News – Page 131
-
NewsBar Conference – embrace digital justice, tribunals president urges
Sir Ernest Ryder says the justice system is undergoing its biggest overhaul since 1870s - but denies austerity is the driver.
-
NewsAsda equal pay ruling could open floodgates
London firm Leigh Day says tribunal decision will allow more than 7,000 workers to proceed with claims.
-
NewsCapita hits interpreting target just once in four years
Monopoly provider falls short of performance benchmark yet again as contract nears end.
-
News'Culture of attacks’ on solicitor advocates
Some judges still have two-tier mindset, SAHCA chair says.
-
NewsHogan Lovells agrees partnership with Chinese firm
International firm teams up with Fujian Fidelity in Shanghai under free trade zone rules.
-
NewsLAA begins to deliver bad news over crime contracts
Legal Aid Agency says it received tenders from more than 1,400 organisations.
-
NewsLiP with late claim blames court security for barring entry
Planning applicant said he first missed chance to submit file claim after missing his train.
-
NewsSociety condemns penalties for 'enablers' of disallowed tax schemes
HMRC proposals could breach three articles of human rights convention, Chancery Lane says.
-
NewsHigh Court hears Brexit legal challenge
Challenge surrounding triggering of Article 50 without vote in parliament.
-
NewsLawyers who suffered ‘years of anxiety’ cleared of fraud allegations
Case against solicitor and legal executive ’should not have been brought’, High Court judge rules.
-
NewsTax advice penalties 'threaten human rights'
Institute lambasts HMRC proposal to penalise advisers of defeated avoidance schemes.
-
NewsNewspapers furious as Lords vote to make them foot legal costs
Editors say Investigatory Powers Bill has been ‘hijacked’ to implement dormant Leveson legislation.
-
NewsGovernment pressed on UK’s EU court role
Labour seeks clarification on whether UK will proceed with ratification of Unified Patent Court agreement.
-
NewsGame of tomes: Blackstone’s gets the judges' nod
Volume will be principal practitioner text in all criminal courts, replacing Archbold.
-
NewsSocieties cautious on SDLT proposals
Plan to reduce payment window to 14 days could increase risk of error in complex transactions.
-
NewsThinktank sets out £2.6m blueprint for problem-solving criminal courts
Centre for Justice Innovation says its plan for 10 courts is practical and affordable.
-
NewsTobacco smuggling barrister disbarred
Mohammed Shafee Shaikh attempted to smuggle more than a tonne of shisha tobacco into the UK.
-
NewsRBS could face 'thousands' of global restructuring claims
Humphries Kerstetter will represent victims of alleged RBS wrongdoings.
-
News'It's getting worse and worse': Amnesty highlights casualties of legal aid cuts
Human rights group publishes findings of nine-month review.
-
NewsAbsent businessman jailed over dispute with litigation funder
Guy Brooke sentenced to 21 months following dispute with Therium Capital Management.