Last 3 months headlines – Page 171
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NewsBar watchdog halts university's training course
University of Hertfordshire must defer next bar course intake to January 2024.
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NewsRevised corporate governance code 'should explicitly mention GCs'
Lawyers say financial reporting watchdog's consultation is a critical opportunity to address historical omission.
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NewsDavid Lammy - coming to a law firm near you?
Latest register of members' interests shows a busy programme for shadow foreign secretary.
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NewsFirm's tweet should have mentioned fee deduction, watchdog rules
Airline complained to Advertising Standards Authority after tweets from flight delay claims firm.
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NewsNew sanctions regime criminalising legal advice, City warns
UK legal services sanctions 'significantly more onerous' than those of the US and EU, law society says.
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NewsJudge with 'unremitting workload' fell asleep during trial
Parties offered a retrial by judge after he admitted nodding off in a hearing.
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News'Think very carefully' before calling court, lawyers warned
Staff cuts are piling pressure on Manchester Civil Justice Centre, according to designated civil judge.
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NewsCourt shows mercy to widow left ‘high and dry’ by solicitors
Case was resurrected more than five years after firm had said the claim was being dropped.
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NewsSolicitor fined for allowing attorneys to sell client's property
Solicitor of 42 years admits he was not suspicious enough of beneficiaries who had powers of attorney.
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NewsUS probes impact of artificial intelligence on legal practice
American Bar Association taskforce will probe the risks, opportunities and governance of emerging technology.
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NewsShy lawyers let clients go months without paying
Analysts say average lock-up among the top 100 is now up to 124 days.
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NewsChalk urged to provide £11.3m legal aid relief
Law Society says temporary 15% fee uplift will stop civil providers vanishing.
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NewsNet debt of listed DWF surges past £100m
International firm will change ownership after a year when profits slid and lock-up days increased.
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NewsDead Fridays: Law Society canvasses views on empty space
LinkedIn question on how firms should respond to quieter office days has already attracted more than 1,000 votes.
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NewsLawyer at 'member firm' had no contract with Baker McKenzie, judge rules
Junior associate in UAE had interactions with Baker McKenzie staff but was not an employee as she claimed.
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NewsPinsents on track to help rejuvenate athletics
International firm is official supplier of legal services to world championships in Budapest.
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NewsCourt closed after surveyors spot 'life-expired' concrete
Precast material frequently used in public buildings between the mid-1960s and 1980s now liable to collapse.
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NewsDon't expect favours from the court, judge tells LiPs
Judge explains that litigants in person have taken on responsibility to know the rules.
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NewsSFO quietly drops corruption probes into mining giants
Longstanding ENRC and Rio Tinto investigations abandoned ahead of new director’s installation next month.
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NewsUAE authority 'signalled intention to disregard' duties
Default judgment latest development in marathon London litigation involving international firm Dechert.