New guideline hourly rates are unveiled

New interim guideline hourly rates (GHR) were rele...
Plumber

Legal aid advocates to face quality assurance test

Quality inspections for publicly funded criminal d...
Rumpole

'Common sense' declarations victory for insurance scheme

The Court of Appeal has rejected a major challenge to the way claimant personal injury solicitors operate the Accident Line Protect (ALP) af...

Bar paves the way for joint practices

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is paving the way for barristers to go into practice with solicitors, but will leave regulation of the new leg...

Lawyer In The News

Adrian Harling

Adrian Harling

Who? Adrian Harling, 46, ­ managing partner and head of dispute resolution at Kidderminster firm Painters. Why is he in the news? He represented Mark and Julie James, who faced a criminal investigation for helping their paralysed son Daniel, 23, go to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland. Daniel was injured i...