All articles by Chloe Smith – Page 16
-
News
100 firms planning legal aid contract challenges
Government could be prevented from entering into new contracts next Monday.
-
News
Firms not responding to digital age, annual snapshot shows
Just 23% of firms have made changes to how they operate to respond to the digital age, a survey compiled by PwC has revealed.
-
News
Ban payments to solicitors to stop ‘dressing up’ referral fees – bar chair
The Bar Council chair has said some solicitors try to ‘cloak’ referral fees as administration fees to get around ban.
-
News
‘60% of employment claims shut out due to fees’
Over half of the claims entered into early conciliation are neither settled or presented to the employment tribunal.
-
News
Lawyers dismiss claim that sector is money laundering risk
Bodies representing the legal profession say national risk assessment based on intelligence shortcomings.
-
News
Supreme Court divorce ruling shows zero tolerance for non-disclosure
Two women win battle to set aside their divorce settlements after claiming their ex-husbands misled the courts.
-
News
Barristers set up ABS to operate ‘like traditional firm’
New alternative business structure will target the international asset recovery market.
-
News
BSB plans to relax restrictions on employed barristers
Planned changes will allow barristers to contract services through agencies or corporate vehicles.
-
News
Family mediators move towards self-regulation
The Family Mediation Council hopes to boost public confidence in mediation by creating a regulatory board and professional register.
-
News
Herbert Smith Freehills opens pop-up support centre
The new centre in Australia adds to the firm’s low-cost centre in Belfast.
-
News
Ex-Dewey executives acquitted on several counts
Three executives at the now defunct firm cleared of numerous charges of falsifying business accounts.
-
News
Criminal court charges 'waste taxpayers' money' - Society
Law Society urges government to spend money on local courts rather than chasing unpaid criminal court charges.
-
News
Part-time judge loses pension appeal
A part-time recorder cannot acquire pension rights retroactively.
-
News
Barrister fined for running unlicensed taxi firm
Ahtiq Raja fined £600 for conduct likely to ‘diminish trust’ in the profession.
-
News
Biggest divorce hub returns one in five petitions
Practitioners urged to double-check papers after 'basic errors’ are uncovered by the new Bury St Edmunds centre for London and south-east.
-
News
‘Outmoded’ bar must modernise, says new BSB chair
Sir Andrew Burns urges barristers to respond with ‘robustness and creativity’ to the many challenges it faces.
-
News
Gordon Dadds acquires Jeffrey Green Russell
Takeover completed last Friday through pre-pack deal.
-
News
Lender panel restrictions hit smaller law firms
Metro Bank and Newcastle Building Society among those to introduce new restrictions, excluding smaller firms from conveyancing panels.
-
News
Bar pushes for revamped advocacy fees
New graduated fee scheme aims to increase payments for complex and serious cases to redress 'imbalance'.
-
News
Justice ministry considers curb on own-firm instructions
Litigators could be prevented from instructing advocates from the same firm under the Ministry of Justice proposals.