All Law Gazette articles in 24 July 2017 – Page 2
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News
Society makes new call for clarity on super-exam
SRA ’really needs to crack on’ over making regulations public, says Egan.
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News
SRA to ask judges to spill beans on solicitor advocates
Regulator coy on whether latest research could mark return of quality assurance scheme.
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Opinion
Dodgy motors and the lure of the modern
Like so many bright ideas, abolishing the tax-disc looked a no-brainer. Until it hit the real world.
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Opinion
Brutal and elegant - tribunal judgment will resonate for years
This richly deserved slapdown for the executive has moved at least one lawyer to tears. Bravo, Lord Reed et al.
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News
Fewer conveyancers dealing with soaring workload
Search company says solicitors are now spending a day-and-a-half less on each case.
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News
Rebuke for divorce lawyer who backdated court letter
SRA says £2,000 penalty is sufficient and it is not necessary to pursue further punishment for isolated incident.
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News
Supreme Court humiliates government over tribunal fees
Ministry of Justice to abolish charges - and refund claimants who have paid since 2013 following surprise unanimous decision.
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News
MoJ admits fate of five courts is still 'TBC'
Campaigners in one city put forward fresh proposal to keep civil work administered locally.
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News
Conveyancers welcome crackdown on leasehold abuse
Law Society president says some practices are nothing short of exploitative.
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News
UK litigation 'cost effective', LCJ declares
Lord Thomas outlines advantages of English law and UK dispute resolution at Business and Property Courts opening in Wales.
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News
Update on clinical negligence fixed costs: No update
Still no decision on whether to press on with fixed costs for claims against the NHS.
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Opinion
Attack on judges must end now
Mr Justice Francis should not need to clarify the task before him in Charlie Gard judgment.
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News
'Evasive' firm reported to police over uninstructed PI claim
Defendant says judgment is a lesson to firms turning a blind eye to fraudulent practices.
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News
Labour's Keir Starmer turns down Mishcon de Reya role
Party’s Brexit spokesperson cites ’other commitments’.
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Law Report
Equal rights
Supreme Court declared that the male appellant’s husband was entitled to a spouse’s pension calculated on the basis of all the years of the appellant’s service with the respondent.
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News
Weaker pound provides 'little value' to Charles Russell Speechlys profit growth
International firm says its annual results were not boosted by fall in value of the pound.