All News articles – Page 1027
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NewsMP: courts charge stops guilty ‘working the system’
Select committee member and pressure groups clash over new fee for convicted defendants.
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NewsSolicitor-advocates step up challenge with referral site
Website makes it easier for solicitor-advocates to refer work to each other in response to the direct access move by barristers.
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NewsFurther gender pay transparency measures announced
Larger law firms will have to publish information about bonuses for men and women.
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NewsSolicitors – know your place!
The bar’s thinking about how it will assure its future seems a little muddy.
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NewsPrivate equity investors ‘indifferent’ to law firms
Pioneer of private equity investment says IT sector more attractive than legal.
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NewsCity firms to meet MoJ over plans to plug funding gap
Law Society has described one government proposal as a ‘tax on success’.
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Society steps up legal privilege campaign
In a position paper Chancery Lane and Bar Council argue that privilege is a vital principle of the administration of justice.
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New powers in Wales Bill
New powers over energy, speed limits, and local government and Welsh Assembly elections.
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Barristers’ new venture offers direct access
Founder told the Gazette that the Bar Standards Board-regulated entity takes advantage of the ‘changing legal landscape and the opening up of the legal profession’.
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Don’t accept ‘cold-call’ instructions, warns SRA
The regulator last week reminded practitioners that rules are already in place to stop this form of marketing.
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Council limits ABS use to counter tax liability
Essex council voted last week to push ahead with an application to the SRA.
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NewsBar 2015: barristers lukewarm on innovative business models
The vast majority of aplications have come from ‘one-man bands’ seeking to exploit perceived tax advantages that chancellor George Osborne has recently moved to abolish.
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NewsBar 2015: criminal advocacy revamp a ‘turning point’
Consultation is a rare beacon of hope and could mark a turning point for the criminal bar, Mark Fenhalls QC told the Bar Conference.
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Bar 2015: Gove will need to defy backbenchers on prison reform
Andy Slaughter said the lord chancellor will enjoy a ‘large measure of cross-party support’ if he perseveres with changes.
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NewsRBS claims £120k from ex-Halliwells partner
A five-day trial has commenced in which the Royal Bank of Scotland is claiming £120,000 from Michael McCarthy, former partner of Manchester firm Halliwells.
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NewsChambers failing to plan for changing legal landscape, BSB says
Risks the bar faces also include cashflow problems, cyberattacks, departing members and a lack of commitment to diversity.