News – Page 157
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NewsSociety calls for parliamentary probe of legal aid contracts
President Jonathan Smithers asks justice and public accounts select committees to investigate tender process urgently.
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NewsMPs call for immediate abolition of courts charge
Justice committee says it has ’grave misgivings’ about the operation of the charge.
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NewsJudge throws out negligence claim after two-year hiatus
High Court says judge was entitled to think claimants had abandoned their case against law firm.
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NewsShadow solicitor general in alleged conflict probe
Labour MP Karl Turner is subject of an inquiry by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
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NewsGove ready to deregulate legal services market 'in the near future'
Justice secretary previously bemoaned the danger of regulators ‘falling over each other’s feet’.
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NewsCourt sparring begins in legal aid contract challenges
High Court hearing into management of litigation over new crime duty contracts lasted nearly three hours.
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NewsSmall claims limit action to be included in fraud report
Justice minister also hints the three-year limitation period for making a whiplash claim could be re-examined.
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NewsDiversity progress ‘painfully slow’ – Black Solicitors Network
BSN publishes latest diversity league table, which shows that very limited progress has been made over the last decade.
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NewsEmployment lawyers urge caution over online court
Lord Justice Briggs to produce interim report on the structure of civil courts by the end of this year.
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NewsSociety calls for one-word amendment to patent threat reform
Law Commission proposing legislative reform relating to unjustified threats in intellectual property.
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NewsFresh ‘consensus’ on Indian legal market reform
Talks on liberalisation have progressed from ‘theoretical to more detailed’ discussions, source says.
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NewsFrench may export new dispute law
An English translation of the new law, which is due to be enacted by February, has already been posted on the ministry’s website.
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Council allowed to appeal unfair dismissal ruling
Evelyne Jarrett was the most senior black manager at Essex Legal Services.
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NewsMoJ postpones legal aid contracts
Three-month delay follows legal challenges from unsuccessful bidders in at least 69 procurement areas.
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NewsFinancial regulator backs SRA consumer credit plans
The two bodies have been in talks for more than a year over how to handle consumer credit.
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NewsConveyancing firm wins appeal over valuation
Court of Appeal judgment highlights scope of duty of solicitors instructed on behalf of both borrower and lender.
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NewsElectronic filing trial extended to cover Rolls Building
The pilot scheme lasts for a year from 16 November and is an extension of the e-filing system already in place in the TCC.
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NewsCourts strike another costs blow as charities reject fixed fees
Government warned that cases involving the elderly and babies will suffer from fixed-fee regime.
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Pro bono charity reports surge in volunteer lawyers
Qualified solicitors and barristers made up nearly four out of five volunteer lawyers between April 2014 and March 2015.
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NewsMoJ to publish impact of reforms on civil legal aid
Permanent secretary Richard Heaton says three research projects have been carried out.