Latest news – Page 302
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NewsFixed costs: Housing specialists gather evidence on legal aid consequences
Housing Law Practitioners Association says new regime poses significant threat to provision of quality advice, assistance and representation.
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News‘Reeling’ PI market needed fees solution, Court of Appeal hears
Appeal in Belsner v CAM opens with arguments about ‘stark consequences’ for profession.
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NewsPost Office disclosure could be used against lawyers before SDT
The SRA can use documents provided by the Post Office ‘in any disciplinary proceedings issued in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’.
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NewsFirms with offices in Kyiv ready to act as Russia crisis escalates
Foreign Office has advised that British nationals in Ukraine should leave the country.
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NewsRecord year for Hogan Lovells as PEP surges to £1.8m
International firm says total global revenues up 5.5% last year to nearly £1.9bn, pushing profits per equity partner up by 17.5%.
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NewsJudges told to stay ‘above the fray’ in cases with LiPs
Appeal court says judges cannot take 'inquisitorial role' to help unrepresented litigants.
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NewsEntrepreneur in contempt over £200,000 dispute with Farrer & Co
Julie Meyer, 55, has ‘shown herself in these proceedings to be a selfish and untrustworthy person’, Mr Justice Kerr says.
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NewsCouncillor struck off after housing fraud conviction
Solicitor jailed for unlawfully holding on to his council house for seven years.
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NewsNightingale courts bill up to £34m, justice minister reveals
The Ministry of Justice will provide an update on future use of Nightingale courts ‘in due course’, James Cartlidge says.
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NewsTodner issues JR proceedings over SRA prosecution
Criminal defence solicitor is challenging disciplinary tribunal's decision not to stay proceedings on abuse of process grounds.
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NewsPeers to run the rule over government’s JR reforms
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill faces amendments from opposition parties and leading lawyers in the House of Lords.
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NewsKeep EU law or face ‘unpredictable consequences’, former GLD chief warns
Sir Jonathan Jones tells MPs to ‘beware of the unintended consequences’ of removing EU law’s supremacy, which ‘will provoke litigation’.
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NewsHigh Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling
Mr Justice Swift says lateness of challenge to government decision on universal credit might have significantly influenced outcome.
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NewsSacked law firm receptionist suffered pregnancy discrimination
Employment tribunal finds manager had ‘no intention’ of continuing to employ pregnant employee.
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NewsHigh Court overturns tribunal's dishonesty finding
Solicitor believed he had authority to sign a mental health re-accreditation form, appeal rules.
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NewsOperating profits soar 30% at Harbottle
City firm says it is ‘performing ahead of both budget and prior year’, despite the ‘initial uncertainty’ of the impact of the pandemic.
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NewsCall for reform of ‘cumbersome’ rules on email service
Current reliance on paper service can encourage uncooperative and opportunistic behaviour, solicitor says.
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NewsAfghan evacuees face legal limbo, Society warns
Interim immigration papers for last summer’s refugees are set to expire in the coming weeks.
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NewsStorm Eunice: court users may experience 'some disruption'
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says it has been working with the judiciary to review court and tribunal lists.
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NewsSole practitioners dispute need for annual levy to sustain SIF
Figures suggest runoff cover could be provided for years without an extra call on the profession, says the Sole Practitioners Group.