Last 3 months headlines – Page 1006
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NewsInsurers open data to claimant solicitors in fraud crackdown
Details of long-awaited scheme for sharing information on claimants’ history finally revealed.
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NewsNews focus: statistics of a changing profession
Law Society publishes latest annual statistics report providing a comprehensive snapshot of solicitors in 2014.
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NewsSingle-person bar entities face insurance struggle
Only eight out of 26 commercial insurers the Bar Standards Board approached said they would be willing to insure BSB-regulated entities.
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NewsCosts judge warns on budgeting delays
‘Ask the court to waive costs budgeting if it causes injustice,’ Master David Cook tells personal injury lawyers.
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Redundancies confirmed at international firm
Ince & Co revamps the partnership and secretarial services.
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NewsSolicitors concerned over judge replacement pilot
The Civil Procedure Rules were updated this year to allow for judges to be replaced by legal advisers for certain tasks.
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NewsNumber of practitioners rising fast
Growth in private practice numbers soars to nine-year high - and in-house is expanding too.
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Councils ‘need to be clear’ on ABS plans
Councils ‘need to be clear’ what they want to use alternative business structures for, as the move involves ‘quite a lot of work’.
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Justice report proposes new model for disputes
Report responds to major cuts to legal aid and cuts to the HM Courts & Tribunals Service budget, which have left individuals unable to enforce their rights.
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NewsConfusion reigns over new social care laws
Care Act 2014 ‘likely to result in uncertainty. Having a new set of rules means that certain issues will be litigated about how those rules apply’.
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NewsLambeth plots joint ABS
London Borough of Lambeth’s in-house legal department is hoping to set up alternative business structure with neighbouring borough Southwark.
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Firms warned of pension deficit
A pension scheme trust fund relied upon by a number of law firms to provide pensions for their staff has told members they may be liable for any shortfall in future.
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NewsBach to the future?
A Westminster snout reckons Obiter missed a frontrunner in the race to be next justice secretary.
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NewsMemory lane
Shoosmiths has agreed to pay what is believed to be a substantial referral fee to the Automobile Association.
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Mersey advice beat
Liverpool Law Society is to help local authorities and academics draw up guides to accessible legal advice in Merseyside, after hosting a summit to find solutions to the ‘devastating’ impact of spending cuts on access to justice.
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Human rights essay prize winner
Fourth-year law student Ian McDonald was named winner of this year’s Law Society human rights essay competition at the annual Graham Turnbull Lecture.
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NewsDWF merges with niche practice
National firm DWF is to absorb niche insurance practice Watmores.
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Challenge for funds on climate
Initiative to challenge pension funds to fulfil their legal duties to protect investments from financial risks posed by climate change.