Lawyers have a duty to be blunt with clients, Court of Appeal rules. 

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Firm appoints bankers to advise on a £130m London float this year.

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One in eight barristers are ‘emotionally exhausted’ and more than half do not sleep properly.

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Solicitors struggled to meet the deadline for legal aid tender bids, with some firms working right down to the wire, the Gazette can reveal.

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Whiplash claims registered with the government falls by 23% since the Jackson reforms.

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Magic circle firm Clifford Chance, New York firm Wachtell Lipton and international firm Steptoe & Johnson are acting in a £3.2bn claim lodged in the High Court last week by IT giant Hewlett-Packard against former executives of a UK company it acquired in 2011.

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Second consecutive non-lawyer appointed to see through human rights reform.

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Lawyers have a duty to be blunt with clients, Court of Appeal rules. 

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Top-50 firm Blake Morgan announced today it is to merge with London-based commercial firm Piper Smith Watton.

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North west practice opts for independence rather than be part of the national network.

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