Last 3 months headlines – Page 1042
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NewsLitigation door opens for unsupervised legal executives
ILEX Professional Standards opens application process.
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NewsConservative Party Conference: as it happened
[View the story “All the justice updates from the Conservative annual conference” on Storify]
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NewsGrayling: ‘real plan’ on human rights imminent
Justice secretary prompts speculation of prime ministerial announcement tomorrow.
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NewsQuindell puzzled by tumbling share price
Largest stock exchange-listed law firm attempts to reassure investors.
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NewsSociety urges MPs to investigate contracts consultation
President Andrew Caplen writes to justice select committee to call for an urgent evidence session.
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NewsBT Law cuts losses in first year as ABS
Subsidiary brought in £75,000 in revenue for the year ending 31 March 2014, compared with £15,000 the year before.
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NewsCouncil boss named in discrimination claim
Director of Essex Legal Services made ‘inappropriate references to Hitler’ in hearing of dismissed solicitor, employment tribunal hears.
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NewsSingapore commercial court ‘a threat to London’
Number of cases in Singapore’s international arbitration centre have increased by 300% in 10 years.
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NewsOfgem raps firms over debt letters
Investigation is the latest example to come to light of businesses sending letters purporting to be from an independent law firm.
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NewsIn-house sector out of CPD loop
Survey finds in-house lawyers are concerned about replacement for mandatory CPD.
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NewsTempers fray as last Manchester law centre closes
Campaigners in Manchester say many people now have nowhere left to go for legal advice in the city.
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NewsBarristers set up direct family mediation scheme
Divorce Puzzle will operate ‘lawyer-supported mediation’ at fixed fees starting at £1,350 per party.
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NewsLaw’s grand designs
Northumbria University School of Law was one of a strong UK showing in a league table published last week of the ‘50 most impressive law school buildings in the world’.
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NewsIP court suits moot uke dispute
Two ukulele orchestras are set to face the music in the intellectual property court.
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NewsGrabiner’s new home ‘needs modernising’
The life peer may find Clare College is not the idyll he expected.
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NewsBritain’s last witch trial
It is 70 years since the last prosecution under the Witchcraft Act – and it’s not who many people think.
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SRA closes sports lawyer’s practice
Regulator closes the London-based firm of sports lawyer Mel Goldberg after finding ‘reason to suspect dishonesty’.