News – Page 104
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NewsShareholder group's RBS action edges towards settlement
Parties expected to inform High Court that they wish to accept £200m offer.
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NewsHogan Lovells boosts junior lawyers' pay
Newly qualifieds will now receive £75,000 on ’merit based pay model’.
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NewsDefamation cases slump to nine-year low
Fall of 8% last year partly due to 2013 Defamation Act, research suggests.
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NewsCoA right to take stern line on McKenzie friend concept, solicitors say
Judgment says term ‘McKenzie friend’ is not appropriate in Court of Appeal’s Criminal Division.
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NewsSir Cliff gets courts boost after police row settled
Singer settles with South Yorkshire Police, though BBC will have to reveal details of source.
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NewsBar rolls out shared parental leave scheme
New plans will allow both carers of a child to take a year out of work - including six months free of chambers rent
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NewsElectronic bill of costs compulsory from October
Pilot successful enough to persuade rule committee to proceed with new format - but questions remain over testing of bill.
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NewsNottingham student-run advice centre enters commercial market
Law school’s Legal Advice Centre will work with businesses as an alternative business structure
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NewsAppeal judges allow PI claim against unnamed defendant
Court rejects insurer’s contention that ruling would lead to flood of fraudulent claims
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NewsBar's first ABS combines barristers and football agents
VII Law was granted an alternative business structure licence last week.
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NewsTurnover rise fails to deliver higher profits for Cripps
Top-100 reports turnover has increased for fourth straight year.
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NewsSpecialised court encourages boom in IP cases
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court increasingly popular among SMEs, figures show.
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NewsJudges must hang together, says lord chief
Lord Thomas sets out case for 'internal cohesion and a governance structure'.
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NewsUnregistered barrister allowed to serve claim for LiP
Court rules service by unregistered barrister was not unlawful - although he ‘sailed too close to the wind’.
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NewsLitigation funder raises £175m to grow business
Burford Capital announces bond issue snapped up on London Stock Exchange.
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NewsEversheds hails results despite dip in profitability
Figures for 2016/17 do not account for merger agreed earlier this year.
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NewsJackson wary of fixed costs for clin neg cases over £25k
Leading judge still committed to principle of fixed costs regime four years after his landmark reforms.
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NewsBarrister disbarred over public access offences
Peter Collins failed tor repay his chambers more than £4,000.
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NewsPI lawyers welcome Conservatives' cold-calling pledge
Manifesto says a Tory government would consider banning all companies from making unsolicited calls.
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NewsNo sense in 'pulling the rug' from under SFO, lawyers say
Conservative manifesto pledge to wrap Serious Fraud Office into National Crime Agency is already attracting plenty of flak.