Last 3 months headlines – Page 890
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NewsCourt fee hikes behind fall in business judgments
‘Common sense’ suggests number of court judgments reduced by fee rises – as well as economic recovery.
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NewsBrexit: Addleshaws postpones pay review
Corporate firm has warned that growth this year will be a ‘challenge’ following June’s Brexit vote.
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NewsCity split on ‘woeful’ white-collar crime law
‘It is hard to see that the Proceeds of Crime Act will ever be fit for purpose.’
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NewsMoJ seeks to plug legal aid housing gap
Citizens Advice bombarded with requests for advice on illegal eviction.
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NewsJudge rejects inadequate costs bills
‘Important warning’ to solicitors on information given to clients on work done.
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NewsInjury lawyers slam plans to delete company records
Claimant representatives say access to data is vital for pursuing cases against negligent former employers.
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NewsNew MedCo warning on multiple registration
Government efforts to curb poor behaviour imminent, but some companies continue to flout the rules.
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NewsCrowdfunding bid for second Brexit challenge
Bindmans solicitor John Halford instructed on article 50 case.
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NewsJudicial pension scheme delayed again
New scheme for fee-paid judges now on course to be implemented a year late.
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NewsSolicitor’s first boxing match aged 63
Commercial property lawyer Phil Costigan ‘dead chuffed’ with result of debut.
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News‘Support programme’ to boost diversity of High Court bench
Thirty places set to be made available to women, BME candidates and the ‘less advantaged’.
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Detective ‘downplayed affair’ with murder accused’s solicitor, panel hears
Detective Constable Peter Surgay is facing a misconduct panel.
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NewsCriminal justice ‘institutionally racist’, solicitors allege
London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association says black defendants can often expect ‘white judges and an all-white courtroom’.
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NewsFake universities ‘likely to have offered law degrees’
Of 62 bogus learning institutions identified, 25 based overseas claiming to be UK universities have been closed down.
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NewsSociety gives qualified backing to ABS reforms
Traditional firms and ABSs must operate on level playing field, says Chancery Lane.
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NewsPanel hears police officer had affair with murder case solicitor
Detective Constable Peter Surgay is facing a misconduct panel.
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NewsBar ‘entities’ flop – so fees under review
Bar Standards Board expected 400 applications from lawyers hoping to incorporate into single-person ‘entities’. There were just 46.
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NewsJudge rues ‘attritional warfare’ in PI case
‘Great deal of time and money spent by solicitors on both sides attacking the opposing party’, says Mr Justice Edis.
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NewsBrexit: UK firms ‘need US-qualified lawyers’
‘No mass exodus yet’ but City firms may have to revise their employment strategies to compete, say recruiters.
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NewsFifty law firms face race against time to stay in business
Practices insured by unrated outfit Enterprise have less than three weeks to find alternative indemnity cover.