Last 3 months headlines – Page 144
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NewsRegulate litigation funding, say 88% of London litigators
Litigation bellwether also reveals that the impact of PACCAR is expected to be minimal - and that firms are not losing work overseas.
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NewsCredit hire boom powers firm’s 62% profit surge
Winn Group offers one-stop shop for claims process - including personal injury.
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NewsFraudster convicted in 2013 ordered to pay further £250,000
Serious Fraud Office discovered a tennis club asset in ongoing proceeds of crime investigation into property dealer.
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NewsMPs to examine causes of probate delays
Justice committee says time is right to examine why service is struggling so badly.
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NewsConveyancing assistant barred over secret commissions
Employee also offered clients a discount on costs if they paid him in cash.
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NewsSisters see success after taking on their late mother’s firm
Andrea and Charlotte Fogg said there was no question of letting Liverpool firm close down.
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NewsSRA 'was warned' SSB Group posed regulatory risk
Creditor asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority to investigate more than six months ago, the Gazette has learned.
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NewsUK to sign Hague 19 'as soon as practicable'
Law Society welcomes announcement - but says this should not stop efforts to accede to the wider-ranging Lugano Convention.
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NewsPermission to appeal denied in high-profile defamation claim
Judges said they would provide reasoning for their decision ‘shortly’ following the half-day hearing of Amersi v Leslie and anor appeal application.
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NewsIsn’t it Ironic?
Contested application for an eight-month adjournment is listed. For 10 months’ time.
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NewsJustice faces new round of spending cuts
Office for Budget Responsibility outlines swingeing impact of Treasury spending assumptions on unprotected departments.
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NewsJudge to put rival ciders to the taste test
‘I have a no-alcohol while sitting rule’, judge tells court in trade mark dispute between Aldi and Thatchers.
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NewsNigeria oil pollution claim survives constitutional challenge
Counsel ‘is not a Nigerian law expert and neither am I’, judge observes in claim against oil giant.
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NewsLitigation friend ordered to pay £42,000 for ‘wholly inadequate’ performance
Although the litigation friend had been unwell, this did not ‘adequately excuse or explain his conduct’, judge says.
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NewsMemory lane
'Failure to embrace' flexible work, a cull on crime firms and dealing with shoplifters: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsFrozen out: Hunt 'ignored' legal sector in autumn statement
Justice budget frozen and full expensing tax benefit not extended to all businesses.
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NewsLitigant in person jailed for contempt in family case
High Court judge says ‘punishment needs to reflect court’s profound disapproval’.
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NewsNew law would protect arbitrators from 'unreasonable lawsuits'
Legislation which will amend the Arbitration Act 1996 has its first reading in the House of Lords.
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NewsClaims firm saddled with £48m debts set for administration
SSB Group took on massive loans to finance expansion after picking up claims from Pure Group.
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NewsTimes apologises to libelled solicitor
Inaccurate article had ‘devastating consequences’ for political career of mineworker sickness specialist.