Latest news – Page 560
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NewsLegal charity sits on £200m cash pile
Legal Education Foundation was established when College of Law became a university.
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Veyo begins marketing campaign
Online conveyancing system developed through Law Society joint venture.
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Schillings internet framework
London-based media specialist to build charter for children and young people.
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NewsSupreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge
Decisions open another chapter in a long-running fight between regulators and advocates.
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NewsSFO told to pay costs of ‘flawed’ prosecution
Costs bill presented by wrongly accused group of solicitors is expected to be around £7m.
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NewsIreland claims world first for women solicitors
Women outnumber men 92 years after first admission.
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NewsNHS whistleblowing inquiry accuses lawyers of ‘cover-ups’
Report calls for an extension to legal protection for workers coming forward with disclosure.
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NewsLegal aid savings ‘no economy at all’ – CoA judge
Judges lament time and expense taken to help litigant in person through court procedures.
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NewsWant a London hearing? Prove it is needed, litigants told
Civil Procedure Rule Committee amends regulations to require reasons for cases to be diverted from local courts.
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NewsNews focus: revamped TSol tightens belt
The Government Legal Service is abandoning its federal model in favour of centralisation and fees are coming down, according to Treasury Solicitor Jonathan Jones.
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NewsScottish solicitors given ‘gender neutral’ PC option
Move brings the Scottish Law Society into line with bodies such as HM Revenue & Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and the NHS.
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NewsMagna Carta on view
Four surviving 1215 copies of Magna Carta were brought together for the first time last week in an event at the British Library.
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NewsTribute: Simon Chandler
Simon Chandler, a partner at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, died on 23 January. Katy Manley, president of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association pays tribute.
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NewsGovernment backs liaison scheme for offenders
Diversion and liaison scheme, which seeks to help offenders with mulitiple problems such as mental illness, to go national by 2017.
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NewsCoA overturns ‘fundamentally unfair’ care order
A care order for three children made less than three weeks after Liverpool City Council had applied for it has been overturned.
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NewsSampson’s expenses ‘novel and contentious’, says MoJ
Permanent secretary outlines disputed amounts discovered in LeO accounts.