Headlines – Page 164
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NewsMPs call for Post Office to be fined for delaying payments
Committee also wants cap on victims' legal expenses to be lifted.
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NewsPastures new for solicitor who spent 60 years at same firm
Patrick Burstall, 80, joins another legal practice after six decades at the firm founded by his father in 1946.
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NewsBarrister disbarred over fee note
Bar Standards Board says sanction reflects that ‘dishonesty is wholly incompatible with membership of the bar’.
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NewsRegard yourselves as regulators, Post Office victim tells lawyers
Lee Castleton says lawyers must act as their own regulators to stamp out bad practice.
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NewsSolicitor who cut corners on witness signatures is struck off
Tribunal urges newly-qualified solicitors to exercise caution before professing to be an expert.
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NewsGo back to your communities and talk to Citizens Advice, lawyers told
Dame Clare Moriarty says advice organisations are struggling to meet rising demand for help.
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NewsTop-50 defendant firm prospering under private equity ownership
North-west firm Keoghs, part of the Davies insurance group, continues to grow income and profits.
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NewsBudget: Cash for dispute resolution - but MoJ spending cut by £500m
Overall verdict: government ‘not facing up to challenges plaguing the justice system’.
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NewsSRA has 'lost sight of context' on prosecution, Dentons tells tribunal
Firm says it did not breach anti-money laundering guidance or rules that were in place 10 years ago.
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NewsJudicial blitz on 'stain' of delayed alleged rape cases
Lord Justice Edis says 181 rape cases which have reached or passed their second anniversary will be dealt with by this summer.
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NewsBudget: MoJ officials reveal pressures of being an 'unprotected department'
'It is very difficult in a budget like ours to find places to go,' permanent secretary tells MPs.
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NewsMagistrate given formal advice for misconduct over council tax bill
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said the magistrate had apologised for her actions.
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NewsCivil legal aid review: MoJ kicks reform into long grass
Ministry of Justice's decision to publish findings in phases raises fears that any proposals will fall foul of a general election.
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News'We weren't being heard': siblings share family justice experience
Cafcass chief executive shared interview during her Family Justice Council Bridget Lindley lecture.
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NewsBudget: legal profession sets out wish-list
Law Society says chancellor should seize opportunity to unleash growth in legal sector.
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NewsDecision to refuse relocation to Afghan judge 'plainly faulty'
High Court says it was ‘beyond doubt’ that Helmand Province lawyer had ‘made a substantive and positive contribution’.
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NewsLegal secretary barred over county lines drug conviction
Employee had driven her former boyfriend to facilitate his drug dealing on at least four occasions.
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NewsNews focus: Air taxis test the law
The advent of aircraft piloted remotely with the aid of AI threatens to rip up the rulebook on aviation law, the Law Commission has warned. Knowing what to regulate is fiendishly difficult
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NewsUS firm's UK branch creates new collective redress force
New firm will practise as KP Law Limited and specialise in large scale consumer claims.
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NewsNDA campaigners say case for reform now ‘overwhelming’
Call comes after damning report into non-disclosure agreements by the LSB.