Latest news – Page 139
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NewsBillionaire's challenge to sanctions regime dismissed
Decision prompts call for independent review to ensure the right individuals are targeted.
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NewsNew law centre helps hundreds
North Yorkshire Citizens Advice and Law Centre was voted into the Law Centres Network last December.
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NewsBusinessman guilty of Gray’s Inn ‘bomb’ conspiracy
Jury sitting in the four-month trial at the Old Bailey deliberated for 25 hours and 13 minutes before reaching a decision.
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NewsProcessing delays cause ‘damaging sclerosis in civil justice’
Consumer watchdog urges action over ‘rapid deterioration in service quality in recent times’.
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NewsDead Fridays? Firm responds by shutting half its office space
Kingsley Napley says move can offer financial and environmental benefits.
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NewsTribunal ready to fight SRA over fining powers
Adjudicator talks up its independent role in the face of SRA power grab.
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NewsCosts judge condemns ‘all over the place’ mesh claims
Time claimed for drafting letter of claim slashed from 62 hours to 15 by costs court.
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NewsSlater and Gordon secures £33m loan to fund growth
Litigation funder Harbour will ensure firm has access to capital for several years.
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NewsWanted: solicitors for SQE assessments
Solicitors Regulation Authority says it needs more examiners to conduct oral advocacy tests.
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NewsSolicitor avoids suspension over assault conviction
Tribunal hears that victims feel frightened to be alone at home after sexual assaults.
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NewsSolicitor ‘AB/X’ continues fight for anonymity
Managing partner has applied for permission to appeal July order that he be identified.
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NewsFixed costs: firm will ‘manage client expectations’
Hudgells chief predicts that practices will exit the personal injury market after October.
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NewsJudge praises skilled advocacy in ‘titanic’ family case
Legal representatives involved in the ‘complex’ financial remedy case praised for their ‘skill, assiduity and diligence’ - despite ‘sobering note’ as to costs.
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NewsConsultant on 40% commission was not firm’s employee
Employment tribunal judge accepts that firm did not pay both a salary and commission to staff.
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NewsAfghan relocation 'should recognise rule-of-law upholders'
Legal thinktank concerned about lack of clarity over eligibility criteria for relocation scheme.
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News'Lost years' compensation principle set for Supreme Court
Judge declines to calculate award in personal injury case - but is highly critical of defence experts.
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NewsCouncil election 'not lawfully concluded' after wrong winner declared
Legal advice given ‘almost immediately’ afterwards was that returning officer ‘could not change what she had announced’.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell says 29% profit drop 'broadly in line' with expectations
Group says it has absorbed the costs of investing in the business and relocating Gatwick office.
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NewsLack of lawyers a 'problem' in DIY will dispute
Judge says ‘lawyer would recognise intentions’ of individual when drafting her will in favour of her children.