News – Page 215
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NewsBar chair-elect renews call to scrap LSB
Frontline regulators including the SRA should be free to ‘get on with their job’.
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NewsCall for contempt jurors to face new crime
Law Commission has made a series of recommendations over contempt of court laws.
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NewsGeorgia bar calls for help for over 100 jailed lawyers
Georgian lawyers routinely suffer assaults and threats in the course of their work, the Council of Bars and Law Societies conference in Brussels heard last week.
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NewsCanada bar chief keeps open mind on ABSs
Fred Headon said the profession is looking closely at the UK and Australia as it decides whether to back non-lawyer ownership of firms.
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Rising applications to Bar Pro Bono Unit
The Bar Pro Bono Unit has dealt with a 35.3% increase in applications since legal aid reforms came into effect in April and logged 25% more applications this year than last. For the first time, demand for assistance in family cases exceeded that for employment.
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NewsLord Judge enters ECtHR row
The Strasbourg Court is not superior to UK Supreme Court, says former lord chief justice.
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NewsMoJ hit with £148m of further cuts by Osborne
Chris Grayling’s department revealed to be one of the biggest losers in Whitehall in the chancellor’s autumn statement.
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NewsChancellor confirms LLP tax clampdown
Measures to prevent the abuse of partnership status to avoid tax are to go ahead, the autumn statement reveals.
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NewsStrasbourg to rule on Poland’s part in Guantanamo rendition
The country is accused of playing a central role in the CIA programme of incommunicado detention.
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NewsAttorney general warning on Twitter contempt
Guidance had previously been issued to the media on a ‘not for publication’ basis.
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NewsGrieve blasts European Commission
Attorney general accuses the commission of being a ‘repeat offender’ in exceeding its legal powers.
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NewsChina moves to increase independence of judiciary
Groundbreaking plan also proposes to make judicial system more transparent.
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NewsFirm wins concession on mental capacity aid
Court of Protection was asked to consider legality of regulations introduced in April.
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Parish repair fee waived
Church decides not to impose chancel repair liability on the community.
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Refugees misled
Nearly two-thirds of asylum-seekers wrongly refused controlled legal representation.
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NewsCourts service sorry for Watkins naming error
HMCTS apologises for releasing co-defendant names on its court listing site.
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NewsSociety hits back at plans for digital LPA
Removing the safeguards provided by physical signatures could endanger vulnerable people, says the Law Society.
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NewsBatang Kali families bring case to appeal court
Court of Appeal hears case which could set precedent on atrocities pre-dating the Human Rights Act.
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NewsChristian B&B owners lose Supreme Court fight
Refusing a double room to a gay couple was discriminatory and unlawful.
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NewsCourt of Appeal upholds Mitchell costs rule
New hardline approach set out by appeal judges as post-Jackson rules get clarity.