News – Page 38
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NewsDWF adds 360 staff through £14.2m outsourcing acquisition
International firm says added India-based workforce will offer better support to clients.
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NewsConveyancing referral fees move up the agenda
Report to land on ministers' desks next month revealing how well estate agents are doing on transparency.
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NewsSolicitors created ‘contractual quagmire’ through complex CFAs, rules court
Deputy master finds funding agreement was in breach of indemnity principle and thus unenforceable.
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NewsSenior partner bags £1m for lock-in deal extension
Negotiations revealed as part of Rosenblatt's trading update to market.
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News‘Breakdown in relationship’ behind firm holding company's administration
Administrators of Carbon Law’s parent say sufficient property is available to distribute to creditors.
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NewsNew model firm says business as usual despite parent's administration
Flourish Holdings, which in 2018 acquired 100% of Welsh government-backed Carbon Law Partners, appoints administrators.
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NewsJudge praises lawyer-free divorce service
Mr Justice Mostyn says 'amicable' system has greatly improved access to justice.
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NewsInsurance services business opens legal arm with Keoghs acquisition
Around 1,700 staff from defendant specialist are set to come under the wing of the Davies Group.
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NewsDAC Beachcroft looks to cut real estate jobs
A total of 10 roles are at risk in Leeds and London, firm reveals.
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NewsBar complaints reach highest level in five years
'Significant number' of complaints from litigants in person - but 91% fall at first hurdle.
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NewsInce shares crash as company raises £16m from shareholders
Money to be spent on expansion plans and reducing debt, group tells stock exchange.
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News'Humiliated' employee sued law firm over birthday 'ambush'
Legal secretary claimed age discrimination after colleagues sent her a birthday card.
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NewsGateley plans new staff incentive scheme as profits rise again
Firm’s share price has doubled since first being listed in 2015.
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NewsSimplifying Immigration Rules 'could save government £70m'
Rules have grown from 40 pages to over 1,100 pages since they were introduced nearly five decades ago.
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NewsLunch means lunch: family judge issues wellbeing protocol
Growing workload made worse by electronic communication and 'twenty-four seven' culture.
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NewsCPS embarks on hiring spree
Crown Prosecution Service wants to recruit 390 prosecutors by June.
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NewsLegal aid giant absorbs firm smothered by red tape
'It came to a point where I was doing only the compliance and regulatory side of work', criminal practitioner says.
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NewsGuidance on new AML regime could take months
SRA pledges to take into account 'limited time that firms have had to prepare'.
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NewsCPS still plagued by disclosure failings, watchdog finds
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate says handling of unused material is below acceptable standards.
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News£37.50 an hour to provide emergency housing advice
Law Society tells government that the court duty scheme is not commercially viable.