Last 3 months headlines – Page 734
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NewsRussell Group elite tumble in top law school rankings
Queen Mary behind only Cambridge and Oxford as best place to study law in UK, according to Guardian.
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NewsThese lawyers were made for walking
Join the Gazette - and some legal luminaries - on next Monday’s double London legal walk.
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NewsLabour tweaks legal aid commitment in election manifesto
Opposition party appears to have revisited justice pledges after draft version was leaked five days ago.
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NewsFormer City lawyer named as French premier
New York-based Debevoise & Plimpton gets another political feather in its cap.
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NewsHigh Court judgments against businesses at record low
County Court judgments on the rise while High Court judgments decline, figures show.
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NewsLate-night court solicitors will be 'victims of postcode lottery' - Society
Chancery Lane says criminal legal aid firms already operate at little or no profit.
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NewsTop QC implied sex assault victim 'bore responsibility'
Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service reprimands Howard Godfrey of 2 Bedford Row.
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NewsJudges warn fixed costs will drive expert witnesses away
Civil Justice Council calls for greater flexibility on how experts are paid.
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NewsDiscount rate: Insurers say status quo can't go on
Claimant lawyer representatives urge government not to 'pander' to insurance lobby.
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NewsJudge slams defendant firm Kennedys over costs budgeting 'games'
High Court rejects defendant’s estimate of claimant costs as judge says it was useless.
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NewsLondon base for global forum of commercial courts
Judiciary releases report on closed-door meeting of courts from five continents.
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NewsSociety tells attorney general: open advocacy panels to solicitors
All documentation for civil panels 'written with barristers in mind'.
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NewsLitigation funder bought by banking giant in £31m deal
New owner of Novitas Loans wants to scale up its operation in increasingly open market.
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NewsLeigh Day: Martyn Day 'authorised bribe payments', SRA counsel alleges
Tribunal hears of 'work leave payments' made to enable Iraqi policemen to give evidence.
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NewsLitigation funders 'fuelling surge in FTSE-100 High Court battles'
Thomson Reuters research says number of cases has more than doubled over the past five years.
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NewsSFO steps up fraud probe over Quindell
Listed Australian firm Slater and Gordon has received a disclosure notice from UK fraud investigators relating to thousands of files.
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NewsWhistleblowers and journalists 'at risk of prison' in secrets law reform
Law Commission proposals would turn the clock back, freedom of information expert says.
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NewsPromotion-hungry lawyers 'desperate for work-life balance'
Two thirds of lawyers would accept a pay cut to be in a professional environment that was a better ’cultural fit’, recruiter claims.
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NewsPerils of purdah leave LSB tight-lipped
Our beloved super-regulator seems a little muddled about its constitutional status.
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