Three-sentence bill to end Sentencing Council row
Measure would prohibit guidelines 'framed by reference' to personal characteristics of offenders.
Clear drafting and measured risk acceptance
Commercial contracts.
Anonymising the names of judges
Open justice.
Wasted bitcoin asset
Local government.
Firm hires: Russell-Cooke
Russell-Cooke welcomes Angharad Lynn as a private client partner.
Firm hires: Gilson Gray
Gilson Gray appoints new head of private client for England
Law firm team manager hid lack of complaint progress
Head of new client unit fabricated notes from calls with complainant.
Accountancy firm fires new warning on client interest threat
Prime, which conducts SRA audits, says solicitors must start making contingency plans in anticipation of losing key profit driver.
Best of the blogs - 12 April 2025
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mother in Law: Dealing with the death of a pet
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
Apple, Prince Harry and open justice
High-profile cases involving the tech giant and the Royal advance the important principle of open justice.
Society unveils 'two-form' approach to TA6
Separate 'before and after offer' forms designed to make process of gathering property information straightforward.
Council and legal advice service clash over proposed rent rise of 562,000%
Council says Waterloo Action Centre, which pays a peppercorn rent, is ineligible for further cash until it signs a new lease.
Social justice champion calls time on near 50-year career
Patrick Allen qualified in 1977 and set up London firm Hodge Jones & Allen from a Euston squat.
Court slams expert witness for mixing up twins in abuse case
Ruling highlights dangers of expert reports that are 'factually inaccurate, and lacking in enquiry and analysis'.
