All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 33
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NewsStricter safeguards needed around private prosecutions, say MPs
Post Office scandal reveals ‘danger of the power to prosecute being misused’, justice committee warns.
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NewsBar Council urges government lawyers to feed back on judicial review
A call for evidence was issued by the Independent Review of Administrative Law last month.
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NewsLawyers at risk of physical attack after Patel speech, says Law Society
Home secretary denounced ‘lefty lawyers’ in conference address.
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NewsWhite & Case boosts NQ pay by £25k
International firm announces significant pay rises for junior lawyers.
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NewsPatel lashes out at ‘lefty lawyers’ in asylum speech
Home secretary promises ‘biggest overhaul of our asylum system in decades’ during party conference address.
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NewsLord Sumption: justice faces digital trade-off
'Extremely difficult' to cross examine witnesses online, says former Supreme Court justice.
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NewsSacked SFO lawyer claims he was victim of 'conspiracy'
Former case controller Tom Martin is suing the SFO for unfair dismissal.
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NewsHomeworking putting billable hours under pressure, firms told
Distribution of work ‘very uneven’ in some firms as partners hang on to work normally given to juniors.
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NewsCriminal barristers earning less than minimum wage, Bar Council claims
The justice sector in a ‘dire state’ and plagued by ‘outrageously long delays’, according to representative body.
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NewsDWF to replace training contracts with SQE apprenticeship scheme
Graduate entry-level apprenticeship programme will be introduced in January 2022.
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NewsIranian human rights lawyer wins ‘alternative Nobel prize’ from cell
Nasrin Sotoudeh recognised for ‘unrelenting commitment to justice’.
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NewsFCA to return to court over business interruption insurance
Regulator and insurers have failed to reach agreement over business interruption insurance judgment.
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NewsOnline probate forms mandatory for solicitors from next month
Statutory instrument laid today will apply to majority of probate cases.
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NewsBar sets could move online post-coronavirus, says QC
Lockdown has ‘made people realise how little they in fact used or needed the traditional chambers model’.
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NewsCourt service tackles jump in probate applications
Around 2,000 more applications for grants of probate were received in August than pre-coronavirus.
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NewsInce lays off 50 staff and suspends dividend payments
Listed firm also considering scaling back its office space, according to trading update.
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NewsFCA prepares for Supreme Court in business interruption action
Regulator files ‘leapfrog’ application in case agreement is not reached by end of tomorrow.
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NewsCity firms snap up ex-ministers for consultancy roles
Geoffrey Cox QC and Baroness Nicky Morgan have joined Withers and Travers Smith respectively.
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NewsCity puts brakes on return to the office
Stephenson Harwood, Hogan Lovells and Eversheds Sutherland have paused their re-entry plans.
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NewsHalf of City partners attended private schools
Consultancy says City career pipeline ‘still disproportionately narrow’ for state educated lawyers.