Last 3 months headlines – Page 85
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NewsSRA liable for £189,000 costs after ignoring its own AML guidance
Tribunal rebuffs regulator's attempt to penalise international firm Dentons after unsuccessful prosecution.
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NewsJAC considers extending 'equal merits' appointments
Judicial Appointments Commission currently applies equal merits provision to women and candidates from ethnic minorities.
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NewsOver 3,000 solicitors on inaugural pro bono 'recognition list'
Law Society president says lawyers' dedication to helping those without support ensures justice not just for the privileged.
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NewsSRA issues new client account warning
Regulator issues apparently unprompted edict to profession not to allow shortages to linger.
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NewsFee earner guilty of contempt over pre-departure emails
Lawyer had sent himself 50 emails with important documents days before leaving firm.
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NewsStone setting ceremony for criminal defence 'stalwart'
Lawyers will be able to pay their final respects to solicitor-advocate who died in 2021.
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NewsOffice manager helped to move £176k from client accounts to save firm
Transfers were made to the office account to pay staff wages and settle business loans.
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NewsConservative lawyer MPs face almost total wipeout
Lord chancellor and attorney general among those facing a fight to return to parliament.
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NewsCourt interpreters raise grievances over new booking system
Interpreters say app issues are leaving them without access to critical case information and affecting their income.
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NewsLaw Society announces date for special general meeting
SGM to hear confidence motion over latest version of TA6 property information form.
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NewsSRA probing 20 solicitors and firms over Post Office scandal
In updated statement, regulator says investigation includes conduct of lawyers during and since prosecutions.
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NewsClimate campaigners hail ‘landmark’ Supreme Court judgment
Ruling that planning authority should have taken account of ‘downstream’ greenhouse gas emissions could affect other drilling projects.
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NewsSanctions regime ineffective, legal review concludes
Procedure 'lacks consistency, clarity of process and proportionality and fails to achieve its aims in punishing bad actors', authors claim.
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NewsSolicitor sacked weeks after telling boss she was pregnant
Firm had been in talks over a promotion but then made pregnant employee redundant.
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NewsSolicitor candidates contest key seats in general election
Dozens of lawyers stand good chances of election after being selected for winnable seats on 4 July.
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NewsLords leaping into marriage
Three daughters of the 1930s nightclub queen Kate Meyrick married peers of the realm.
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NewsFirms push ahead with office upgrades and new locations
Firms continues to seek bigger and brighter places to work in city centres.
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NewsCheers, m’lords! RCJ spills wine-tasting secrets
Long-locked cupboard in Royal Courts of Justice press room is finally prised open.
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NewsGallery: London Legal Walk 2024
Summer’s here and the time is right for walking in the streets for justice.
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NewsWomen's justice charity unveils training programme for defence lawyers
Director Harriet Wistrich says lawyers need to understand the dynamics of domestic abuse so they can properly represent their clients.