All News articles – Page 1137
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SRA hints at rethink on compliance roles
Chief executive Paul Philip says review of COLP and COFA regime will form part of ‘radical overhaul’.
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Co-op Legal's losses soar by 70%
Results reflect the cost of restructuring, Co-operative Legal Services says.
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Land Registry chief announces departure
Ed Lester to leave next year following government’s rebuff of ‘service delivery company’ plan.
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South-west council slashes legal budget
Local authority said the £500,000 saving over the next year would mean a reduction in staffing levels.
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Calls for legal advice strategy
The fragmentation of civil legal advice since the April cuts has undermined community cohesion, MPs were told today.
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LSB caution on growth of paid McKenzie friends
Paid legal advisers should be recognised as a ‘legitimate feature’ of the legal services market, says LSB chairman.
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Call to keep UK legal sector competitive
Government must act now to maintain the UK’s competitiveness and retains its position as a global leader for legal services, says Law Society deputy vice-president.
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BLM creates single City office
The firm will move around 350 staff members from two current sites.
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Co-op Legal's 2015 profit pledge
An upbeat business forecast is accompanied by group assurances about financial backing.
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Family courts unfair for litigants in person, MPs told
Family lawyers’ groups gave evidence to the Common’s Justice Committee on the impact of civil legal aid cuts.
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Creditor complaints prompt debt protocol inquiry
Civil Procedure Rule Committee begins consultation on new protocol for debt claims.
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UK minister in new bid to crack India's legal market
Shailesh Vara’s free trade mission is not the first, with progress toward liberalisation apparently stalled.
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Data explosion fuels growth in privacy cases
The number of contested privacy cases has more than doubled in five years.
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Former City solicitor to head QualitySolicitors legal group
David Grossman has been appointed chief executive of the Simplify Group, which includes QualitySolicitors.
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Study lays bare ‘bogus’ car crash fraud stats
New research by a national personal injury firm has undermined insurance industry claims that a so-called ‘crash for cash’ fraud epidemic is hiking motor premiums
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Caplen voices legal aid concerns
Law Society president Andrew Caplen has marked the approach of the organisation’s Access to Justice Day by voicing his concerns for criminal legal aid solicitors and the criminal justice system.
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Olswang appoints two non-executive directors
David Chance and Dr Andreas Raffel will join on 1 September.
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A plea for understanding
Open justice not just a matter of being seen on TV, says Lord Neuberger.
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