Headlines – Page 619
-
NewsA new funder and £1.2bn for an old one - litigation finance awash with cash
Research finds the main problem for funders is choosing the most profitable legal cases to back.
-
NewsWatchdog admits six-month wait to look at legal complaints
'Foundations for sustainable future performance are in place', claims Office for Legal Complaints chair.
-
NewsBan for barrister who sent 14 emails falsely claiming case progression
John Mitton was also banned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as part of a regulatory settlement.
-
News
Litigation funder Manolete hails growing caseload as profits climb
Litigation funder floated on AIM last week and its shares are trading at a premium.
-
NewsSuper-regulator puts SRA chief on spot over Leigh Day probe
Legal services watchdogs have called into question the SRA’s handling of the failed Leigh Day investigation, after correspondence revealed that the regulator liaised closely with government throughout the probe. A spokesperson for the Legal Services Board said its chief executive Neil Buckley has raised the issue verbally in meetings with ...
-
NewsHMCTS names courts to benefit from £15m upgrade project
Roofs replaced, heating systems fixed and broken lifts repaired.
-
NewsGovernment to draw up harassment 'code of practice'
Response to Women and Equalities Committee recommends consulting over non-disclosure agreements.
-
NewsAccountancy watchdog criticised over legal services procurement
Open tendering for legal services must be more transparent, review recommends.
-
NewsFirm fighting challenges over bills enters administration
Southport practice had been pursued through the courts to release client files.
-
NewsCosts head banned for £10k fraud plot against firm
SRA imposes exclusion order on Karen Medley after last year’s conviction.
-
NewsGovernment opts against zero-hours contract ban
Biggest overhaul for ‘20 years’ hands new powers to tribunals but does not outlaw zero hours contracts.
-
NewsProblem-solving pioneer judge Nicholas Crichton dies
Tributes paid to retired judge who 'believed in people's capacity to change'.
-
News‘Mindful’ Dentons employees report stress reduction
Bosses say it is the first global law firm to roll out a mindfulness programme.
-
NewsCosts 'disproportionately high' in Russian oligarch battle
Macfarlanes failed to provide ‘basic information’, according to High Court judgment.
-
NewsLCJ berates 'sub-optimal' court conditions
Lord chief justice also addresses the notion there are insufficient funds to deal with problems.
-
News
Newly listed litigation funder trading at a premium
Niche litigation funder Manolete has made a bright start to life as a public company after listing on the junior AIM market last Friday. At 195p the shares were this morning trading at a significant premium to the offer price of 175p, which gave Manolette an initial market capitalisation of ...
-
News
Disclosure reform will tackle 'excessive' cost, say top general counsel
Disclosure reforms next month will combat the ‘wasted and excessive’ costs of the current regime, corporate clients asserted last week. Discussing the reforms at a GC 100 seminar, in-house lawyers were broadly optimistic that the mandatory disclosure pilot coming into force in January would yield the results they wanted. Richard ...
-
NewsFixed costs pilot set for take-off in business courts in 2019
Jackson’s blueprint for fixed costs in Business and Property Courts may finally be coming to fruition.
-
NewsCity watchdog tells claims farmers new regime offers 'trust dividend'
Financial Conduct Authority assumes responsibility for regulating CMCs next year.
-
NewsFirm fined £5,000 for misjudgment over divorce advice conflict
Agreed outcome shows firm was advised it should stop acting for client.