Last 3 months headlines – Page 778
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NewsWorboys: Supreme Court dismisses police appeal
Judgment says article 3 of European Convention on Human rights imposes positive duty to investigate reported crimes.
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NewsLook north of the border for law, Scotland tells the world
Joint profession-government initiative will 'raise the profile of Scots law and justice system'.
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NewsBar regulator diverges from SRA over independence split
BSB says current rules 'working adequately' and that legislative changes are not forthcoming.
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NewsSupreme Court rules against treating LiP as a special case
But narrow margin of judgment means potential reform of civil procedure rules is not ruled out.
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NewsRBS report uncovers conflict fears over lawyers on secondment
Financial Conduct Authority reveals that staff were able to pass on tender information to their parent firm.
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NewsAllen & Overy takes on 80% of spring trainees
Firm says it is taking on 32 out of 40 trainees due to qualify this spring.
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NewsSupreme Court told of 'material error' in Pimlico Plumbers ruling
Landmark case on scope of employment rights in 'gig economy' will have far-reaching repercussions.
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NewsSolicitors losing work to specialist conveyancers - research
Buyers and sellers are increasingly shopping around before picking a practitioner.
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NewsWill-writing ABS calls in administrators after closure
Dramatic fall for a business which had applied for SRA authorisation to allow its legal department to undertake reserved work.
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NewsBe more upbeat to stop junior lawyers quitting, criminal bar chief urges
Angela Rafferty QC says barristers and solicitors should join forces to tackle recruitment crisis rather than give in to despair.
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NewsPakistan's 'fearless' rights champion dies at 66
Campaigning lawyer Asma Jahangir was the first woman president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
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NewsBarristers 'more stressed' than NHS staff
Survey of members shows little appetite for flexible court opening hours.
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NewsUKIP hit with third-party costs bill in libel case
Exceptional ruling reflects the impact of ’deliberate and calculated’ decisions, says Mr Justice Warby.
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NewsSupreme Court set to hand down crucial litigant-in-person ruling
Appellant says he should have been granted special dispensation as he was unrepresented.
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NewsPregnancy question highlights lack of understanding about discrimination law
Survey by equality body shows that over a third of employers think it is reasonable to ask female job applicants about their baby plans.
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NewsSociety reports gender pay gap
The gap between men and women's pay at the legal profession's regulatory and representative bodies is 'substantially lower' than across the UK workforce as a whole, the organisations announced today. The 2017 gender pay gap report by the Law Society Group finds a median pay gap of 5.6% compared ...
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NewsDormant legal aid accounts to be closed
Legal Aid Agency will also ban shared accounts for security purposes.
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NewsListed firm builds Cardiff empire with £2m deal
Acquisition of Thomas Simon is the latest expansion move by firm with £20m war chest after stock market listing.
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NewsEe by gum! What an advert
Ison Harrison has released a new ad which Obiter says is like a John Lewis Christmas effort put through a Yorkshire filter.
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NewsBAME boost? Just do the maths
Latest SRA data from its biennial diversity survey was published last week along with a stern injunction from chief executive Paul Philip that there is ‘much more to do to achieve a truly diverse profession’.