All News articles – Page 1083
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NewsSRA: tell us what bad behaviour by lawyers matters most
Consultation open on how to maintain trust in the legal profession.
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NewsChallenge legal aid contract decisions quickly, solicitors warned
Legal Aid Agency is expected to reveal outcome of its 2015 duty provider procurement tender this week.
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NewsGrand depart: 3,500 lawyers sweat it out for charity
Fourth annual Tour de Law fundraiser begins today – send us your photos.
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NewsQC jailed for fraud is disbarred
Rohan Pershad QC was jailed in 2013 for cheating public revenue of £600,000.
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Non-executive chairman: Jim Lawless
He joins Cheltenham-based BPE Solicitors as non-executive chairman from the beginning of October 2015.
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NewsGovernment drops plan to extend corporate criminal liability
Decision to abandon new economic crime offence a 'slap in the face' for SFO director David Green, says leading QC.
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NewsHuman error blamed for opening of prisoners’ legal letters
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman upheld 16 complaints between April 2014 and June 2015.
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NewsLord Bach: Labour’s legal aid election offering ‘disappointing’
Former justice minister says party leader Jeremy Corbyn is ‘enthusiastic’ about latest review.
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NewsCivil court fee increases a ‘serious own goal’ – City lawyers
The Ministry of Justice proposes doubling the maximum court levy to £20,000 to generate an extra £60m in income each year.
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NewsSkilled migration curbs would harm legal sector – Law Society
Chancery Lane tells government that international firms must be able to recruit from outside the European Economic Area.
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NewsQuindell facing potential legal claims worth £9m
Company announces it has received ‘notice of intended claim’ from law firm.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman to miss more time targets – LSB
Complaints-handler met 90-day target just 52% of the time in July.
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NewsBar chair weighs in on gender equality row
Bar Council chair hits back at suggestion that he belittled sexist behaviour, as the debate on gender equality rages on.
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US firms eye $810m tieup
San Francisco-based Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Manhattan’s Chadbourne & Parke are in preliminary merger talks. A tieup of the two firms would create a 945-lawyer firm with revenues of $810m.
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Number of lasting power of attorney applications doubles
The number of applications for lasting power of attorney doubled to 128,804 in the last quarter, partly because of the take-up of online applications, the Ministry of Justice said.
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NewsIn-house counsel safe from automation
Being replaced by a robot isn’t going to happen just yet.
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Scots set to 'block' UK rights bill
Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said that any attempt by Westminster to repeal or amend the Human Rights Act would require the legislative consent of the Scottish parliament - and that it was ‘inconceivable’ such consent would be granted.
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