introduction of price-competitive tendering (PCT). read more

  • Hundreds attend legal aid protest rally

    Over 500 lawyers attended a mass rally at parliament today to protest over criminal legal aid reforms which ‘strike a dagger through the British justice system’. Gerry Conlon, one of the Guildford Four and Breeda Power, daughter of one of the Birmingham Six, were also present to warn of the threat of miscarriages of justice arising from the plans. read more

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