Gender gap closes
The ‘gender gap’ within the profession is closing, but disparities still exist in pay and partnership prospects, the latest Law Society figures have suggested. Since 2000, the number of women holding practising certificates has risen by nearly 80%.
15 March 2001
Davidson Webber attains plc status
A Yorkshire firm has broken with tradition to become the first private practice solicitors to take up public limited company status. Russell Davidson and Graeme Webber, the only partners at Harrogate-based Davidson Webber plc, became a company under the Companies Act 1985, section 49.
13 March 1991
Warning on competition
The major threats to solicitors over the next decade will come from accountants and other likely new entrants to the legal services market, like licensed litigators, advocates, probate practitioners and financial institutions doing conveyancing, according to a 10-year plan prepared by the Law Society’s strategy committee. Large London firms, it
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A concept plant of a rain garden which could be used to filter out contaminants heading into Lake Te Koo Utu. Feedback to the council’s concept plan for the lake, completed in May, showed public support to sort out the lake’s ongoing water quality problems. Regional council monitoring revealed the lake had elevated levels of nitrogen when measured against regional and international guidelines. Research suggested stormwater from nearby homes and roads for 50 years or more, was to blame for the elevated nutrients and contaminant levels in the lake.
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A map showing stage 1, where the rain gardens and propriety devices could be deployed around Lake Te Koo Utu.