Headlines – Page 909
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NewsLet mediation solve ‘toxic’ disputes – Tory MP
MoJ last month said it would encourage greater use of mediation in boundary disputes, but stopped short of making it compulsory for all litigants.
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NewsSussex authorities merge legal teams
Legal team at Eastbourne Borough Council will transfer to the employment of Lewes District Council on 1 April.
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NewsLPC graduates toil to find training contracts
Junior Lawyers Division calls difference in numbers of registered trainees and LPC course finishers ‘very discouraging’.
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Views wanted on legal innovation
Law firms asked to participate in the next phase of a study by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsArgentina’s silent march for Alberto Nisman
State prosecutor had accused the country’s president and foreign minister of covering up Iran’s role in a 1994 terrorist bombing.
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NewsLegal aid challenge for inquests succeeds
High Court says current government guidance provides ‘materially misleading impression’ of the law.
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NewsRevise domestic abuse legal aid rules, MoJ urged
Citizens Advice says restrictions leading victims to ‘give up on their rights to justice’.
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NewsBSB wants to surrender powers on pupillages
Chambers and employers best placed to design the pupillage experience, says Bar Standards Board.
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NewsGovernment ‘admits lawyer snooping unlawful’
Legal representative bodies say breach of professional privilege fundamentally unacceptable.
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NewsTrowers applies for Malaysia licence
Firm hopes to become first qualified foreign law firm following market liberalisation.
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NewsReport: look after ‘Generation Y’, or they’ll move on
New research by the Law Society highlights talent-retention headache caused by ‘millennial mobility’.
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NewsPI giant moves in to conveyancing
National Accident Helpline operator buys online lead generator.
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NewsBlow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review
Law Society and practitioner groups brought challenges over crime duty tender process.
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NewsPioneering family court to go national
Department for Education providing £2.5m to extend drug and alcohol court across England.
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NewsSRA apologises for trainee ‘confusion’
Regulator had released figures suggesting a sharp increase in the number of trainee solicitors.
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NewsAnonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims
Court of Appeal rules claimants in PI and medical injury approval hearings should be anonymous unless there is good reason for identifying them.
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NewsChallenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling
Rights of Women charity appealing High Court decision on Law Society-backed challenge.
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NewsCriminal legal aid judgment tomorrow
Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard last month.
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NewsMusic dominates copyright disputes
City firm RPC analysed High Court cases in the year ended 30 June 2014.
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NewsMinisters ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan
Shadow justice secretary asked about growth of litigants in person in court four months ago – but says he has yet to receive an answer.