Last 3 months headlines – Page 164
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NewsJustice secretary expects ‘prompt’ action on Post Office lawyers
Alex Chalk suggests that disciplinary action should follow if disclosure failings are proved.
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NewsLimitation period set to remain in child sexual abuse claims
MoJ rejects inquiry's recommendation that three-year restriction be abolished - but wants to reverse burden of proof.
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NewsSC’s liability judgment a ‘get out of jail free card for company directors’
Judgment erects 'barrier to bringing claims against directors of counterfeiting companies and other IP infringers'.
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NewsRestrictions imposed on legal assistant over missing client funds
Solicitors Regulation Authority bars former legal assistant from working in the profession.
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NewsUS firm raids rival for hires to mark UK entry
Key hires made from White & Case for US business aiming to be European leader.
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NewsJunior lawyers threaten to escalate SQE results fiasco to LSB
Junior Lawyers Division expects to see changes implemented ahead of next exam sitting and says £250 'goodwill payment' not enough.
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NewsLetters roundup: 10 May 2024
Holding insurers to account and the Bar watchdog's performance: your letters to the editor.
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NewsFirm takes profit hit to pay £4.5m in staff bonuses
Revenue grew at Gateley plc after particularly strong trading in the first three months of this year.
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News'Operation Early Dawn': lawyers fear emergency measure could cause court chaos
Some defendants will remain in police cells instead of being taken to court.
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NewsCosts judge questions law firm’s £2.5m bill in family dispute
Level of costs 'perhaps more appropriate to heavy and high-level commercial litigation'.
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NewsCourt's ultimatum to medical agency: Explain your fees or we'll slash them
Latest case in the dispute over breakdowns of costs ends in victory for the defendant.
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NewsIndiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Paperwork
We salute one lawyer’s attempt to explain the plight of the county court through a classic movie comparison.
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NewsBan for barrister who failed to pay £300k debt
Lawyer failed to comply with county court judgment which ordered her to pay more than £300,000 to a creditor.
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NewsPost Office lawyer worried that openness would risk adverse publicity
Inquiry hears of close relationship between PR strategists and Post Office lawyers.
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NewsSolicitor who charged dishonest Grade A rate is struck off
Solicitor passed off work as his own and inflated costs by thousands of pounds.
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News'Weekends ruined': Ditch Friday deadlines and reduce stress all round, say litigators
Wellbeing champions say lawyers should think more progressively about when to require service.
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NewsIn depth: Post Office Inquiry - profession braces itself for more uncomfortable revelations
Seven lawyers in the last two weeks have been summoned to give evidence before the Post Office Inquiry. And with the roll call set to grow even longer, the profession is bracing itself for more uncomfortable revelations that may have far-reaching repercussions for practice and ethics.
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NewsCalls grow in parliament to extend SRA’s unlimited fining powers
House of Lords committee also suggests allowing the regulator to probe the actions of private investigators.