News – Page 113
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NewsInsurers rejoice as Court of Appeal clarifies credit hire rates
Judge backs principle that basic hire rate is calculated by reference to the lowest reasonable rate.
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NewsCity firms’ retention rates continue to slip
Freshfields and Norton Rose join list of firms where rates are down on last year.
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NewsSolicitor-free access 'working well', claims bar
Regulator trumpets public and licensed access – but concedes that some barristers are inadequately prepared.
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Fear of failure deterring partners from the bench
Law Society president among those giving evidence to peers on judicial appointment concerns.
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NewsSociety issues guidance as apprenticeship levy looms
Monthly contributions of 0.5% of payrolls to begin on 1 May.
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Pro bono barristers praised despite ‘disappointment’ in wills case
Heather Ilott’s representatives spent seven years working on case with no remuneration.
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NewsSupreme Court rules in favour of animal charities in ‘reasonable provision’ wills dispute
Ruling emphasises principle that appellate courts cannot start again from scratch; Lady Hale calls for clarification of inheritance law.
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News£2 damages winner faces costs bill for nine-day hearing
Mr Justice Leggatt says offer to settle was a ‘game changer’ which cast subsequent pursuit of the claim in a different light.
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Supreme Court to rule on animal charity will row
Court of Appeal ruling said Heather Ilott’s mother did not make reasonable provision in her will.
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NewsCJEU will be kept out of new patent regime, legal academics say
EU top court will step in only ‘where matter of EU law’ at issue.
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NewsSRA denies abuse of process to discipline fraud victim
Regulator proceeds with two allegations against solicitor who has already been pursued in High Court.
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NewsFee cuts ‘will stop junior lawyers earning a living’
MoJ’s proposals will hit people from disadvantaged backgrounds and drive lawyers away from criminal advocacy, JLD says.
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NewsLaw Commission seeks to overhaul deprivation of liberty safeguards
Government told current mental capacity legislation leads to detention without checks.
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NewsSolicitors feel the pinch in spring budget
Meanwhile, chancellor Philip Hammond announced that he is pressing ahead with penalties for lawyers and accountants who advise on tax avoidance schemes subsequently disallowed by HM Revenue & Customs.
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Thailand corruption probe: SFO keeps its own counsel
Authorities in Thailand opened an investigation into engineering giant Rolls-Royce after the company’s £671m deferred prosecution agreement with the SFO.
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NewsSolicitor escapes jail after headbutting LiP inside Rolls Building
Philip Saunders was caught on CCTV causing actual bodily harm to Mohammad Reza Ghadami.
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News£24,000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test
Media list judge rules that tweets by ‘rent-a-gob’ columnist Katie Hopkins ‘had tendency to cause harm’ to food writer Jack Monroe.
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NewsMunby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’
Family Division president defends importance of an independent judiciary.
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NewsJudge calls for feedback on adoption orders
Lord Justice McFarlane highlights lack of system for keeping judges informed of the outcome of their decisions.
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NewsBest places to study law revealed
Oxford and Cambridge top the pile in the UK, while London also scores highly.