All articles by Catherine Baksi – Page 9
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NewsPublic access bar service claims ‘crowdfunding’ success
Online service myBarrister.co.uk says it has raised £163,000 in two months.
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Money launderers to face up to 14 years in prison
The Sentencing Council has published guidlines for fraud offences, including for the first time money laundering.
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NewsMediations up but fees down, survey shows
The number of civil and commercial mediations has risen by 9% in the past two years, but greater competition has caused a sharp drop in fees.
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NewsHampshire firm offers will-writing by Skype
Move means clients will not have to attend the solicitor’s office.
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NewsCall the PDS, regulator tells solicitors caught in protest
The SRA has issued guidance to solicitors struggling to find advocates in cases affected by the bar’s refusal to take them.
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NewsFailure to fund child’s expert report unlawful
The Court of Appeal ruled the LAA was wrong not to pay the full costs of a report in case where only the child and not the parents were publicly funded.
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NewsCourt of Appeal overturns stay in case hit by bar boycott
The trial against five defendants charged with fraud will continue after the court overturned the stay.
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NewsBakers appoints inclusion and diversity partner
London-based employment partner Susan Gregory will take up the role from 1 July.
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NewsLondon Legal Walk: image gallery
Over 8,000 lawyers took part in last night’s London Legal Walk, organised by the London Legal Support Trust.
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NewsAppointment for Christina Blacklaws
The former director of Co-operative Legal Services has joined the advisory board of costs consultancy Burcher Jennings.
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NewsCosts ABS expands as business booms
A ‘buoyant’ costs market has prompted a hiring spree at one of the biggest costs firms. Just Costs Solicitors, which was granted an ABS licence last year, has expanded its 100-strong team with the addition of 30 solicitors, barristers, costs lawyers and costs drafts personnel, its managing director said ...
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NewsGrayling head-hunts QCs to save fraud trials
Recruitment drive for the Public Defender Service used as an ‘emergency measure’ following protests against fee cuts.
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OpinionPDS is a false economy
Why is the government willing to pay more for ‘public’ advocates than it is for the independent bar?
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NewsVHCC appeal allows Grayling’s intervention
Financial Conduct Authority argues that stay in case hit by VHCC protest should be reversed.
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NewsGrayling to be represented at VHCC protest appeal
Lord chancellor to be represented as an interested party at the challenge to the stay of a fraud case following aid cuts protest.
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NewsAdvocates at war as solicitors accuse bar of self-interest
Bar Council accused of pursuing a ‘narrow self-interested agenda’ in its response to Sir Bill Jeffrey’s advocacy review.
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NewsCourt of Appeal clears advocacy quality challenge
Criminal bar granted permission to appeal the High Court's dismissal of a judicial review - but may need to raise some money.
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ProfileActing for defendant in fraud trial that collapsed
Lee Adams represented one of the defendants in ‘Operation Cotton’ case, which was stayed after counsel could not be found.
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NewsPDS accused of trying to break strike action
Some solicitors have attended to ‘tout’ for cases from defendants left unrepresented due to protest actions, it is claimed.
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NewsLAA threat over aid protest
The agency has given firms five days to provide evidence of steps taken to secure advocates in very high cost cases affected by the bar’s action.