News – Page 164
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NewsLinder Myers starts talks on redundancies
Chief executive Tony Stockdale confirms the firm will look at cutting ‘a number’ of positions over the next month.
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NewsMediations up but fees down, survey shows
The number of civil and commercial mediations has risen by 9% in the past two years, but greater competition has caused a sharp drop in fees.
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NewsHelpline shareholders poised for £32.7m windfall
National Accident Helpline sets out details of plans to float on the stock exchange next week.
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NewsUnions create law firm ABS to rival high street
UNIONLINE formed to serve thousands of members after licence granted by SRA.
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NewsBrokers warn SRA plans ‘unlikely’ to cut PII costs
Consultation has created uncertainty and failed to address key problems in the market, say insiders.
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NewsHampshire firm offers will-writing by Skype
Move means clients will not have to attend the solicitor’s office.
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NewsCall the PDS, regulator tells solicitors caught in protest
The SRA has issued guidance to solicitors struggling to find advocates in cases affected by the bar’s refusal to take them.
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NewsBakers appoints inclusion and diversity partner
London-based employment partner Susan Gregory will take up the role from 1 July.
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NewsSRA investigates dozens over PII disclosure
Action also underway in relation to revoking practising certificates.
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NewsAppointment for Christina Blacklaws
The former director of Co-operative Legal Services has joined the advisory board of costs consultancy Burcher Jennings.
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NewsCompanies equip compliance officers to see off risks
Some 60% of chief compliance officers say their budgets have increased over the last 12 months.
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NewsBLP financials bounce back
BLP expects strong results for 2013/14 on the back of disappointing financials last year.
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News‘Considerable improvement’ in SRA’s complaint-handling
Cases concerned with the SRA’s complaints-handling have risen by 18% since 2012, but the number upheld has dropped, report says.
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NewsAddleshaw Goddard names new chief
John Joyce replaces Paul Devitt to oversee a new strategy at City firm.
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NewsSociety to open web system to all conveyancers
Licensed conveyancers as well as solicitors will be able to use the Conveyancing Portal so long as they pass due diligence tests.
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NewsCosts ABS expands as business booms
A ‘buoyant’ costs market has prompted a hiring spree at one of the biggest costs firms. Just Costs Solicitors, which was granted an ABS licence last year, has expanded its 100-strong team with the addition of 30 solicitors, barristers, costs lawyers and costs drafts personnel, its managing director said ...
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NewsCourts Wi-Fi roll-out timetable ‘slips’
Damian Green said courts in England and Wales are entering a ‘Wi-Fi era’ following the announcement of an additional £75m annual investment.
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NewsUS online arbitration service eyes UK
US and Canadian judges could arbitrate remotely on UK disputes if a north American online service takes off across the Atlantic.
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Birmingham lawyer boom
Vacancies registered with recruitment agencies in the first quarter of 2014 were up 49% year-on-year.
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Gap widens in US legal sector
Large law firms are more likely than small to embrace innovations such as non-hourly billing, the sixth annual Law Firms in Transition survey of the US legal market suggests.