Last 3 months headlines – Page 689
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NewsOn-call solicitor who drove to station after drinking 'let duty override common sense'
Steven Baggott agrees fine and rebuke with SRA after conviction for driving with excess alcohol.
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News'Fun, calm and a model professional': Tributes pour in for regulator Rousell
Head of claims management regulation at the Ministry of Justice has died following a short illness.
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NewsLinklaters reveals BAME pay gap
Firm’s latest gender pay report also shows pay according to ethnic group.
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NewsEconomic crime reform ‘grinds to halt’
Ministry of Justice dragging feet two years after consultation - as Lords report on Bribery Act looms.
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NewsFormer Co-op Bank chief set to guide legal complaints quango
Two lay members appointed to the board of the Office for Legal Complaints.
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NewsDomestic abuse bill to ban family court cross-examination
Landmark measure will also introduce the first statutory definition of domestic abuse to include economic abuse.
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NewsRestrictive covenants under spotlight at Supreme Court
Employment case could have implications for contracts in partnership model.
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NewsConfident Keystone forecasts profits ahead of expectations
Listed firm which encourages remote working now has around 290 lawyers in the network.
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NewsSimplify 1,100 pages of immigration rules - Law Commission
Rules have become highly prescriptive, too long, complicated and difficult to follow, proposals state.
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NewsPinsent Masons tops Stonewall list of inclusive employers
Legal profession fares well in annual LGBT survey, with 16 entries in the top 100.
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NewsHigh Court master is a breath of fresh air
Edmund Honohan was forced to create his own ventilation system in a Dublin courtroom.
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NewsGhost in the machine?
Perhaps the haunting of an executed highwayman is behind the ‘unique challenges’ the Central Criminal Court faces when it comes to WiFi.
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NewsNews focus: Making criminal defence pay
The government is reviewing criminal legal aid fees but does it fully grasp the predicament of embattled practitioners? And how does it stop juniors fleeing an impoverished sector for City riches?
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News‘Seize the nettle now on capped costs’, says judge
High Court has restricted an appellant’s costs in a case heading to the Supreme Court.
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NewsBar Council to open membership to chambers
New offering will allow clerks and managers to benefit from representative body’s training and events.
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News'Major service degradation': criminal justice email system goes down
IT fix will involve temporarily deleting practitioners' inboxes, which will take up to two weeks to restore.
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NewsSolicitor ‘no longer needed’: MoJ rolls out online probate service
System has its place - but only for administering simple estates, solicitors warn.
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NewsDefendants not obliged to get early evidence from third parties, rules CoA
Judge says parties should devote their energy and resources to getting on with the action.