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Guidance on ABS discussions may be amended

Friday, 10 September 2010 The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to review i...
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Firms must inform clients of new complaints body

Friday, 10 September 2010 Solicitors will be obliged to inform clients that ...

Downing Street backing for Djanogly over Telegraph claims

Friday, 10 September 2010 Downing Street has expressed ‘full confidence’ in justice minister Jonathan Djanogly, who is in charge of legal aid, following claims in...

Firm claims sex discrimination in legal aid tender

Thursday, 09 September 2010 A London firm has claimed sex discrimination in judicial review proceedings challenging the Legal Services Commission’s refusal to award i...

Lawyer In The News

Robin Shaw

Robin Shaw acted for publisher in Stig identity case

Who? Robin Shaw, 51, media litigation partner in the contentious rights department at London firm Davenport Lyons. Why is he in the news? Acted for publishers Harper Collins in a legal action brought against it by the BBC. The broadcaster failed in its attempt to obtain an injunction preventing publication of the autobiography of former Formula Three driver Ben Collins, in which Collins revealed himself as the man behind the Stig character in the TV series To...