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Fraud can take place on a small scale (say credit card skimming) or a vast scale (when a rogue trader at an investment bank loses billions).
The Bar Standards Board has announced that the minimum award for pupils, starting in September 2011, will go up to £12,000 per year.
Slaughter and May has increased how much it pays trainees and qualified solicitors for the second time in two years.
A specialist aviation barrister will be used in disputes relating to everything from aircraft leasing and insurance to disasters, hijackings and theft.
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Ropes & Gray International LLP has confirmed that its deadline for training contact applications is now 22 August 2014.
HSBC has announced that it will reinstate its BPTC loan for students that need help funding their postgraduate studies.
Shoosmiths has opened its application system for a number of training contract and work experience vacancies.
The Vernon Cade Fund is offering financial assistance to trainee solicitors in Cambridgeshire, in the form of a grant of somewhere between £500 and £2,000.
According to Legal Week, the London office of US firm Shearman & Sterling is to retain 11 of its 12 September-qualifying trainees.
Magic circle firms Linklaters and Slaughter and May have increased their Legal Practice Course maintenance grants for future trainees.
This October, southwest firm Foot Anstey will add Bristol to its list of offices, which currently includes Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton and Truro.
CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang are in talks to push through a three-way merger that would create a global firm with revenues of almost £1 billion, it has been reported.
Top London chambers 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) has announced that it is to dissolve.
Candidates taking the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) can now book to take the SQE1 assessment in November.
Fourteen social welfare training contracts made available by The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) are now open for applications.
Slaughter and May has announced that it will be keeping on 95% of trainees qualifying in Spring 2014, the highest retention rate among the Magic Circle this year.
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Social housing finance encompasses the funding of social and affordable housing projects led by government bodies and non-profit organisations.
Defamation, libel and slander claims can severely impact the reputation of people, publications and businesses.
