Last 3 months headlines – Page 415
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NewsPink string and smokes: articling in the 80s
Readers’ memories of serving articles have now entered a fourth decade, with Melanie Benn’s recollections of joining ‘a very large South Yorkshire firm’ in 1989.
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NewsAnyone for post-pandemic rugger and netball?
More great news for athletic types: the Law Society RFC 7s & Netball Tournament is back and with a year’s worth of pent up demand, the organisers are looking forward to another record-breaking year.
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NewsNew breed of law firm consultancy transforming the market
As the pandemic has shown how remote working can provide major benefits for legal practices, clients and lawyers, the traditional law firm could be facing an existential threat.
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NewsNews focus: Every little helps - FTSE 100 panels and diversity (part 2)
In the second of a two-part investigation, the Gazette discovers how major corporates are pushing their legal firms to increase diversity and inclusion – amid fears that such policies could backfire.
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NewsLaw Society begins home information pilot
Key information for home buyers and sellers will be available earlier in the conveyancing process.
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NewsLinklaters offers redundancy to all London secretaries
Magic circle firm plans to introduce a flexible working policy once lockdown is lifted.
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NewsSupreme Court: Carers not entitled to minimum wage when asleep
Two sleep-in carer workers brought proceedings on the grounds that sleep counted as 'working time' for minimum wage purposes.
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NewsBar predicts income boost from students - despite pupillage drought
Regulator expects to collect £1.35m from bar school fees this year, 40% more than last year's budget prediction.
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NewsSociety raises concern over JR proposal on ouster clauses
Chancery Lane says government must remain answerable to the law like the rest of us.
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NewsProtest laws ‘a mess’, says joint committee
Joint Committee on Human Rights says the right to protest has not been protected during lockdown.
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NewsTracksuit bottoms the rig of the day as QC appointment letters arrive by email
New silks promised an in-person ceremony later in the year.
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NewsQuarter of bar pupils report financial hardship
Some 26% of pupil barristers said their remuneration was ‘insufficient’ in a Bar Council survey.
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NewsJR reform: Buckland to 'go further' than Faulks review
Lawyers voice concern that reforms go beyond what Independent Review of Adminstrative Law recommended.
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NewsFirms boasting too much online risk their reputation, SRA chief warns
Regulator dealing with consequences of firms publishing more information about quality.
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NewsBuckland announces JR reforms to keep judges away from politics
Independent review found courts were increasingly considering the merits of government decisions.
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News‘Act of spite’: Lord Reed decries proposals to change Supreme Court's name
Changing the Supreme Court’s name would degrade its reputation internationally, says top judge.
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NewsNo legal aid for parents fighting to continue baby's life-sustaining treatment
Barrister stepped in to represent mother and father for free after hearing about their plight through hospital's lawyer.
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NewsTop immigration firm ‘abused’ court process with futile JR claims
Duncan Lewis avoids referral to SRA after offering 'profound regret' for conduct of cases.
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NewsLord chief nudges lawyers back to court
'Possible and desirable' to increase attendance at in-person hearings, says Lord Burnett of Maldon.