News – Page 172
-
NewsPractitioner groups poised to escalate legal aid protest
Meeting in Manchester will mull options including refusing to accept new cases from 20 March.
-
News‘Out of control’ foreign divorce ‘squeezing out needy litigants’
High Court judge takes aim at ‘appalling’ litigation involving non-UK citizens.
-
NewsPlan to block armed forces from human rights laws
Defence secretary said current cases involving the military are potentially hampering operations.
-
NewsMinistry ticked off over barrister earnings claim
The UK Statistics Authority has criticised the MoJ over its use of ‘potentially misleading’ figures.
-
NewsSociety: private practice gender pay gap widens
Women earn 30% less than men in private practice.
-
NewsSolicitor and firm numbers holding up, SRA figures show
Rise in firm closures offset by new startups.
-
NewsHertfordshire firm goes into liquidation
Meldrum Solicitors had three offices and employed 11 solicitors.
-
NewsHigh Court disallows funding for homelessness cases
Homelessness cases do not fall within the remit of public law, said the court in post-LASPO ruling.
-
NewsSupreme Court: PI claim not bound by agreed settlement
Joanne Dunhill had settled her case for £12,500 after she suffered a severe head injury in a collision with a motorcycle.
-
NewsBerrymans looks north for Scottish merger
Combined firm will have a turnover of around £100m, with 170 partners and 1,550 employees.
-
NewsRolls Building fear over Ukraine tension
The Russia-Ukraine conflict and merger of two Russian courts threatens the enforceability of English rulings, it is claimed.
-
NewsNew SRA boss to review ‘burden of regulation’
Paul Philip acknowledges that many firms feel they are asked to do too much to comply with regulations.
-
NewsWatchdog targets online divorce
Consumer panel will research the challenges created by a growing online marketplace.
-
NewsNews focus: Commercial Court
A new report for the lord chief justice warns that the Commercial Court must look to its laurels if London is to maintain its status as the world’s top dispute resolution centre.
-
NewsCouncil offers ‘shared legal services’
North West Leicestershire District Council is the first legal department to join CapacityGRID, which allows local authorities to provide transactional services to each other.
-
NewsGuidance for legal aid solicitors hit by cuts
The Law Society publication will help firms consider options for suitable and sustainable business models.
-
News
Cyber threat warning to small law firms
Scammers realise that larger companies have dedicated resources, according to a government cyber security body.
-
-
News
Neuberger: clients prefer ‘testosterone-driven men’
President of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger said firms need to move away from a 24/7 working culture to address gender imbalance at the top of the profession.
-
News‘Serious misconduct’ finding against senior judge
Steven Whitaker made ‘misleading entries’ in his Outlook diary,