Last 3 months headlines – Page 560
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NewsCity firm tells staff: You don’t need to come into office this year
A third of Hausfeld workers tell their firm they are concerned about travelling into London.
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NewsMoJ confirms ‘no plans’ to review legal services regulation
Opponents of the current regime have lined up to attack it, but government seems set on Legal Services Act.
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NewsGovernment criticised over new immigration fixed fee
Law Society says new regime does not reflect complexities of immigration fee structure.
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NewsMPs unhappy over limited reform to death damages
Human Rights Committee wants policy-makers to look again at fixed sum compensation model.
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NewsFirm fails to strike out 'dishonesty' and 'deceit' claim
Case concerns duties owed before and after period where client company went into administration.
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NewsDepp v Denton: Hollywood star pleads for relief from sanctions
Court allows late serving of witness statements, but places limits on what evidence can be adduced.
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NewsSQE questions to be reviewed for 'cultural bias'
Super exam pilots highlight performance differences between white and BAME candidates.
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NewsAlarm as Turkey and Iran threaten independent bar
Neighbouring Middle Eastern governments prepare moves against professional bodies.
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NewsHome working and money worries: Lawyers seek help for Covid concerns
Almost 50 people seek support - but charity LawCare worried this could be tip of the iceberg.
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NewsFrontline lawyers don’t all share LCJ’s enthusiasm for remote hearings
Lord Burnett of Maldon has said there is ‘no going back’ to the way courts worked pre-coronavirus.
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NewsNews focus: Housing market reboots
Lockdown stymied the plans of 450,000 homebuyers and renters. Now the government’s plan to restart the market poses new public health challenges for conveyancers.
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News10,000 reasons to walk in the park
Alas, the London Legal Walk, the biggest meet-up of the legal year, was an early casualty of the pandemic.
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NewsMammoth Mastercard action reaches the Supreme Court
Court urged to allow claim on behalf of 46 million consumers.
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NewsBurford abandons market manipulation claim
Listed litigation funder denied access to sharedealing information related to a short attack last year.
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NewsDefendants made to disclose nationality fear bias – report
Not-for-profit specialist criminal firm calls on government to review policy urgently or face legal action.
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NewsSummer recess could be cancelled in bid to battle backlog
Magistrates may also be asked to sit in the evening and at weekends, it has been reported today.
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NewsGrowing remote firm buys specialist advisers to the stars
Excello Law still operating virtual model, but with office hubs for client meetings and seminars.
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NewsAccounts reveal £100k black hole for legal bills after Flybe collapse
Five law firms appear among the creditors of the Exeter-based airline.
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NewsHow do you plead – interesting or boring?
A judge's blunt observational style is under scrutiny in Australia.