News – Page 57
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News'Compare the barrister' is coming, BSB predicts
Representative body warns that instructing a barrister is not the same as 'buying a stereo’.
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NewsLAA grants record number of exceptional funding bids
745 applications received between January and March this year.
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NewsClifford Chance in the clear over RBS complaint
Regulator says it has found no evidence that suggests potential misconduct.
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NewsAppeal rules solicitor should be penalised over inflated costs bill
Hickinbottom LJ says lawyers 'remain ultimately responsible for the acts and omission’ of those delegated parts of litigation.
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NewsMoJ praised for 'listening to experts' over female offending
Lord chancellor David Gauke says sending women to prison can do more harm than good as he publishes long-awaited strategy.
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News'Better in my day': judges' verdict on advocacy standards
Independent barristers perform better than solicitor advocates, according to judicial feedback.
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NewsGovernment urged to extend civil partnerships following Supreme Court defeat
Government Equalities Office says it will consider today's ruling with great care.
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News'Whistleblower' who sent documents to court raises privilege quandary
Mr Justice Holman makes the unusual decision to refer the matter to family division president.
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NewsAshurst partners enjoy 11% pay hike after strong results
Firm recovers strongly after disappointing figures two years ago.
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NewsCohabitation law reform more urgent than civil partnership issue - solicitor
Supreme Court due to rule on civil partnerships tomorrow but solicitor says protecting vulnerable cohabitants is a more pressing issue.
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NewsCourt of Appeal limits discretion in departing from Part 36 convention
Judge had sanctioned claimant for misleading defendant about effects of her injury.
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News'Cab-rank' coroner hit with £68,000 interim costs order
Mary Hassell’s policy was declared unlawful earlier this year.
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NewsSimmons & Simmons adds to healthy City results
Partner profit up 8% while overall profit rises 19% at international firm.
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NewsWhat normal looks like: McFarlane to canvass views on parental guidance
The next president of the family division says the idea must be 'owned' by all levels of the judiciary to work.
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NewsBullying increase a ‘cause for concern’, says bar
Criminal barristers among the worst affected, survey results reveal.
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NewsWe won't have 'partisan' experts in English courts, judge reminds litigants
Fraser: 'There are some jurisdictions where partisan expert evidence is the norm. This is not one of them.’
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NewsGovernment to reward contractors for 'social value'
Cabinet Office minister promises law reform to rebuild trust after collapse of Carillion
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NewsEuropean Parliament condemns Baker McKenzie for shirking tax debate
Petr Ježek expressed consternation that ‘intermediaries’ had avoided the debate.
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NewsGovernment defeated over housing legal aid
High Court accepts Law Centres Network’s challenge to procurement changes.
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NewsFDAC unit closure threatens future of problem-solving courts
Family Division president Sir James Munby hits out at government's 'failure of imagination and commitment', urging the justice secretary to visit a specialist court.