Latest news – Page 2
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NewsBill amendment widens NDA protections
Measure will allow victims and direct witnesses of crime to disclose information about the conduct to anyone and for any purpose.
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NewsGovernment strips SRA of anti-money laundering powers
Responsibility for AML and counter-terrorism financing supervision will pass to the Financial Conduct Authority.
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NewsWe need continuity of leadership, says SRA chair after damning SSB report
SRA now looking to be ‘more intrusive’ to spot risks at an earlier stage.
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NewsStrike-off for misleading divorce client and firm
Solicitor of 18 years maintained pretence for three months that she was awaiting requested information.
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NewsEx-solicitor caught in immigration sting barred from further litigation
Former practitioner struck off in 2023 has an ‘inability to accept defeat’, High Court finds following nine totally without merit orders.
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NewsLegal aid lawyers 'entitled to cyber attack compensation'
Law Society says practitioners should record how much extra time they are spending on cases.
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NewsNew date set for court documents pilot
Access to public domain documents pilot to begin on 1 January.
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NewsSSB scandal exposes 'systemic shortcomings', says consumer watchdog
Regulatory framework 'does not prevent harm' and must be reformed, declares Legal Services Consumer Panel.
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NewsCourt of Appeal allows lawyer's harassment claim against former employer
Registered foreign lawyer may bring case at common law even if particulars of claim do not spell that out, judges rule.
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NewsMagistrate sanctioned for citing position in election campaign
JCIO issues formal advice over promotional leaflet referring to judicial role.
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NewsCILEX row with ex-president escalates with data protection warning
Representative body for legal executives accused of 'moving the goalposts' for refusing subject access request.
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NewsFree speech includes right to express views that 'offend, shock or disturb'
Appeal of conviction over a one-man protest outside the Turkish consulate is allowed by judge and two magistrates.
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NewsNew property information form 'less legalistic', conveyancers told
Working group members reveal scale of operation to get property information form right.
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NewsPublic spending watchdog calls for clin neg costs curbs
National Audit Office report points out that lawyers’ fees are 3.7 times higher than damages awarded to claimants in cases worth under £25,000.
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News‘I was an easy target,’ says cleared solicitor ordered to pay SRA’s costs
David Mark Turner says it is 'very harsh' that he had to pay almost £11,000, despite being exonerated at tribunal.
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NewsBarrister takes family pet campaign to parliament
Founder of Ruby's Law says people are staying in abusive relationships because they are worried about their pets.
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NewsSSB victims angry and confused by lack of accountability
Barrister owed £260k calls for SRA board to resign, as it emerges that staff described one complainant as a ‘busybody’.
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NewsCounty court improving, insists government as it rejects call for civil justice review
New digital services are proving their worth in supporting swifter access to justice, minister tells MPs.
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NewsThis is ‘not another VW scandal’, court hears as car giants make dieselgate openings
Judgment in the claim on behalf of 1.6 million motorists is expected next summer.
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NewsSociety issues Mazur guidance - but 'grey areas' remain
Much of the work involved in litigation can still be carried out by non-authorised staff, says Chancery Lane.