Last 3 months headlines – Page 42
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NewsIn depth: Green light for international convention on safeguarding lawyers
As last month’s Day of the Endangered Lawyer highlighted oppression in Belarus, the Council of Europe discussed a ‘raft of protections’ for lawyers, embodied in a unique draft convention.
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NewsMoJ finds £12.5m to expand 'less adversarial' family court pilot
Government data shows cases are being resolved 11 weeks more quickly in pilot areas and case backlog has halved.
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NewsPrivate equity house adds £20m firm to its roster
Fifth acquisition of a regional firm will take PE-backed group’s turnover past £100m.
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NewsExclusive: Pre-tax profits dip at Freshfields as revenue surges
Magic circle outfit no longer publishes details of its trading performance, but the firm’s statutory accounts also reveal an 18% rise in income.
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News‘Disordered and chaotic’ remedies hearing adjourned over procedural breaches
Recorder Chandler KC, sitting in the family court, said procedural rule breaches are ‘so significant’ he has ‘no option but to adjourn’.
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NewsIn depth: Are defence lawyers rushing too readily to 'fundamental dishonesty' allegations?
Claimant lawyers say accusations of fundamental dishonesty are being used as a tactic to bully clients, with few consequences if they fail. A solution to strike the right balance could be found in costs.
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NewsPhone malfunctions helped kill start-up law firm
Firm was bought over the Christmas period in a deal worth up to £50,000.
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NewsHigh Court orders compulsory mediation despite defendant objections
Trade mark dispute ruling may be the first time the court has used new powers under amended Civil Procedure Rules.
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NewsThree solicitors among honorary KCs
Honorary silk is awarded to those who have made a major contribution to the law outside practice in the courts.
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NewsRosenblatt redux rescues 40 staff as RBG sinks
Experienced executive team appointed as Ian Rosenblatt hails rebirth of firm he founded in 1989 as an independent practice.
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NewsIBA leads tributes to former president Michael Reynolds
Allen & Overy antitrust specialist was 'a towering figure in the legal profession'.
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NewsLandmark neurodivergence guidance for family lawyers
Sir Andrew McFarlane says failure to recognise and accommodate neurodivergence results in unequal access to justice.
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NewsSolicitors encourage late guilty pleas to earn more, bar tells Leveson review
Criminal Bar Association says fees for cracked and effective trials should be more closely aligned to destroy 'perverse incentive'.
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News‘Excessive and perverse’ £10,000 tribunal award cut on appeal
Employment Appeal Tribunal finds ‘limited scope of unlawful behaviour’ meant compensation awarded should be reduced by 80%.
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NewsDentons appeal looks to Beckwith and Leigh Day precedents
Global firm says Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal's approach did ‘not undermine’ money laundering legislation or send ‘wrong message’ to the profession.
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NewsNew London committee could foster 'holistic approach' to commercial disputes, says LCJ
Mediation, arbitration and litigation must complement each other in a ‘coherent ecosystem’, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill suggests.
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NewsTaylor Wessing's top earner gets 66% rise to £150,000 a week
Highest-paid LLP member drew £7,750,000 last year, newly filed accounts show.
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NewsJudge’s 'trenchant' dishonesty ruling was wrong, High Court finds
Ruling also highly critical of ‘slapdash’ approach of claimant solicitors to running personal injury cases.
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News'You were lazy', law firm boss tells ex-partner at tribunal
Former head of employment at national firm retorts that he was ‘set up to fail’, as pair cross swords at ET.
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NewsSRA admits 'teething problems' with super-exam as key target is missed
Regulator believes qualifying examination has been a success, but concedes there are 'hearts and minds to win'.