Last 3 months headlines – Page 360
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CJEU advised to dismiss Hungary and Poland's rule of law case
The two countries are challenging a regulation to suspend funds to member states breaching the rule of law.
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Outrage at Taliban takeover of Afghanistan bar association
Move has 'completely compromised the independence of the legal profession', International Bar Association states.
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Law Society’s annual awards to end after 15 years
Annual celebration of profession’s brightest and best will not take place in 2022.
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Younger lawyers unhappy about working hours
Survey says law firm bosses need to tune into generational differences in attitudes to working.
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Small claims taking 51 weeks to go to trial as litigants wait for justice
Parties now waiting around three months longer for resolution in the smallest cases, official statistics reveal.
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Mail lawyers criticised for lack of ‘clear focus’ in Meghan appeal
Grounds of appeal have been 'neither followed nor mentioned much in argument', master of rolls says.
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Carnwath disappointed ‘legal enforcement’ was not discussed at Cop 26
Former Supreme Court justice says Britain 'has a good story to tell in this particular area'.
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Khan released from bench warrant after 'surrendering herself to the court'
Mr Justice Leech adjourns hearing of SRA committal application until 17 December.
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Complaints about barristers’ conduct soar
Bar Standards Board reports ‘dramatic increase’ in reports of inappropriate social media use.
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High Court to hear Khan case seven days after arrest warrant issued
Committal hearing in The Law Society of England and Wales v Sophia Khan Law Limited listed for today.
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Landmark privacy ruling not ‘novel, radical or surprising’, Supreme Court hears
A decision that a person under a criminal investigation has a reasonable expectation of privacy pre-charge is under appeal.
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Harassment arrest breached journalist's human rights, ECtHR rules
Strasbourg court finds that police and courts failed to carry out a balancing exercise on article 8 and 10 rights.
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Supreme Court allows DWP’s appeal over universal credit
The UK’s highest court held that a recent CJEU ruling has ‘binding force in its entirety on and in the United Kingdom’.
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Conveyancers face 'unjustified' negligence claims over stamp duty
HM Revenue & Customs unveils plans to end abuse of tax rules for mixed property and multiple dwellings.
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Raab invites ‘drastic and bold’ ideas to keep family matters out of court
Lord chancellor says as many as half of cases should be settled through ADR or mediation.
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IT crash firm says only a 'small proportion' of clients have moved
Simplify Group is continuing to restore systems three weeks after 'security incident'.
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Contempt case against Russian oligarch revived by CoA
Applicants are not ‘under a duty to act wholly impartially or as if they had no legitimate private interest in the outcome’, Court of Appeal says.
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Eastern promise as growing firm swallows up local rival
Ashtons Legal now boasts a headcount of more than 400 across six offices in East Anglia.
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Conveyancers 'failed' in their leasehold duty, MPs told
Solicitors criticised during parliamentary debate on measure to abolish onerous ground rents.
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Costs bill not valid because solicitor’s signature was illegible
High Court grants permission to appeal an order that the bill in a clinical negligence case was validly served.