All articles by Chloe Smith – Page 24
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NewsLegal ‘iPlayer’ as Supreme Court launches on-demand video service
The UK Supreme Court hopes the initiative will serve as an educational tool for lawyers and law students.
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South Korea legal liberalisation move
Draft bill proposes the amendments as the Ministry of Justice in Seoul implements the third stage of legal services provisions.
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NewsSolicitor opts for bar over SRA in search of ‘stability’
Mark Johnson opted to license his business as a single-person bar entity because he values a more stable insurance market.
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NewsGod’s employee loses CoA battle in Magna Carta ruling
The Reverend Mark Sharpe loses an employment claim in which Court of Appeal upholds church law.
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NewsMore resources needed to protect Colombia human rights lawyers
Human rights lawyers continuing to suffer from threats and attacks.
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NewsSolicitor among the first bar entities authorised
Mark Johnson cites 'proportionate’ level of regulation as factor in moving away from SRA regime.
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NewsPupillages fall as work at bar shrinks
The number of ‘first-six’ pupillages offered in 2013-14 fell to 397, an 8% drop since 2009/10, according to statistics from the bar regulator.
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NewsFewer barriers for women in judiciary than the bar – LCJ
Lord Thomas said there is no longer a glass ceiling at the judiciary, but the bar needs to improve on diversity.
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NewsSingle-person bar entities face insurance struggle
Only eight out of 26 commercial insurers the Bar Standards Board approached said they would be willing to insure BSB-regulated entities.
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Justice report proposes new model for disputes
Report responds to major cuts to legal aid and cuts to the HM Courts & Tribunals Service budget, which have left individuals unable to enforce their rights.
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News£85 parking fine bound for Supreme Court
CoA rules that ParkingEye penalty neither 'extravagant nor unconscionable'.
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NewsLawyers hit back at reports of £100,000 incomes
Figures suggesting six-figure salaries are the norm are unrepresentative, solicitors say.
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NewsFormer Law Society president joins Janner decision critics
Linda Lee joins onslaught of criticism of decision not to prosecute the Labour peer Lord Janner over alleged child sex abuses.
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News‘Named and shamed’ barrister suspended over payments
Public access practitioner suspended for failing to pay for work done by three barristers.
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NewsNeuberger warns of ‘unconscious bias’ among judges
Judges should be ‘sensitive’ that often they have a more privileged background that many who appear in court.
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NewsMost legal services consumers expect free advice, finds poll
Rising numbers of clients reporting they have received legal advice without paying for it.
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NewsFirm makes acquisition in expansion push across East Midlands
East Midlands firm Nelsons Solicitors acquires Derby-based Moody and Woolley.
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NewsBSB begins push for more flexible routes to the bar
Bar regulator to develop ‘professional statement’ to define what a newly qualified barrister should be able to do.
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NewsVirtual firm pioneer seeks out traditional office space
Excello Law’s founder says clients and staff want combined virtual and traditional strategy.
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FeatureCriminal legal aid challenge
The Law Society, London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association challenge the lord chancellor’s criminal legal aid reforms.