Last 3 months headlines – Page 347
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News'Good start': 53% pass first SQE assessment
Solicitors Regulation Authority says first tranche of results under new qualification route suggest exam was 'robust, fair and reliable'.
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NewsBlacker banned from CILEX for not disclosing chequered past
Former solicitor-advocate did not include details of conviction and bankruptcy in application to join.
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NewsJudge warns expert after claimant described as 'histrionic'
Second expert also admitted he was 'over-zealous' in assessing seven-figure personal injury claim.
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NewsNews focus: Unrepresented claimants are not using the whiplash portal - what now?
The Official Injury Claim portal was supposed to remove the need for lawyers, but with 90% of claims coming from people who instruct a solicitor it is clear that things are not going according to plan.
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NewsNews focus: Criminal barristers are poised for action over pay - what about solicitors?
The criminal bar will not wait any longer for the lord chancellor to pump more money into legal aid. Solicitors are uniting behind barrister colleagues, but Dominic Raab appears in no mood to budge.
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NewsNews focus: Global bar sounds alarm over growing threats to privilege
The International Bar Association fears lawyer-client confidentiality is being compromised as supranational agencies intensify efforts to tackle corruption, terrorism and climate change.
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NewsSweeting the starship trooper
Obiter learns Mr Justice Sweeting is – or at least was – a big fan of Star Trek.
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NewsFirm serves up ingredients to support community
Essex firm Birkett Long celebrates 200th anniversary with pledge to carry out random acts of kindness.
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NewsRecord proportion of Crown court backlog outstanding after a year
Representative bodies say problem will get worse if government does not implement recommended 15% funding increase.
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NewsClyde & Co and Fieldfisher latest firms to boost NQ pay
The City’s bidding war for talent shows no sign of slowing down as NQ salaries hit £85,000 at City firm Fieldfisher.
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NewsStruck-off solicitor’s JR against regulator refused
Farid El Diwany’s claim over the SRA’s decision not to investigate his complaint against two members of a disciplinary panel is dismissed.
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NewsCPS denies suggestion it shrinks font to reduce page count
Pages of prosecution evidence are used to determine how much defence solicitors are paid.
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News‘Zero’ bug in whiplash portal stopping claims getting through
Official Injury Claim admits it could take weeks to fix issue affecting law firms representing claimants.
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NewsInce set to complete takeover deal after shareholder vote
Corporate adviser Arden Partners agrees to all-share offer.
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NewsExtremist told to read classic literature jailed by Court of Appeal
Ben John, 22, is ordered to surrender himself to custody by 4pm tomorrow after his suspended sentence was ruled to be unduly lenient.
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NewsEx-Dechert partner alleged to have put investigator through ‘perjury school’
Neil Gerrard conducted a ‘mock trial … acting as both the judge and the cross-examining counsel’, a private investigator claims.
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NewsPolice unlawfully ‘vetoed’ Everard vigil, High Court told
Four women who attempted to organise the vigil claim the Met’s actions were a ‘significant interference’ with their Article 10 and 11 ECHR rights.
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NewsPI firm still suffering 'headwinds' from Covid lockdown
NAHL Group reports that underlying profits and turnover are likely to be down for 2021.
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NewsGovernment to move crypto legislation
Around 2.3 million people in the UK are thought to own a cryptoasset such as digital coins or non-fungible tokens.