All articles by Gazette reporter – Page 13
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NewsSLAPPs: Solicitors ignorant of reporting duties, SRA review finds
Law firm visits found senior lawyers handling reputation management cases were not aware of SRA guidance on abusive litigation.
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NewsGlobal bar aims to 'change profession's mindset'
International Bar Association announces creation of permanent Professional Wellbeing Commission.
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NewsHill Dickinson’s top earner nets £1m as profits surge
Liverpool-headquartered firm records £10m rise in profit before member remuneration.
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NewsTaylor Wessing’s top earner enjoys 48% rise to nearly £5m
Bumper pay round for executive partners at City firm reflects bullish trading.
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NewsSRA promises to act on competence failures
Announcement follows statement by super-regulator on ongoing competence checks.
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NewsTLT’s profits break £50m in record year
Bristol-headquartered national firm repaid Covid grants as profits grew by 26%.
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NewsTreat colleagues with 'courtesy and respect', judges told
Statement of expected behaviour follows findings of research commissioned by the lord chief justice.
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NewsProfits surge at Brabners
Trans-Pennine firm represented Coleen Rooney in the now infamous 'Wagatha Christie' case.
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NewsSociety slams retained EU law 'sunset' measure
Retained EU Law Bill a 'recipe for bad law-making'.
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NewsSRA hires Ofwat director
New strategy and innovation chief will focus on technology in the legal sector.
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NewsCautious welcome for SRA’s indemnity proposals
Solicitors Indemnity Fund replacement must meet three key principles, Law Society says.
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NewsParole hearings go public - to a select few
All 32 seats for the first hearing were snapped up two months ago.
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NewsSRA reveals £20 charge for non-practising solicitors to stay on roll
Revival of the charge has angered some retired solicitors.
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NewsSociety condemns Home Office asylum delays
The number of people waiting longer than six months for a decision on their asylum claim has nearly doubled in the past year.
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NewsSociety welcomes Switzerland travel deal
Lawyers and other professionals can continue to travel to Switzerland for up to 90 days a year without a short-stay permit.
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NewsNHS trust warns staff about solicitors 'coercing' vulnerable patients
Employees at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s alerted to alleged incidents of patients lacking capacity being pressured to sign documents.
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NewsEU law overhaul will have 'devastating impact' - Society
Measure 'raises uncomfortable questions for parliamentary sovereignty, legal certainty and the rule of law'.
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NewsMinister slams ‘anti-British’ lawyers for thwarting Rwanda plan
Comments by Andrea Jenkyns in letter to embattled home secretary 'deeply irresponsible', Law Society says.
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NewsInsurers claim win in landmark Covid cases - but so does Greggs
High Court rejects argument that payouts should be limited to 'single occurence' of pandemic disruption. But insurers remain bullish over compensation for aggregate losses.
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NewsNew Law Society president pledges focus on professional ethics
'I take on the role at a difficult time for the legal profession.'