Solicitors alarmed by associate prosecutor proposals
Thursday, 18 March 2010 Proposals that could enable ‘associate prosecuto...0 Comments
Judge Gledhill's regret over solicitor-advocate 'distress'
Thursday, 18 March 2010 The judge who sparked an extraordinary public row ...Litigation solicitors targeted by money launderers
Thursday, 18 March 2010 Litigation solicitors are being targeted by criminals attempting to launder the proceeds of crime, the Law Society has warned. Chancery Lan...Lords demand curbs on pleural plaques compensation fees
Thursday, 18 March 2010 Solicitors and claims management companies (CMCs) acting in pleural plaques compensation cases should have their legal fees severely curtail...Lawyer In The News
Laurence Lee, former solicitor for Jon Venables
Who? Laurence Lee, 56, principal at north-west firm Laurence Lee & Co. Why is he in the news? Has appeared widely in the press commenting on the return of Jon Venables to prison. Lee defended Venables in his 1993 trial for the murder of two-year-old James Bulger in Bootle, Merseyside. Venables, who was 10 at the time, was found guilty of the murder along with another boy of the same age, Robert Thompson. Venables was released from prison on licence in 2...More news:
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