All articles by Gazette reporter – Page 24
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NewsDiversity the watchword as Supreme Court competitions open
Separate competitions have been launched for president, and for justices to replace the retired Lord Toulson and soon-to-retire Lord Clarke.
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NewsEx-Leeds Utd MD fails to overturn costs award against fellow solicitor
David Haigh applied to Westminster Magistrates’ Court to bring a private prosecution against Peter Gray.
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NewsSociety celebrates solicitor's elevation to Court of Appeal
'I long for the day this is routine,' Sir Gary Hickinbottom tells Chancery Lane event.
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NewsTransparency proposals 'could mislead clients' - Society
Law Society condemns SRA proposals to create a digital register of raw regulatory data.
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NewsLaw Society appoints interim chief executive
Paul Tennant ran housing association Orbit for 14 years and is a former president of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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NewsBar is male, pale and privately educated – and it will take women 50 years to catch up
The Bar Standards Board’s annual report on diversity concludes that some progress was made last year.
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NewsAccess to EU legal institutions on Law Society’s Brexit wishlist
Rights of audience in Court of Justice of European Union among the sector’s priorities, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsLegal profession 'united on Brexit'
Chancery Lane says that bar's Brexit Papers reinforces common message.
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NewsLaw Society publishes ‘transparency toolkit’ for firms
Chancery Lane acts ahead of expected Competition Watchdog call for more information about prices and service quality.
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News‘Article 50 in 50 seconds’ – video addresses ‘confusion’ over role of courts in Brexit
Law Society initiative follows media backlash in which High Court judges were branded ‘enemies of the people’.
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NewsReligious discrimination laws ‘working well’, says national equality body
EHRC rules out law change that would protect a Christian registrar who refused to perform a civil partnership ceremony.
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NewsPrice collusion on Justin Bieber posters brings director disqualification legal landmark
Director banned for five years after pop music poster traders agreed not to undercut each other on Amazon.
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NewsScottish firms tight-lipped on merger rumour
MacRoberts and Morton Fraser said to be in late-stage merger talks.
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NewsPublic opposed to SRA handbook proposals
Ipsos-Mori survey shows the public likely to be overwhelmingly opposed to removal of key client protections.
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NewsMan arrested after solicitor found dead
Alison Jane Farr-Davies, 42, ‘was always helping others’, family says.
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Lateral moves driven more by culture than pay, recruiter claims
Study finds that only 15% of newly moved partners 'motivated by compensation’.
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News‘Unduly lenient’ sentences hiked for 102 offenders
Number has risen 13% since 2010, but requests have more than doubled – suggesting judges ‘generally get sentencing right’.
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NewsMoney claims ‘being priced out of court’, says bar
Bar Council raises concern over 19% drop in county court judgments against businesses in first half of 2016.
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NewsCMC rapped by watchdog over misleading ads
Lloyds Bank complained that Stanton Fisher made claims about PPI compensation that were not substantiated.
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NewsAward for trainee solicitor’s injury to feelings not excessive
Employment appeal upholds £14,000 compensation for woman treated 'in a demeaning and disrespectful manner'.