All News articles – Page 1054
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NewsTrade Union Bill to raise strike ballot threshold
Government says trade unions should have a bigger mandate from members to call industrial action.
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NewsAction day 14: judges query absence of solicitors
Hundreds of practitioners attend north-west rally to protest cuts as judges seek answers.
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NewsNo damage caused by civil legal aid reforms, says defiant MoJ
Government defends itself against a highly critical report on LASPO from the commons justice committee.
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NewsFamily lawyers: 100% divorce ruling exceptional but fair
A hospital consultant has been ordered to give his former wife his entire fortune, after neglecting to pay child support.
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News'Force lawyers into pro bono' - think tank
Report says public have lost trust in legal profession and recommends free work as a way to re-establish it.
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NewsNew official website for Welsh law
Online information service will help lawyers keep track of evolving legal framework in Wales.
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NewsAction day 13: firms consider duty boycott
Legal aid lawyers gear up for more direct action as standoff continues.
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NewsBar training course ‘poor value’ and ‘exploitative’
One new practitioner told a focus group: ‘The BPTC is actually exploitative. Providers don’t care about you, they care about the money.’
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NewsUnregulated advisers beat law firms in Google rankings
Legal Services Board research finds potential clients confronted with services of unregulated providers.
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Barrister loses racial discrimination claim against MoJ
Magistrates’ court employee claimed he was moved ‘under a cloud’ after he was investigated in connection with a fraud.
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NewsMothers-in-law love a lawyer
Lawyers are among the most sought after professions for a son- or daughter-in-law.
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Honorary silk nominations open
Practitioners may make nominations direct to the Ministry of Justice.
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NewsModern major general
Brigadier Susan Ridge will become the first woman to reach general officer rank in the British Army.
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NewsIn-house sector faces wellbeing crisis
Sector ‘soaks up’ pressures placed on them by colleagues with their own stresses to manage.
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NewsSolicitor MPs on justice committee
There are also five qualified barristers on the 11-strong House of Commons justice select committee.
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NewsSRA in renewed call to lower PII minimum
Last year the regulator’s proposal to cut compulsory cover to £500,000 from £2m was blocked by the Legal Services Board.
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NewsEpic Prest divorce battle rumbles on
In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that Yasmin Prest was entitled to receive millions of pounds of property assets.