Last 3 months headlines – Page 33
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NewsEmployment tribunal dismisses paralegal's claims in flexible working dispute
Law firm staff member returned from maternity leave wanting to work from home three days a week.
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NewsWe could have danced all night
After the Solicitors’ Waltz, something to have M&A lawyers reaching for their dancing shoes.
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NewsCouncil lawyers raise concerns over remote meeting limitations
Local government body tells Whitehall that limiting remote attendance could lead to legal challenges.
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NewsSolicitor suspended for a year over accounts rules breaches
‘Client money is sacrosanct,’ agreed outcome judgment states.
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NewsClyde continues US expansion with Dallas merger
International firm now has 19 offices and more than 100 attorneys in US and Canada.
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NewsHM Land Registry staff vote to strike over compulsory office attendance
Industrial action will not affect conveyancing transactions, agency says.
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NewsPost Office: Lawyers making millions from faulty redress schemes in spotlight
Payments to sub-postmasters take so long that some die before they receive a penny, MPs report.
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NewsNew year brings extra fees as hourly rates uplifted
Master of the rolls also reveals that future rates may depend on work rather than location.
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NewsJudge praises lawyers for helping end 'significant' delay in adoption case
Family court judgment says delays were result of local authority's 'failure to understand its statutory obligations in respect of adoption support'.
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NewsCity solicitor fined £27,500 over AML compliance failings
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said financial penalty was ‘appropriate and proportionate’.
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NewsJudge throws out libel and data misuse claims over Olympic boxer documentary
High Court finds both libel and misuse of private information claims had ‘no realistic prospect of success’.
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NewsKnighthood for former magic circle chief leads legal honours list
Recipients of honours include former CJEU advocate general Eleanor Sharpston KC and Dana Denis-Smith, founder of the First 100 Years initiative.
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NewsStrike-off for solicitor who asked clients to pay fees into personal bank account
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal allows respondent to be anonymised in agreed outcome judgment.
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NewsBarrister referred to regulator over ‘abusive’ extradition JR claim
In the same judgment, judges did not refer other lawyers in a different case to their regulators but marked their disapproval in public judgment.
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NewsJunior solicitor struck off for dishonesty over LPA misleading dates
In agreed outcome, SDT finds strike-off is only appropriate sanction following admissions.
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NewsCourt sitting days: MoJ reviewing impact on judicial diversity
Government looking at whether minimum level of sittings makes part-time judicial role less attractive to legal professionals.
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NewsPupil barrister suspended over skeleton argument
Bar Standards Board said the pupil’s conduct ‘fell below the high standards of honesty and integrity’.
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NewsBarrister’s appeal against sanction dismissed by High Court
Mrs Justice Lang found the tribunal was ‘well aware’ consequences would be harsh but was entitled to suspend barrister.