Last 3 months headlines – Page 699
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NewsFieldfisher rebuts speculation about likely flotation
Reports suggested firm was 'poised' to make IPO announcement, but international firm dismisses this.
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NewsUS firms continue to ramp up pay
Host of firms now paying £143,000 - the equivalent of $190,000 - to UK lawyers.
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NewsDetained Iranian lawyer charged with 'collusion with client'
Nasrin Sotoudeh represented women facing jail sentences for protesting against mandatory headscarf law.
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NewsBritain can lead lawtech revolution, says minister
Law Society backs latest initiative to nurture technology start-up businesses.
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NewsAsons liquidators take legal advice over SRA's £100k intervention deal
Insolvency handlers want greater access to funds that will plug creditors’ £25m black hole.
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NewsTaylor Wessing partners enjoy 20% profit boost
Firm’s UK arm posts strong profits in ‘best year yet’.
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NewsCash for crash scam run out of single garage nets 158 prosecutions
Investigators conclude years of enquiries into suspect accidents behind claims.
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General sentencing guidance captures 'rarely seen' offences
Sentencing Council says latest guideline will help magistrates unable to refer to Court of Appeal judgments.
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NewsRecords disclosure challenge reaches the Supreme Court
Human rights organisation Liberty says its client has been unable to move forward with her life due to minor offences committed in 1999.
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NewsGive us your hard figures, LASPO review team urges
Ministry of Justice says it receives 'largely anecdotal' evidence about impact of legal aid cuts.
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NewsStem cell appeal unites legal profession
Family of solicitors organises nationwide campaign to save five-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
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NewsNothing Gauke-ward about a legal match
Lord chancellor leads a select XI against his neighbouring MP - who has a solicitor in the line-up.
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NewsBarrister aims for £10m payday as claims business joins listing rush
Anexo Group, formed from credit hire and legal services businesses, aims to raise £25m from initial public offering.
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NewsLaw enforcers struggle with electronic evidence challenges
Interrogation of director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders highlighted the justice system’s failure to adapt to the digital era.
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NewsPimlico: solicitors split on future of ‘gig economy’
Supreme Court ruled that plumber should be considered a ‘worker’ and entitled to rights such as holiday pay, but judges are accused of ‘bottling’ the chance to ‘modernise’ employment law.
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NewsMinister quits out of the Blue
Obiter feels for soft-Tory thinktank Bright Blue. It teamed up last week with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to present an agenda-setting conference ‘Fighting for Freedom: Conservatism, human rights and discrimination’. The idea was to reclaim the debate on human rights from the left. Keynote speaker Phillip Lee MP, ...
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NewsAnd so it begins…
The World Cup is upon us, meaning a month of early finishes and web browsers quickly minimised whenever the boss walks past. Luckily, England games fall in the evening or at the weekend, so absenteeism should not be the problem it was in previous tournaments. But with 5,500 foreign lawyers ...
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NewsLegal life on the ocean wave
Solicitors pitted their sailing skills against architects, barristers and MPs in the annual outing of the Law Society Yacht Club. The regatta featured races between classic 26-foot Mermaid-class keelboats operated by the Sea View Yacht Club on the Isle of Wight. The results were: First place – House of Commons ...
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NewsRoyal Mail GC: data demonstrates your value
Hard data can help a general counsel (GC) demonstrate their legal team’s value to a business as well as cut its costs, Royal Mail’s GC told the Law Society’s flagship conference for in-house lawyers last week. Maaike de Bie In conversation with Stephen Denyer, the Society’s ...