Latest news – Page 137
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NewsSRA hit with £75,000 costs bill for 'speculative' prosecution
Tribunal penalises regulator for 'inordinate delay' and damage to solicitor's reputation.
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NewsDatabase helps lawyers track enforced disappearances
Human rights activists say practice has 'trickled down into ordinary policing tactics' - including in the invasion of Ukraine.
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NewsSuspended solicitor struck off for lying to client
Practitioner continued to hold himself out as a solicitor and made 11 false statements to client about progress of her case.
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NewsOffenders refusing to attend sentencing will spend longer in prison
Prime minister says powers will allow judges to order offenders to attend - and custody officers to use 'reasonable force'.
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NewsBar watchdog halts university's training course
University of Hertfordshire must defer next bar course intake to January 2024.
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NewsRevised corporate governance code 'should explicitly mention GCs'
Lawyers say financial reporting watchdog's consultation is a critical opportunity to address historical omission.
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NewsFirm's tweet should have mentioned fee deduction, watchdog rules
Airline complained to Advertising Standards Authority after tweets from flight delay claims firm.
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NewsJudge with 'unremitting workload' fell asleep during trial
Parties offered a retrial by judge after he admitted nodding off in a hearing.
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News'Think very carefully' before calling court, lawyers warned
Staff cuts are piling pressure on Manchester Civil Justice Centre, according to designated civil judge.
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NewsCourt shows mercy to widow left ‘high and dry’ by solicitors
Case was resurrected more than five years after firm had said the claim was being dropped.
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NewsSolicitor fined for allowing attorneys to sell client's property
Solicitor of 42 years admits he was not suspicious enough of beneficiaries who had powers of attorney.
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NewsShy lawyers let clients go months without paying
Analysts say average lock-up among the top 100 is now up to 124 days.
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NewsChalk urged to provide £11.3m legal aid relief
Law Society says temporary 15% fee uplift will stop civil providers vanishing.
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NewsNet debt of listed DWF surges past £100m
International firm will change ownership after a year when profits slid and lock-up days increased.
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NewsDead Fridays: Law Society canvasses views on empty space
LinkedIn question on how firms should respond to quieter office days has already attracted more than 1,000 votes.
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NewsLawyer at 'member firm' had no contract with Baker McKenzie, judge rules
Junior associate in UAE had interactions with Baker McKenzie staff but was not an employee as she claimed.
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NewsCourt closed after surveyors spot 'life-expired' concrete
Precast material frequently used in public buildings between the mid-1960s and 1980s now liable to collapse.
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NewsDon't expect favours from the court, judge tells LiPs
Judge explains that litigants in person have taken on responsibility to know the rules.
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NewsSFO quietly drops corruption probes into mining giants
Longstanding ENRC and Rio Tinto investigations abandoned ahead of new director’s installation next month.
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NewsUAE authority 'signalled intention to disregard' duties
Default judgment latest development in marathon London litigation involving international firm Dechert.