News – Page 132
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NewsDigitisation only half the battle, says bar's next chair
Andrew Langdon says case must be made for further reform of justice system and stresses 'close cooperation' with Law Society.
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NewsLiberty director urges lawyers to speak out on immigrant detentions
Martha Spurrier threatens to come down on the government 'like a ton of bricks'.
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NewsAgency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Public Law Project sends pre-action protocol letter over terms of new criminal legal aid contracts.
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Solicitors ‘conned Legal Aid Agency out of £600,000’
Trio on trial deny setting up fake agency to siphon off interpreters’ fees.
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NewsCPS criticised for ‘shocking’ disclosure failure
Crown Prosecution Service says it has agreed to settle Conrad Jones’s civil claim without admission of liability.
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IPO trademark boom ‘may be caused by Brexit vote’
Businesses taking ‘belt and braces’ approach to ensure UK right is protected.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency looking for extra £11m in cuts
Chief executive calls for ‘adult to adult’ relationship with solicitors.
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NewsOuter Temple Chambers hires solicitor after entity approval
New setup will help manage international queries.
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NewsChinese law firm eyes UK office
AllBright Law Offices hopes to set up office by end of the year.
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NewsLiP handed 114 pages of legal documents ‘at the door of the court’
Mr Justice Peter Jackson says the Family Division incident is not unusual.
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NewsNew bill of costs to be compulsory from October 2017
The new bill has been the subject of a voluntary pilot in the Senior Courts Costs Office since October last year.
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NewsCourts have become a ‘casino’, Conservative conference hears
MP and former deputy London mayor says defendants do not plead guilty because they know witnesses may not turn up.
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NewsJustice minister makes case for ADR
Mediation and arbitration to be ‘first recourse’ in dispute resolution - Sir Oliver Heald QC
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NewsBar Council head backs Truss call for greater diversity
Chantal-Aimee Doerries says justice system should ‘reflect society at large’.
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NewsECHR withdrawal ‘will do little to protect troops’, Grieve warns
Dominic Grieve says temporary derogation from European Convention on Human Rights is not a revolutionary step.
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NewsFirm shut down after owner jailed for child abuse images
Sole practitioner Richard Pietrowski of Guildford sentenced to 20 months.
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NewsLaw firms among worst ‘nest-egg builders’, research shows
Only builders are worse than solicitors, out of small businesses saving for contingencies.
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NewsLiz Truss: ‘we can do better’ on legal diversity
It ‘cannot be right’ that only one out of 12 Supreme Court justices is a woman, lord chancellor tells party conference.
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NewsOnline courts ‘need further thought’, legal year event hears
Proposals have not been fully thought through, technology lawyer says.
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NewsJustice secretary Liz Truss: prison reform ‘urgent’
Lord chancellor calls for new ideas to reduce reoffending and violence against prison staff.