News – Page 78
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NewsGovernment to support bill empowering tenants over housing safety
Housing specialist welcomes housing secretary Sajid Javid's announcement but says the overall law is fragmented and inadequate.
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NewsBar chair: Separation remains for a reason
Andrew Walker QC says there are good reasons to reject fusion and alternative business structures - and warns of a dearth of juniors entering the profession.
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NewsSolicitors facing PC fee hike to fund new quango
Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision could cost up to £25 per supervised individual.
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NewsBirmingham lawyers celebrate bicentenary
Second city's law society now has 4,500 members, including 1,000 who joined in the past three years.
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NewsBar defends traditional values in attacks on training and price transparency proposals
The Bar Council has staunchly defended the ‘values’ of the bar, hitting out regulatory proposals to re-evaluate the role of the Inns of Court and require barristers to publish prices. The council said the role of the Inns of Court should remain mandatory because they ‘play a fundamental role in ...
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NewsIndian 'fly in fly out' case heads to Supreme Court
Magic circle and international firms to argue for rights for foreign lawyers.
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NewsCity solicitors voice superexam training fears
City of London Law Society says trainee intake could be made up of students qualifying through different routes.
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NewsDon't leave trainees hanging on, law firms told
Guidance pushed for by Junior Lawyers Division will recommend firms give sufficient notice of retention decisions.
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NewsSimmons & Simmons eyes Bristol expansion
Firm will add an extra 11,000 square feet in office space when it moves into new home.
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NewsNew lord chancellor prioritises parole transparency review
David Gauke has spent first 24 hours in his new role focusing on the government's response to the John Worboys furore.
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NewsUniversity reinstates LPC despite looming super exam
University of Hertfordshire says students will learn similar skillsets to those picked up in SQE 1.
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NewsFirst post-merger results show Eversheds 'power group' drawing less
Accounts published last week show highest paid partner took slight pay cut in year ending 30 April.
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NewsBLP borrows £25m as top-earner takes home £1.4m
City firm’s 2017 accounts reveal sharp rise in short-term borrowing.
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NewsParole chief announces transparency consultation amid Worboys furore
Professor Nick Hardwick issues statement after three-member panel decided to release 'black cab rapist'.
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NewsSlaughters' banking crisis sage to helm City watchdog
Charles Randell reportedly billed HM Treasury £32.9m for work during the financial crash.
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NewsAccident claims company director fined for inventing crash
Miles Savory wanted to obtain contact details of owner of car registration plate he wanted to buy.
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NewsMinority ethnic students lagging behind in LPC success
Figures published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority also reveal stark contrast between training providers.
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NewsJudicial reforms have had little impact on gender diversity
London School of Economics study analyses judicial appointments between 1996 and 2006.
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NewsJudge intervenes to stem 'flood' of costs challenges
Disclosure refusal by costs court attempts to address increasing number of disputes over historic bills.
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NewsGovernment widens legal aid scope for prison law
Ministry of Justice says changes to three work categories will come into force next month.