Grayling asks for quality standard for PCT firms
Monday, 20 May 2013 The justice secretary has asked the Law Society an...10 Comments
Pilot aims to limit clinical negligence solicitors’ fees
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Falsely imprisoned solicitor wins £550k
Who? James Watson, 56, criminal law partner at north-east firm Watson Woodhouse. Why is he in the news? Won £550,000 in damages after being falsely imprisoned on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Watson was arrested in June 2009 when Cleveland police suspected that he was part of a conspiracy to make witnesses change their stories so that his client would be acquitted. Watson was held in a cell for almost 30 hours before being released on bai...More news:
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