Headlines – Page 954
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NewsSRA urged not to dispense with accounts requirement
The SRA has proposed to abolish the requirement for firms to have and submit an accountant’s report every year.
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NewsKenny quits LSB for private sector
Chief executive to step down from super-regulator after six years in post.
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NewsDoughty Street International to open in The Hague
The set will open a permanent office five minutes away from the International Court of Justice in September.
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NewsDate set for halted fraud trial
First Operation Cotton trial date scheduled as bar indicates a deal is close on fee cuts.
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NewsMishcon recruits former DPP
Sir Keir Starmer has joined Mishcon de Reya as a part-time consultant in its business crime group.
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NewsSolicitors enjoy above-average health, finds survey
Annual well-being survey shows solicitors are in good health - but over stressed.
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NewsTroubled CLS merged with funeral and insurance
Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) will join the group’s funeral and insurance businesses in a new ‘consumer services division’ following a major shakeup of the loss-making alternative business structure.
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NewsFirms underestimate real risks to business
Law firms tend to overestimate the risks that ‘loom largest’ and underestimate those that pose the real threat, a Law Society conference heard last week.
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NewsCases on hold pending post-Mitchell guidance
The Master of the Rolls is expected to issue fresh guidance on relief from sanctions after hearing three post-Mitchell cases in the Court of Appeal.
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BME ‘danger’
Four consultations proposing regulatory reforms represent a threat to the viability of ethnic minority firms, a lawyers’ group has claimed.
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News‘Rude’ challenge
A criminal barrister fined £500 for contempt has challenged the decision – claiming the judge was rude to him.
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Listed legal firms predict revenue boost
Two pioneering, stock-market listed legal services businesses have each made bold promises of rapid expansion.
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Mid-sized practices lead way
Mid-sized firms are outperforming their larger counterparts as small practices struggle to compete, according to the latest benchmarking report from accountants MHA.
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NewsRegistry presses on with land charges takeover
Changes to go ahead despite 95% opposition in consultation.
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NewsMPs promise fourth report on car insurance costs
Report will focus on progress of accredited whiplash panels.
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NewsParliament to probe manorial rights
MPs to act after spate of applications to claim ancient rights to property.
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NewsShiner accuses Grayling of ‘personal vendetta’
Legal Aid Agency inquiry into Phil Shiner and his firm Public Interest Lawyers is a ‘distraction’.
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Court of Appeal rules against second airline on flight delays
Claimant had been delayed by six hours on a flight from Gatwick to the Dominican Republic and sought £480 compensation.
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NewsPractising certificate fee set to fall by 17%
Proposed levy of £320 is subject to Law Society Council approval and member consultation.