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Bank wins latest round in Shah v HSBC |
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Thursday 17 May 2012 The Queen's Bench Division dismissed Mr Shah's claims for damages against HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd (HSBC) for over US$300m. |
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Professional Update |
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Thursday 17 May 2012 This week's issue features HSBC panel agreement, trainee minimum salary, Lexcel membership and more. Subscribe to our newsletters |
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Society criticises minimum salary decision |
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Thursday 17 May 2012 The Law Society has criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority's decision to scrap the trainee solicitor minimum wage. |
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HSBC lender panel agreement: open letter to the profession |
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Thursday 17 May 2012 Following an intense campaign by the Law Society and its members, HSBC has agreed to expand its conveyancing panel. |
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HSBC accepts all Law Society CQS solicitors to conveyancing panel |
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Wednesday 16 May 2012 HSBC will expand its conveyancing panel to include all firms with our Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) mark. |
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Queen's speech: Law Society response |
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Thursday 10 May 2012 Read the Law Society's response to the government's legislative plans for the coming parliamentary. |
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Professional Update |
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Thursday 10 May 2012 This week's issue features the Queen's speech, solicitor judges, financial benchmarking survey and more. Subscribe to our newsletters |
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Potential disruption to court services |
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Tuesday 08 May 2012 Court and tribunal services may be affected by industrial action until the end of July. Find out more. |
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LSC's recoupment of payments on account and nil assessment policy |
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Friday 04 May 2012 Read our update on the options and implications for practitioners following the Henthorn and Loomba appeal cases. |
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Compliance advice service launched |
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Thursday 03 May 2012 We are launching a new 'safe-harbour' compliance initiative to the whole profession via our Risk and Compliance Service. |
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