Last 3 months headlines – Page 1085
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NewsBarrister tax cheat disbarred
Edward Paul Agbaje was jailed after failing to pass on VAT charged to clients.
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NewsLeading CPD firm ceases trading
Progressive Legal Training Ltd announces closure a week after regulator’s announcement that mandatory requirement is to end.
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NewsCommission calls for review of hate crime
Law Commission proposes extending aggravating features of offending.
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NewsJR proceedings begin over legal aid cuts
The two main criminal solicitor groups launch challenge to the government’s decision to press ahead with reforms.
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NewsInterpreters contract ‘unacceptable’ – top family judge
Sir James Munby criticises the MoJ’s contract with Capita after being forced to abandon a final adoption hearing for want of interpreters.
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NewsFirms report pre-recession rates of growth
Professional services firms are buoyant as turnover grows at the fastest pace since 2006.
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NewsPublic access bar service claims ‘crowdfunding’ success
Online service myBarrister.co.uk says it has raised £163,000 in two months.
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NewsReding claims direct backing of voters
EU justice commissioner elected to European parliament and says EU justice policies on course.
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Money launderers to face up to 14 years in prison
The Sentencing Council has published guidlines for fraud offences, including for the first time money laundering.
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NewsMoJ’s ‘high-risk’ projects on the rise
The number of high-risk projects in the ministry has doubled since last year – but legal aid reform is on track.
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NewsLinder Myers starts talks on redundancies
Chief executive Tony Stockdale confirms the firm will look at cutting ‘a number’ of positions over the next month.
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NewsMediations up but fees down, survey shows
The number of civil and commercial mediations has risen by 9% in the past two years, but greater competition has caused a sharp drop in fees.
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NewsJudge shuns Mitchell stance in ‘interests of justice’
Eady: wrong to have justice ‘compromised merely for the sake of discipline or the marking of disapproval’.
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NewsLandmark whistleblowing case could ‘open floodgates’
Employment lawers say the Bates van Winkelhof case could open firms to more claims.
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NewsHelpline shareholders poised for £32.7m windfall
National Accident Helpline sets out details of plans to float on the stock exchange next week.
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NewsUnions create law firm ABS to rival high street
UNIONLINE formed to serve thousands of members after licence granted by SRA.
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NewsBrokers warn SRA plans ‘unlikely’ to cut PII costs
Consultation has created uncertainty and failed to address key problems in the market, say insiders.
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NewsHampshire firm offers will-writing by Skype
Move means clients will not have to attend the solicitor’s office.
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NewsCall the PDS, regulator tells solicitors caught in protest
The SRA has issued guidance to solicitors struggling to find advocates in cases affected by the bar’s refusal to take them.