All News focus articles – Page 7
-
NewsNews focus: A daunting to-do list for the IBA president
Almudena Arpón de Mendívil is the International Bar Association’s second woman president in 76 years. The list of challenges the global profession faces – including political attacks in established democracies – is distinctly contemporary too.
-
NewsNews focus: 'FDAC works. Simple' - Celebrating problem-solving courts
Despite seemingly universal support for the work they do, pioneering family drug and alcohol courts face a constant battle for survival in the absence of long-term funding guarantees.
-
NewsNews focus: Takeaways from the SRA compliance officers conference
At 16, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is a very different body from the one that spent almost all its time dealing with ‘fingers in the till’.
-
NewsLabour party conference: The never spending story
The Labour party conference was not short of ideas on how to fix the broken justice system, but there is the issue of money.
-
NewsNews focus: Conveyancing Association calls on members to help meet net zero targets
Conveyancers should consider refusing to act for clients whose actions fall foul of the government’s net zero targets, says controversial new guidance from their specialist trade body.
-
NewsNews focus: Mixed messages on the law at the Conservative conference
Law and order took centre state but the lord chancellor and home secretary strruck very different notes on the law and lawyers
-
NewsNews focus: Power of attorney reforms
Lasting powers of attorney can now be made completely online, which the government hopes will streamline a process ‘drowning’ in paperwork. But concerns remain about accessibility.
-
NewsNews focus: Financial crime - good intentions, poor resources
An update for solicitors on anti-money laundering and financial crime.
-
NewsNews focus: Commonhold is the ‘only way forward’ – but how?
Piecemeal reform has helped leaseholders, but the government wants to reinvigorate commonhold as an alternative. However, making commonhold mainstream is not straightforward.
-
NewsNews focus: MPs demand answers on whiplash portal problems
Neither claimant nor defendant lawyers are satisfied by the performance of the new ‘whiplash’ portal, which has so far failed to make the claims process more efficient or cut excess costs.
-
NewsNews focus: Upfront property information - a jungle of words
The Digital Property Market Steering Group aims to align the residential market with the commercial sector to speed up digital change. But regulation and poor communication could impede reform.
-
NewsNews focus: Suing for science
Climate change activists believe strategic litigation is invaluable in pushing the issue up corporate and political agendas – even it fails. And this month, all eyes are on Strasbourg.
-
NewsIn Focus: Empire-building SRA plays the long game
The Solicitors Regulation Authority knows primary legislation to consolidate legal regulation is unlikely any time soon. So bringing CILEX members on board in the short-term is a smart move strategically.
-
NewsIn Focus: Axiom Ince soldiers on after shock interventions
The Solicitors Regulation Authority last month barred three senior Axiom Ince directors from practising, plunging the firm into turmoil and raising fears over payment of salaries
-
NewsNews focus: Hybrid working is here to stay - but HR policies vary widely
Hybrid working is here to stay but HR policies still vary widely. Some law firms incentivise staff to ‘come in’, but does this risk alienating people by creating a ‘them and us’ workplace?
-
NewsNews focus: World's first digital economy court opens – in Dubai
As the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts unveils the world’s first digital economy court, justice Michael Black KC envisages a busy schedule when the court hears its first case listed for January.
-
NewsNews focus: CMA probes will-writers
Complaints about costs and unfair contract terms have prompted competition watchdogs to investigate will-writing. Shoddy service by unregulated providers is back under the spotlight.
-
NewsNews focus: ClientEarth rebuff
The High Court scotched ClientEarth’s attempts to bring Shell’s directors to account for alleged breaches of duty over environmental strategy. Will this keep management decisions out of the courtroom?
-
NewsNews focus: SQE has disrupted the training market - but confused it, too
A conference heard last week that many aspiring solicitors who complete the new SQE are unsure about next steps.
-
NewsNews focus: BBC presenter saga – a crisis that got out of control
Libel, privacy, criminal and employment law issues jostled for prominence in the scandal that arose over the alleged behaviour of a BBC presenter. Lawyers assess the likely fallout from a crisis that spiralled out of control.