Latest news – Page 45
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News'Time is running out': civil legal aid provider numbers plummet
Law Society says lack of access has implications for people's living situation, health and children's education.
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NewsRevealed: Post Office's £24m legal spend on compensation claims
Wrongly convicted sub-postmasters continue to believe that their claims are being overscrutinised.
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NewsLawyers braced for PI discount rate change
Government is reviewing rate for deducting from or adding to lump sum payments.
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NewsCompromise or cop-out? Solicitors react to employment rights shakeup
Landmark legislation could be watered down further as it goes through parliament.
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NewsRenters' Rights Bill will cause court 'gridlock', warns Badenoch
Proposed housing legislation that will end section 21 'no fault' evictions had its second reading in the House of Commons.
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NewsLabour unveils biggest employment law shakeup for decades
Long-awaited rights bill welcomed by TUC - but lawyers warn of further pressure on 'creaking' employment tribunals.
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NewsFirm entitled to 75% of its costs after seeing off negligence claim
High Court judge finds Yorkshire-based firm ‘should receive large proportion’ of its costs.
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NewsLaw Society AGM signs off on payments to Council members
Today’s meeting also marked the departure from Council of Carolyn Kirby, the Law Society’s first woman president.
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NewsLegal definition of disabled child 'offensive', says Law Commission
Commission says law governing support for disabled children and their families is out of date, inaccessible and potentially unfair.
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NewsPost Office GC told chief executive not to ‘dig’ into historical issues
Nick Read says senior figures were in ‘denial’ about the scale of defeat in Bates litigation.
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NewsFalsely imprisoned claimant can keep damages despite 'barefaced lies'
Appeal judge rules false imprisonment and personal injury claims are to be treated separately.
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NewsStaff exodus caused collapse of US firm's London branch, administrators say
UK arm of major US firm Armstrong Teasdale had been profitable before departures took effect.
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NewsLiverpool firm pays tribute to distinguished founder
Philip Canter, a distinguished and long-serving member of the Liverpool legal profession, died last month.
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NewsPublish legal aid advisory board's report, criminal bar tells MoJ
Criminal Bar Association says Ministry of Justice received the board's recommendations two months ago.
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News‘We have agreement’: ENRC and SFO settle on court steps
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation and Serious Fraud Office reach undisclosed agreement at opening of seven-week hearing.
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NewsSRA swoops on new model SME firm
Lawbriefs offered online legal advice through the LawBite subscription platform.
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NewsBarristers’ ‘inadequate’ contract for £150k fees held unfair on appeal
Two members of a London family law set lose their appeal over a claim for fees against a former public access client.
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NewsApologetic magistrate spoken to over ‘unacceptable’ behaviour in court
JCIO said magistrate spoke to a legal adviser in a manner that upset her.
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NewsUnregistered barrister disbarred over job application claim
BSB says public should expect ‘barristers are accurate in representing any practising history or entitlement to practise’.
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NewsFirm’s AI claims reviewer scores 91% success rate
Fletchers is also working on an AI-powered tool to put medical records in order.