Last 3 months headlines – Page 436
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NewsScrapped? HMCTS says Covid-19 operating hours 'under review'
Latest operational update suggests the controversial model is not dead yet.
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News£1m cost of advertising for claimants is not recoverable, judge rules
Solicitors leading litigation against British Airways must shoulder the costs of ’getting the business in’.
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NewsNews focus: Back to basics on protecting lawyers
Not associating lawyers with their clients is a UN basic principle, but this has not stopped the demonisation of those merely discharging their duties.
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NewsLaw firms ‘abusing training levy’
Law Society Council member accuses large firms of misusing apprenticeship levy to fund traditional graduate training.
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NewsCourt interpreter firm lands contract extension
thebigword announces that its contract to provide courtroom services has been renewed for three years.
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NewsTunnel or funnel vision?
Sir Geoffrey Vos’s ‘direction of travel’ for an integrated online civil justice system has some obstacles lying in the way.
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NewsSFO ruling casts doubt over other foreign material, lawyers claim
Supreme Court ruled that the SFO cannot demand documents held outside the UK by a foreign company under the Criminal Justice Act 1987.
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NewsSupreme Court clips Serious Fraud Office's wings
SFO cannot require foreign companies to produce documents held outside the UK under Criminal Justice Act, court finds.
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NewsConveyancers need list of approved digital ID suppliers, Land Registry told
Law Society says solicitors do not have knowledge to know which product meets 'safe harbour' requirements.
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NewsCharity walks offer glimpse of Cumbrian paradise
Staff from Cumbria firm Cartmell Shepherd Solicitors take in stunning scenery in the name of charity.
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NewsBar Council warns of post-pandemic barrister shortfall
Number of pupillages registered with the Bar Standards Board fell by 35% last year to 386.
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NewsPoll: Covid pessimism confounded as law firms stay in profit
Grim outlook of last spring not reflected in a sector that has remained relatively buoyant.
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NewsPrivilege can be waived 'without express statement', High Court finds
Alan Edwards v TWM relates to the purchase of a freehold in an exclusive area of London.
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NewsFormer Cubism Law boss charged with misconduct by the SRA
Allegations relating to costs, improper transfers and a 2019 loan brought against Andrew Pena.
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NewsLawyers ordered to pay almost £1m over trustee negligence
Claimants sued legacy Halliwells firm after property of which they were beneficiaries was sold without their consent.
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NewsMore Nightingale courts expected by end of March
Majority of new courtrooms will accommodate criminal trials, the Gazette understands.
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NewsLaw Society launches Wales manifesto ahead of election
Next Senedd term seen as pivotal for devolution of justice.
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NewsLawyers miss out on £16.2k costs after ending CFA for no good reason
Solicitors had tried to terminate retainer after client purportedly asked for return of files.
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NewsFirst4Lawyers to open law firm and keep RTA enquiries for itself
Marketing collective will retain panel for other PI claims but has been forced to run its own whiplash firm.