Latest news – Page 90
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NewsHong Kong clampdown poses new threat to lawyers
Safeguarding National Security Law came into force this week following an accelerated legislative process.
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NewsLeasehold reform: government undecided on ground rent
Policy will be set out 'in due course' amid speculation that Michael Gove is facing resistance over housing reform.
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NewsJudge apologises for asking if female advocate was pregnant
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office issued district judge with formal advice for misconduct.
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NewsParty escapes £27,000 costs bill in 14-year-old boundary dispute
String of litigation has carried on despite most of the original parties to the claim having died.
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NewsPrison treated solicitor with ‘institutional indifference’
Practitioner obtains writ of habeas corpus for wrongfully detained offender.
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NewsJudge says solicitors’ ‘catalogue of errors’ not excusable
Firm’s application for extension of time was more than seven and a half months late - ‘substantially out of time’.
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NewsFormer solicitor jailed for paying off witnesses is refused restoration to the roll
Tribunal describes the application for restoration as ‘premature’ - matters leading to lawyer’s removal were of ‘utmost gravity’.
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NewsJudge given formal advice over ‘chill out’ remark to counsel
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the judge had shown regret for his behaviour which ‘fell short of the standards expected’.
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NewsPolice ‘regularly’ signpost accident victims to law firms, ex-sergeant tells tribunal
Officer resigned last year after probe into his contact with victims over their legal options.
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NewsPartnership promotions shrink at Slaughter and May
Magic circle firm announces five appointments, half last year’s number.
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News‘Know your client’ questions caught out bitcoin money launderer
Woman convicted on one count of entering into or becoming concerned in a money laundering arrangement at Southwark Crown Court.
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NewsSociety picks up industry award for disability work
Chancery Lane's head of diversity and inclusion says award is culmination of several years' work.
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NewsFirms urged not to drop aspiring solicitors who fail SQE1
Candidates had their results this week, with reports that some firms rescinded training contract offers to those who did not pass.
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NewsLaw Society rules out sale of president’s residence
Number 60 Carey Street, near the body’s headquarters, will be redeveloped as a 'heritage asset'.
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NewsSRA can’t tell us whom to represent, says regulatory specialist
Kingsley Napley’s Iain Miller says lawyers are entitled to advance claims that may not succeed.
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NewsFormal warning for district judge following firm’s multiple complaints
Judge did not agree her actions amounted to misconduct but accepted some of her comments were ‘intemperate’.
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NewsFirm appeals strike-out refusal over alleged negligence claim
Case concerns interpretations of the word 'claim', Court of Appeal hears.
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NewsPrince Harry seeks to amend Sun claim to include allegations dating back to childhood
Application hearing, before Mr Justice Fancourt, was heard today in the Rolls building.
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News'Snailmail only' solicitor wins employment appeal
'Claimant has not helped himself by insisting on only accepting correspondence by post and by the combative tone of his letters,' judge rules.
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NewsWoman 'signed documents at solicitors’ offices' in alleged identity fraud
Court hears of alleged plot to sell property without owners’ permission.