Last 3 months headlines – Page 524
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NewsCriminal lawyers vote overwhelmingly against extended operating hours
Women in Criminal Law says practitioners have no more hours left to give.
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NewsGateley profits slip in year of uncertainty
Swift action allowed the business to continue trading profitably through the pandemic.
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NewsFCA prepares for Supreme Court in business interruption action
Regulator files ‘leapfrog’ application in case agreement is not reached by end of tomorrow.
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NewsCPS inspectors identify 'significant room for improvement'
Charging decisions are mainly correct, but quality of legal analysis and timeliness of decision-making could be better.
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NewsCourt allows mother to recover inquest costs as part of PI claim
Case centred around whether liability had been fully admitted before inquest went ahead.
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NewsCity firms snap up ex-ministers for consultancy roles
Geoffrey Cox QC and Baroness Nicky Morgan have joined Withers and Travers Smith respectively.
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NewsCity puts brakes on return to the office
Stephenson Harwood, Hogan Lovells and Eversheds Sutherland have paused their re-entry plans.
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NewsIn-house teams invited to help build dispute-avoidance robot
Machine learning-based tool will sift through corporate data to identify warning signs.
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NewsLawyers step in as Manchester students locked down
Orders issued to students to self-isolate come under legal scrutiny.
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NewsHalf of City partners attended private schools
Consultancy says City career pipeline ‘still disproportionately narrow’ for state educated lawyers.
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NewsOn the job hunt for POW towel
When Brougham’s towel - marked with his prisoner of war number - disappeared, all work stopped until it was recovered.
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NewsKids’ stuff in court
Lowry Theatre in Salford - currently a Nightingale court - still expects to put on a live showing of The Gruffalo in December.
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NewsGoing the distance on Tour
Solicitors and barristers will take part in Breast Cancer Now’s annual week-long charity cycle race, Tour de Law.
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NewsNews focus: Impact of Covid-19 on justice system in Wales
Has the pandemic bolstered the case for further devolution?
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NewsHybrid hearings 'increase risk of unfairness'
PI leader says that 'lawyers and courts are so pleased to have a hearing at all that they overlook fairness issues'.
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NewsCrisis navigator to help criminal firm provide holistic support
Not-for-profit outfit Commons says service will address clients' underlying social needs.
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NewsCease-and-desist letter takes a swing at Bill Murray
Firm says actor has been using client's music without permission.
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NewsHundreds of students register for bar re-sits
BSB says August exam performance appears to be in line with last year despite technical difficulties.
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NewsBirmingham solicitor elected as future president of Law Society
Lubna Shuja will take up position in 2022 after serving as deputy vice and then vice president.