Court orders costs repayment after client did not consent to deduction
Costs recovery lawyers hail decision in High Court as potential win for millions of former PI claimants.
Costs ruling opens way for uplift on CoP guideline hourly rates
Court allows mother to recover inquest costs as part of PI claim
Law Commission says hate crime legislation should protect women
Coronavirus approach 'creates risks for the rule of law'
Clooney quits government role over ‘rule of law’ breach
Assessing the Home Office’s pandemic response
Immigration.
Non-binary/gender fluid claimants
Employment tribunal extends scope of Equality Act provisions.
The ins and outs of local authority lockdowns
England has been here before, of course – but worse.
Restrictions on Norwich Pharmacal orders
Private prosecutions.
Pension scheme: Discrimination
Court dismisses appeal of two women born in the 1950s who were affected by adjustments to the state pension age.
Divorce: Financial remedies
Family Division rules on application which arose in proceedings concerning enforcement of a debt owed by a husband to his wife.
Restraint of trade by agreement: Lessor and lessee
Appeal succeeds in dispute concerning alleged restraint of trade in covenant relating to placement of appellant’s shop in shopping centre.
Exclusive: Co-op Legal Services to be fined £143k by SRA
'Inadvertent accounting error' led to insurers being overcharged for PI claims costs.
Claims handler banned after doctoring liability email
Employee told solicitors firm that liability had been admitted and altered email to confirm so.
Justice depends on data - and the pandemic shows why
At the moment we lack even the most basic information about how the system is coping.
Helping the law’s young
Law students face a difficult and uncertain future. Is it time for an Alliance for the Future of the Profession?
A barrister’s fraught journey through the ranks
In Black and White: A Young Barrister’s Story of Race and Class in a Broken Justice System | Alexandra Wilson
Conveyancing bill would impose minimum standards
Conservative MP Marco Longhi claims solicitors are not always highlighting potential downsides to a residential purchase.
Conveyancers warned of letters causing delays
Mortgage lender says unnecessary correspondence can be avoided by checking handbook guidance.
Government to review Human Rights Act
Lord chancellor Robert Buckland says details of independent probe will be announced in due course.
PI solicitor struck off for ‘stupid’ signature mistake
Fee earner signed client's statement in order to meet court deadlines.
