Last 3 months headlines – Page 903
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‘Draconian’ sanctions based on Mitchell are overturned
Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to impose heavy sanctions on a law firm for missing cost deadlines.
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Government ‘selling justice like a commodity’ with fee rises
Measures designed to generate an estimated £48m a year in additional income were announced as parliament closed for summer.
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Italy’s civil justice reforms welcomed by UK solicitors
The government programme of reform includes measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of the courts and cutting the backlog of cases.
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Bar takes aim at solicitors in family court advocacy
Two principal branches of the profession clashed last week after the bar called for a review of advocacy in family law.
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CHAPS settlement day extension
The Bank of England has announced it is extending the Clearing House Automated Payment System settlement day to align more closely with the typical business day.
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Dead zones
Obiter hesitates to suggest how a coroner might go about boosting a district’s annual death rate by 1,000 or so.
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Visitor attraction
Proceedings in the Supreme Court often disrupted by sandal-clad tourists and associated hubbub.
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Memory lane
Law Society welcomes home secretary’s announcement to end year and a day rule for murder.
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Moriarty takes off from LSB
Chief executive will return to the Civil Aviation Authority as deputy chief executive.
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Action was on brink of 'collapse’, practitioner groups reveal
Statement explaining shift in tactics reveals big firms were ready to withdraw from legal aid boycott.
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Police issue referral fee fraud warning
Nine people interviewed this month over suspected bogus whiplash claims.
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Sexism still rampant in the ‘children’s playground’ of the bar
Bar Council report reveals ‘grossly disrespectful’ comments by male barristers in the ‘secret world’ of the bar.
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Early conciliation cuts employment tribunal cases in half
Statistics from Acas show that 73% of those involved in employment disputes have progressed to conciliation.
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New protocol marks change of tactics in legal aid action
Practitioner groups say allowing police station and magistrates’ work will maintain firms’ cashflow.
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Gove meeting ‘potentially constructive’
Practitioner groups met with justice secretary this morning as nationwide boycott over legal aid cuts continues.
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New family court opens in push to encourage ADR
The designated family judge for London behind the initiative says there was a need for the court ‘to provide more than just a trial process’.