News – Page 92
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NewsScotland sets Unified Patent Court wheels in motion
Scottish Parliament set to debate implementation measure for European court despite uncertainty over entire system.
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NewsGovernment tight-lipped on tribunal repayments
First parliamentary justice question time after the summer break extracts little information.
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NewsECtHR backs employee over workplace communications monitoring
Majority decision finds that national authorities had not protected right to private life and correspondence.
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NewsClifford Chance completes strong magic circle retention round
Canary Wharf-based firm takes on 81% of trainee cohort.
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NewsJunior lawyers seek to bolster representative ranks as super-exam looms
Representatives will try to set the agenda on key issues including the solicitors qualifying examination.
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NewsGrenfell Tower research to expose gaps in the law
Kent and Bristol universities are seeking evidence to include in report for homelessness charity Shelter.
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NewsFee scheme update on the way as criminal bar chair warns of 'crisis'
MoJ expected to respond to advocates graduated fee scheme consultation in the autumn.
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NewsEFTA court chief pitches for Brexit role
Swiss president of Luxembourg-based English-language court offers dispute resolution forum.
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NewsJackson's scorn for 'artificial claims stirred up by advertisements'
Appeal dismisses negligence claim against firm after scope of retainer found to have been filled by original lawyers.
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NewsSolicitor general hints at SFO turning point
Crime Symposium hears from solicitor general Robert Buckland as decision looms over Serious Fraud Office's future.
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NewsLinklaters faces negligence claim over Arsenal shares sale
Magic circle firm advised businesswoman on sale of shares in 2011.
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NewsDivorce ruling 'leaves law in state of flux'
Court of Appeal says judge did not err when he awarded £3.5m to Karen Hart.
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NewsManchester firm berg to disappear after Kennedys deal
Staff at berg will move into Kennedys’ office on 1 October.
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NewsLaw Society cautiously welcomes online probate applications
Chancery Lane warns that new system must not open avenues to fraud.
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NewsLegal clerk jailed after stealing £300,000 from firm
Rachel Swettenham funded lavish lifestyle with client money.
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NewsCrime agency admits acting illegally in death penalty case
Phone metadata was provided to support conviction of two men over Thailand murder of British nationals.
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NewsSnooping could threaten post Brexit data law
Legal expert says proposals for data protection continuity overlook measures in Investigatory Powers Act.
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NewsLaw firms could be asked to reveal pay-gaps
Proposals being drawn up for private companies as part of government campaign on 'excessive' boardroom pay.
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NewsGovernment opts for major City players on legal panel
Nine firms make up government’s newly created complex financial and legal advice panel.
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NewsCourt of Appeal urges greater sentencing vigilance
Lord Justice Treacy says a disproportionate amount of time was spent correcting errors.