Latest news – Page 270
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NewsJury foreman sentenced over internet research
Crown court conviction quashed after juror admitted asking 'How hard is it to break bones?'.
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NewsCourt of Appeal overturns 'Traveller injunctions' ruling
Courts can grant final injunctions against ‘newcomer’ Travellers and Gypsies who arrive after litigation has ended, the master of the rolls rules.
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NewsUnsealed claim forms were not good service, Court of Appeal rules
Judge says problem caused by solicitors’ mistaken belief that unsealed forms would be accepted.
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NewsCPS proposes new guidance on 'mercy killings'
Prosecutors should consider whether suspects are ‘wholly motivated by compassion’ in guidance proposed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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NewsWeightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur reveal advanced merger talks
Expanded business would have 225 partners and more than 1,400 staff.
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NewsLandmark ‘secondary victims’ cases heading for Supreme Court
Liability for secondary victims in clinical negligence claims is likely to be considered by the Supreme Court after a Court of Appeal ruling.
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NewsFirm’s £3m claim against former client reduced to £21,000
Retainer between a solicitor and client is 'not subject to a duty of good faith', High Court rules.
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NewsSolicitor named in Westminster ‘influence buying’ alert
SRA confirms that Christine Ching Kui Lee was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in February 2002.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses JR over immigration detainees’ legal advice
Mr Justice Calver rules that the lord chancellor’s operation of a free legal advice scheme is not unlawful.
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NewsLaw firm worker was not entitled to his offered bonus, tribunal rules
National firm Simpson Millar had deferred payments due to issues arising from coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsLitigation funder went under owing £43m to its backer, administrator reveals
Main finance provider called in administrators after default on payment obligations.
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NewsIn-house solicitor found with 15,000 indecent images of children struck off
Solicitor of almost nine years was found with material 'of the highest category of seriousness' following an arrest at home.
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NewsSolicitor Soophia Khan jailed for contempt
Mr Justice Leech said Khan's conduct merited immediate custodial sentence of significant length.
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News‘VIP lane’ for PPE contracts unlawful, High Court rules
Mrs Justice O’Farrell says the relevant companies’ offers ‘justified priority treatment on [their] merits’.
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NewsMishcon expects ‘very strong’ year as IPO looms
London firm says 2020-21 ‘significantly ahead of financial forecasts’, enabling pandemic mitigation measures to be reversed.
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News‘Self-interest’ of lawyers is blocking clin neg reform, MPs hear
Former health secretary continues to argue for non-adversarial system as used elsewhere in the world.
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NewsBalancing transparency and confidentiality ‘really difficult’ – McFarlane
Family Division chief Sir Andrew McFarlane tells MPs ‘there must be a way of allowing openness … yet maintain the anonymity of the individuals involved’.
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NewsEvery lawyer will require familiarity with crypto, says MR
New guidance published for lawyers advising on blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies.
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NewsMinister dismisses concerns about City firm’s role in Post Office compensation
MP says Post Office package is ‘strikingly similar’ to largely discredited Lloyds HBOS scheme worked on by same law firm.