All articles by Gazette reporter – Page 25
-
News‘Support programme’ to boost diversity of High Court bench
Thirty places set to be made available to women, BME candidates and the ‘less advantaged’.
-
NewsWelsh law officer says justice curbs threaten human rights
Counsel general Mick Antoniw says legal system in Wales is ‘at a crossroads’.
-
NewsSharia review seeks experiences
Formal call for evidence for those who have used a sharia council in the past five years.
-
NewsChancery Lane remembers the Somme
'As we reflect on the horrors of the past, we draw strength for the challenges of the future' – chief executive.
-
NewsPenningtons Manches pays tribute to Lesley Lintott
First female partner and chief executive has died.
-
NewsSolicitor becomes Welsh government’s law officer
Labour AM for Pontypridd Mick Antoniw is a former partner of trade union firm Thompsons.
-
NewsBrexit lobby lawyer sets out practice priorities
Clive Thorne of pro-Leave group Lawyers for Britain wants to see urgent action in areas including IP and competition law.
-
NewsTribunal fee increases will deny justice, Law Society warns
Chancery Lane responds to proposals to increase Asylum and Immigration Tribunal fees by more than 500%.
-
NewsCautious welcome for insolvency regime change
Government proposes three-month moratorium on legal action against struggling businesses.
-
NewsBar regulator clears penultimate hurdle to licensing ABSs
Subject to the lord chancellor’s rubber stamp, the Bar Standards Board will be able to regulate non-lawyer-owned legal firms.
-
NewsQS founder offers stakes in comparison site to law firms
Saleem Arif is looking for practices willing to invest at least £3,000 in ReviewSolicitors.
-
NewsSlashing back the SRA Handbook could be ‘too much’ – LSB
SRA ‘moving in the right direction’ but firms could struggle to cope with wholesale review of the handbook, super-regulator warns.
-
NewsSociety to consider council shakeup
Smaller council and new board including lay members to be proposed by Chancery Lane governance review.
-
NewsLegal sector worth £26bn to economy
Law Society study gives first estimate of lawyers' 'wider economic value'.
-
NewsGreen light for county-owned legal services company
Kent County Council agrees plans to create alternative business structure.
-
-
NewsSeparate legal jurisdiction could trigger ‘brain drain’ in Wales
Minister warns that talented lawyers will ‘desert’ Wales if country severs 500-year-old ties.
-
NewsSociety demands clarity on legal aid contracting
President writes to minister calling for public statement amid speculation two-tier contracting is to be abandoned.
-
NewsInsurers to pass on 100% of whiplash savings, says MoJ
Government says agreement follows ‘recent roundtable meeting’ with insurance industry.
-
NewsWomen overtake men in Scottish profession
Over half of solicitors north of the border are now female – but women are under-represented at the top.