Last 3 months headlines – Page 989
-
NewsLegal aid legislation ‘disgracefully complex’
Court of Appeal calls for clarity over availability of funding for county court proceedings.
-
NewsSlater and Gordon chief: Quindell will be ‘separate entity’
Ministry of Justice head of claims management regulation also confirms next government will make reforms of hearing loss cases a priority.
-
NewsMajority of whistleblowers left without legal representation
Whistleblowers without a lawyer ‘significantly’ less likely to be successful in their claim, research shows.
-
NewsThousands go legal walking for justice
The London Legal Walk attracted a record turnout from across the profession. View our image gallery of all the best pics.
-
NewsInsurers’ pre-med offers ‘encourage opportunism’
Groups respond to government’s call for evidence on how to cut insurance fraud.
-
NewsJudgment prompts review of thousands of housing cases
Supreme Court widens scope of vulnerable applicants who are considered homeless.
-
NewsGateley bullish ahead of £130m float
Chief executive: ‘There is no difficulty pitching a business which has been profitable and increased revenue for the past 10 years.’
-
NewsSolicitor owed £40k in fees accuses SRA
Andrew Williams, a director of Essex firm Lillywhite Williams, was wrongly intervened into last October without notice.
-
NewsShake on deal, then go to legal – survey
Only a third of in-house legal teams cite the application of legal or technical expertise as adding the most value to divestments.
-
NewsContract chaos fear as France rewrites civil law
Reform of the 1804 ‘Code civil’ was announced by justice minister Christiane Taubira pictured in February this year.
-
News
New rules herald US-style class actions
The Consumer Rights Act gives competition tribunal the power to hear opt-out collective action.
-
NewsMagna Carta: stitch in time
Former and current prison inmates contribute to a 13 metre-long embroidery forming part of the British Library’s Magna Carta exhibition.
-
News
New justice team takes helm at the MoJ
All change at the Ministry of Justice since the general election.
-
News
Junior lawyers retain trainee code link
Solicitors Regulation Authority has withdrawn as signatory from voluntary code of good practice in the recruitment of trainee solicitors.
-
-
-
-
NewsStage set for legal aid drama
Law Society is sponsoring the production of new play telling stories of those affected by funding cuts.
-
NewsEvening all: 1950s bobbies
Beat officer finds petrol tanker blocking the High Road while the driver went for his breakfast.