Latest news – Page 261
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NewsSRA demands summary strike-off for Khan
Mr Justice Leech reserves judgment after Soophia Khan's legal team objects to regulator's submission on sanction without a tribunal hearing.
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NewsKhan loses bid to adjourn committal hearing
Prominent civil litigation solicitor sought to adjourn today's proceedings on several grounds.
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NewsListed funder’s shares slide after director sacked
Litigation Capital Management said it dismissed its executive vice-chair for alleged breaches of its expenses policies.
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NewsFirm and owner fined for failing to complete undertakings
Tribunal says undertakings must be binding even if they are outside a solicitor’s control.
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NewsDirect access to barristers 'could improve justice outcomes' for ethnic minorities
Cross-party thinktank revisits Lammy Review recommendation to improve trust in criminal justice system.
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NewsPublic like 'class actions' but think lawyers are biggest winners - poll
Majority of people would be willing to join group litigation against organisation or employer.
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NewsDisbarred barrister loses bid to practise pending appeal
Sky Bibi tells the High Court that her disbarment is ‘completely unfair, unprecedented, unjust and unlawful’.
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NewsLaw Commission to tackle 'rape myths'
Review will look at ways to improve the trial process for complainants and defendants.
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News‘Obsession’: LiP ordered to end decade of negligence claims
Judge says the defendant lawyers should not have proceedings hanging over them after more than a decade.
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NewsOutgoing bar chair appointed to bench
Derek Sweeting QC is one of four barristers appointed as High Court judges from January.
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NewsDisposal times more important than backlog, bar tells MPs
Focusing on how long criminal cases take will more accurately measure progress and the impact on court users, according to representative body.
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NewsSRA says solicitors embracing change as 400 go freelance
Research carried out to see how profession responded to reforms of two years ago.
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News'Tricky conversation with my employer': network reveals magistrates' challenges
Volunteers juggling day job and judicial duties do not know whom to ask for advice and support.
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NewsSector facing mental health crisis, union warns
Legal Sector Workers United says the results of its mental health survey of members are ‘shocking’.
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NewsFraudster jailed for posing as solicitor to steal £237,000
Police said 78-year-old victim was groomed over many months on the premise of a false legal claim.
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NewsFour-fifths of firms enjoyed a Covid uplift
Legal sector had ‘reassuringly positive’ revenues with an aggregate growth of 5.9% throughout the first year of the pandemic.
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NewsPost Office victims say settlement agreement 'obtained under duress'
MPs hear that the Post Office may have spent more than £100m on legal fees relating to Horizon scandal.
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NewsArson attack and cannabis farm discovery in empty court
Latest incident was a fire started deliberately from inside disused premises.
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NewsPI firm flying high a decade ago goes into administration
Practice forced to close as remaining caseload is transferred and staff made redundant.
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NewsReopen closed courts to tackle backlog, Law Society urges
Chancery Lane says reopening courts ‘would also contribute to their local economies, combining economic renewal and access to justice’.