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Jones Day partner appointed as Trump's White House counsel

Donald Trump hands key legal role to longstanding adviser and campaign GC
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International Edition

SFO spending more on legal fees despite Government funding cuts

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) increased the proportion of funding it spends on legal fees by 31% between 2009 and 2012, despite the agency's overall budget being cut by more than a fifth in that time. In 2012 the independent Government department spent £4.5m on all legal fees, defined as a combination of counsel's fees, solicitor's fees and court fees for work on all criminal investigations and prosecutions, restraint and confiscation proceedings, and advisory matters.
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International Edition

Kent Council to launch trainee lawyer programme

Kent County Council's legal team is to launch its own trainee programme, with the move coming as the local authority eyes a series of white label and cross-selling initiatives.
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International Edition

Government to finally unveil panel of external advisers

The Government is gearing up to unveil its long-awaited panel of external legal advisers – nearly two years after starting the review process.
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International Edition

BLP in talks with Yorkshire Water over Managed Legal Service deal

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is in early-stage talks with Yorkshire Water over a possible deal with its Managed Legal Service (MLS) arm, as it emerges the firm also held discussions with Buckinghamshire County Council this summer.
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International Edition

Same-sex marriage consultation: a chance to clarify pension benefits for civil partners

Charmian Johnson of Squires Sanders says the Government needs to make clear where civil partners stand on pensions
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International Edition

Woolf's 'Inquiry into Inquiries' aims to bring rigour and best practice to process

"If you have an inquiry that takes an inordinate amount of time and money, it detracts from the reason for the inquiry itself" - Lord Woolf on a project to usher in a template for effective public inquiries
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International Edition

Burden of trust - will moves to cut red tape let bad employers off the hook?

Will the Government's drive to reduce the regulatory burden allow less-principled businesses to slip through the net? Bond Pearce's Nicky Loadsman discusses the implications of earned recognition
9 minute read

International Edition

NHS Litigation Authority brings in new legal chief ahead of panel review

The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has hired the NSPCC's former general counsel Catherine Dixon as its new chief executive as the body gears up to review its legal panels. Dixon joined the NHSLA earlier this month after two years as GC at the children's charity...
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International Edition

Freshfields and Slaughters advise as Royal Mail gets set for privatisation

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May are playing key advisory roles in the ambitious restructuring of Royal Mail as the UK Government prepares to take on the company's multibillion-pound pension deficit ahead of a potential float. Freshfields is advising the Government on the restructuring, which will see £37.5bn of Royal Mail's legacy pensions liabilities transferring to the state, including a deficit of around £9.5bn.
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