All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 174
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NewsNews focus: ECHR comes under Tory fire
Plans to protect service personnel from ‘vexatious’ claims enthused the party conference. But the lord chancellor had little to add to grand rhetoric on prison reform.
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NewsFixed fees popular among lawyers’ clients
Mini-bellwether report states that solicitors, under immense pressure to lower their fees, tend to equate value with price.
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NewsCPS criticised for ‘shocking’ disclosure failure
Crown Prosecution Service says it has agreed to settle Conrad Jones’s civil claim without admission of liability.
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NewsLiP handed 114 pages of legal documents ‘at the door of the court’
Mr Justice Peter Jackson says the Family Division incident is not unusual.
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NewsFormer Stobart chief acquires second criminal legal aid firm
Trevor Howarth says One Legal has completed acquisition of Guney, Clark & Ryan.
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NewsCourts have become a ‘casino’, Conservative conference hears
MP and former deputy London mayor says defendants do not plead guilty because they know witnesses may not turn up.
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NewsJustice minister makes case for ADR
Mediation and arbitration to be ‘first recourse’ in dispute resolution - Sir Oliver Heald QC
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NewsECHR withdrawal ‘will do little to protect troops’, Grieve warns
Dominic Grieve says temporary derogation from European Convention on Human Rights is not a revolutionary step.
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NewsLiz Truss: ‘we can do better’ on legal diversity
It ‘cannot be right’ that only one out of 12 Supreme Court justices is a woman, lord chancellor tells party conference.
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NewsJustice secretary Liz Truss: prison reform ‘urgent’
Lord chancellor calls for new ideas to reduce reoffending and violence against prison staff.
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NewsMay pledges to end ‘industry of vexatious claims’ against forces
Defence secretary Michael Fallon says growing defence budget will be spent on equipment rather than lawyers’ fees.
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NewsBill of rights will eliminate ‘trivial’ claims – Faulks
Former justice minister says whole school of lawyers has been brought up in a rights culture.
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Profile£5m fine for Alton Towers rollercoaster crash company
Alan Fox assumed oversight of the prosecution of Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd following theme park collision.
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NewsCMS, Nabarro and Olswang confirm ‘combination’ talks
Trio’s leadership teams say combination would create ‘differentiated, modern’ firm underpinned by 250-year City heritage.
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NewsLSB softens ‘prescriptive’ diversity approach
Consultation paper says some regulators have moved past 2011 guidance.
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NewsLegal aid safety net applications soar
Legal Aid Agency granted just over half of the 424 applications for exceptional case funding received between April and June.
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NewsCity watchdog urged to exempt legal from new accountability regime
Senior managers regime could erode legal professional privilege and put lawyers in a conflict-of-interest situation, Law Society warns.
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NewsSociety: lifting reserved activity restrictions could threaten UK competitiveness
Chancery Lane was responding to additional questions from the Competition and Markets Authority on reserved legal activities.
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NewsBriggs: online court will take the ‘A’ out of ‘ADR’
Lord Justice Briggs says mediation will become the cultural norm – and suggests £25k limit could be raised if his blueprint works.
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NewsVirtual court pilot is ‘not fit for purpose’
Solicitor makes official complaint after duty court scheme pilot in Exeter.