All News articles – Page 233
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NewsPrivate equity buys control of A&O risk management business
Subscription business will become standalone entity as part of US expansion.
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NewsJuryless trials in rape cases 'will undermine public confidence'
Criminal Bar Association tells Law Commission consultation that myths do not affect jurors' verdicts.
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NewsLaw Society demands talks over potential Axiom Ince levy
Solicitors ‘greatly concerned’ at possible one-off charge to cover massive client losses.
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NewsSeverely fatigued solicitor unfairly sacked over absences
Solicitor could ‘hardly function’ but firm leader said unauthorised absence was gross misconduct.
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NewsClick it yourself: magistrates to record their own single justice decisions
The new model aims to increase the number of cases that can be dealt with during a single SJP session, HMCTS says.
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NewsIBA 2023: Ukraine seeking watertight 'evidentiary base' for genocide charge
‘They want to dehumanise us’: conference also hears emotionally charged exchange between Ukraine’s chief prosecutor and the head of Israel’s bar on dealing with alleged perpetrators of atrocities.
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NewsNews focus: Nigeria v P&ID - arbitration under the spotlight
‘Severe abuses’ of the arbitral process in a $11bn case involving the Nigerian government raise urgent questions about the role of arbitrators and arbitration itself.
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NewsJudge offers contemptuous LiP one last chance to find representation
Defendant was found to have made a covert audio recording of a private family court hearing which was published on YouTube.
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NewsOmbudsman asks for £1.2m more to handle increasing demand
Legal ombudsman says this year has seen a 13% increase in enquiries from legal consumers.
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News'All about race': Rosenblatt tribunal hears closing speeches
Employment judges in the two-week hearing are likely to hand down a judgment in the new year.
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NewsCriminal who refused to delete law firm files found in contempt
Firm made repeated requests to arrange for material to be deleted.
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NewsWalesa wows the IBA
Poland’s former president Lech Wałęsa was on characteristically impassioned form at this morning’s IBA conference in Paris.
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NewsLondon still top dispute resolution hub
Law Society research confirms that the UK capital is the most attractive centre for commercial litigation and international arbitration.
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NewsRosenblatt and former chief settle contract breach claim for £500,000
Company will pay former chief executive £200,000 damages and £300,000 costs in 12 monthly settlements.
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NewsIBA 2023: Opening ceremony in Paris fixates on Brexit
Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier laments a ‘lose-lose’ for the EU and UK, while French president Emmanuel Macron says Paris is on course to overtake the City of London as Europe’s leading financial services centre.
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NewsMurder conviction quashed over ‘entirely avoidable’ retrial error
In Stuart Layden v R, appeal court finds Crown court did not have jurisdiction to retry Layden for murder.
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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.
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NewsLaw among Sunak’s AI success stories
AI start-ups are 'revolutionising the legal profession', prime minister says in run-up to global summit.
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NewsAxiom Ince: Compliance expert calls for inquiry into SRA
Frank Maher says move could restore confidence among profession amid uncertainty about ‘what the SRA knew and when’.
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NewsBank's jurisdiction challenge fails in €140m negligence claim against magic circle firm
High Court judge finds courts of England and Wales are the appropriate forum to hear French bank’s claim against English law firm.