Last 3 months headlines – Page 317
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News'Loss-making' rates behind decline in community care work
Firms tell social care charity they are reluctant to take on cases because the work is financially unviable.
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NewsJudge declines recusal despite being owed £7,700 by claimant
International firm’s claim for £1m in unpaid fees is heard by judge still owed money for past work.
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NewsBigger four: KPMG to double size of UK legal practice
Firm says expansion will create 'a different type of law offering' with a global reach.
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NewsSlaughters appoints first ‘responsible business’ director
Magic circle firm’s appointment follows similar move by Hogan Lovells last week.
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NewsAppeal court shows mercy to LiP over ‘unless’ order
Judges say ‘relatively venial’ mistakes were not enough to kill off claim in breach of contract case.
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NewsExemplary damages ‘never appropriate’ as negotiating strategy
Senior privacy judge clears NHS hospital in claim over breach of newborn infant’s data.
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NewsEquity investors flex muscles in merger flurry
Firms and WIP being snapped up by firms enjoying new backing from investors.
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NewsFirm loses bid to identify ‘toxic environment’ reviewer
BW Legal Services sought Norwich Pharmacal relief against review website Glassdoor.
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NewsCity firm’s home working pay cut makes headlines
Stephenson Harwood says full-time remote workers face 20% salary reduction.
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NewsMagistrates' new jailing powers come in to force
Critics fear latest measure to tackle court backlog will result in more appeals to the Crown court.
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NewsGovernment ‘looking carefully’ at radical clin neg proposals
Patients’ charity says well-established compensation system cannot be thrown out overnight.
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NewsCharles Russell Speechlys to pay out £1.5m in negligence claim
International firm 'fell short of the standard of care required of a reasonably competent solicitor'.
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NewsClifford Chance finalises Moscow spin-off
Magic circle firm says ‘small number’ of Moscow team likely to be made redundant.
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NewsChancery interim applications in person next month
Sir Julian Flaux says interim applications in person by default from 9 May.
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NewsSolicitor on jury service jailed for researching trial evidence
Experienced solicitor's actions caused trial to be abandoned at an estimated cost of £30,000.
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NewsLondon defence solicitors demand 25% fee increase
Practitioner group revises what it is willing to accept from government after members say 15% uplift isn't enough.
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NewsSRA chief admits ethnicity pay gap figure is ‘not acceptable’
In first report, regulator says disparity is due to white staff accounting for 88% of best-paid staff.
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NewsPart of the union: GMB sets up branch for judges
Prominent trade union insists it does not want to go to war with senior judiciary.
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NewsNews focus: SLAPPs row reaches the regulator
War in Ukraine is keeping strategic lawsuits against public participation in the spotlight. But disagreements remain concerning what to do about SLAPPs and even what they are.
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NewsAn upmarket office boy
Michael Simmons continues reminiscing about life as an (aspiring) solicitor in the 1950s.