News – Page 75
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NewsSociety leads renewed push for early legal advice
Two law centres in the pipeline as Chancery Lane publishes online tool to lobby MPs.
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NewsGovernment edges towards patent court approval
Ratification process continues to proceed despite roadblocks in form of Brexit and German legal challenge.
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NewsCourt rules 90% Part 36 offer was genuine attempt to settle
Judge grants costs benefits to claimant who had offered to settle case before it went to trial.
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NewsAshurst latest to agree links with Chinese firm
Joint operation office will enable Ashurst to practise local law in China.
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NewsBerwin Leighton Paisner could agree US merger in weeks
City firm has been in discussion with US-based Bryan Cave to create 1,500-lawyer firm.
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NewsAppeal court: £70m negligence claim against Mayfair law firm blocked by settlement agreement
Mayfair firm had signed a tripartite deal preventing any future claims.
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NewsMoJ urged to abandon mandatory telephone gateway
Public Law Project says the civil legal advice helpline does not deliver access to justice.
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NewsEn marche! France's bilingual commercial court gets go-ahead
International chamber of Paris court of appeal aims to lure dispute resolutions from London.
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NewsChinese firm to open in London next month
AllBright Law has agreed partnership with Bird & Bird.
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NewsNew public body may probe solicitor ban on pro bono debt advice
Solicitors risk committing a criminal offence if they breach a prohibition under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
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NewsInsurers bound by protocol to pay solicitors costs, Supreme Court hears
Law Society intervenes in crucial case to argue that principle of equitable intervention can apply.
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NewsSolicitor loses claim against Oxford over missing out on a First
Faiz Siddiqui claimed that ‘inadequate’ teaching at the university cost him a lucrative career as a high-flying lawyer.
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NewsDoubts over summer deadline for LASPO review
Law Society tells all-party parliamentary group on legal aid that it is still waiting to hear how the government will engage with the profession.
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NewsLinklaters women paid nearly 40% less than men
First magic circle to report gender pay disparity on government website.
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NewsInsurer 'deliberately deceived' solicitors over third party capture, Supreme Court hears
Conduct described as ‘astonishing’ by one of the creators of the pre-action protocol for resolving claims.
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NewsGovernment proposes 'day one' workers' rights in Taylor response
Ministers say they will act on all but one of 53 recommendations on employment in ‘gig economy’.
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From green ink to hashtag hate: commission asked to look at trolling laws
Professor David Ormerod QC says the digital world throws up new questions.
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NewsNo takers? Government cancels procurement for education and discrimination advice
Legal Aid Agency says it will not award telephone gateway contracts after receiving insufficient compliant bids.
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Pinsents managers share lower payout, LLP accounts suggest
Firm said full figures are included in figures for the International LLP.
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NewsRight to settle directly is a matter of individual freedom, Supreme Court hears
Insurer denies ‘cheating’ law firm out of £12,500 costs in case crucial to insurance and legal sectors.