Last 3 months headlines – Page 129
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NewsPost Office lawyers feared ‘PR storm’ if prosecutions halted
Public inquiry also hears that Post Office investigator was told in 2008 that Horizon was faulty.
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NewsThe Traitors: just like multi-party litigation?
Private wealth disputes solicitor draws comparisons between alliances on BBC show and real-life events.
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NewsBanned vexatious litigant fails in latest attempt to reopen seven-year-old case
Judge rules that applications by 'Deuda' are the work of Paul Millinder, jailed in his absence for contempt.
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NewsState immunity 'irrelevant' in $124m arbitration award, High Court finds
Case centered on a $124m arbitration award plus a further $1 in ‘moral damages and costs’ against Zimbabwe over land.
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NewsLiverpool firm shut over suspected dishonesty of veteran boss
Abensons Law Limited was founded in 1974 and practised in private client law.
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NewsPlight of Iranian lawyers 'extremely dire'
Lawyers continue to face systematic persecution in Iran, an international coalition has warned on eve of annual awareness day.
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NewsProperty lawyers handling 40% fewer cases as market reverts to mean
Post-pandemic housebuying ‘frenzy’ generated a spike in transactions, but the average firm’s caseload is now on a par with 2019.
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NewsBench Book refresh: racism chapter 'tighter and full of practical guidance'
Judiciary declines to confirm if revised version will contain 'problematic' sentences brought to bench book editors' attention.
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NewsSolicitor handed record £13,836 SRA fine for drink-drive offence
Regulator continues to use new powers to link financial penalties to solicitors’ income.
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NewsNews focus: Rebooting justice - computer is not always right
Experts have long warned of the dangers of the ‘computer is always right’ presumption in law. The Post Office Inquiry has only added to calls for a new approach to the handling of IT-derived evidence.
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NewsTonic for IP lawyers as M&S gin battle heads to Court of Appeal
Appeal judges will hear the supermarkets’ arguments over a festive gin-based liqueur.
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NewsBarrister Robert Courts sworn in as solicitor general
Witney and West Oxfordshire MP appointed to attorney general's office during December mini-reshuffle.
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NewsPrison lawyers reveal shocking struggles to see their clients
Solicitor says report provides a 'small snapshot' of the widespread serious delays and lack of appropriate facilities.
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NewsBig firms under costs pressure as salaries rise faster than revenue
Analysis of newly published accounts at CMS and Trowers & Hamlins reflects wider sector trends.
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NewsWasted costs order refused against representative who 'did his client's bidding'
Employment judge blames client’s behaviour for lay representative's failure to deal with case appropriately.
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NewsPatent 'secret commissions' group claim set for trial
Court of Appeal rules that claim against IP firm may proceed as a representative action.
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NewsJustice committee chair appointed honorary KC
Sir Bob Neill MP awarded title for helping to uphold the rule of law, and advocating for the judiciary and legal profession.
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NewsTesco driver paid to stage crashes ordered to pay £18,000
County court judge describes case as 'fraud and conspiracy of unprecedented scale'.
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NewsDon’t drive my Carr
Dame Sue Carr’s appearance before the House of Commons justice select committee began with constitutional fireworks.