All News articles – Page 278
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NewsMother sues firm after solicitor son took his own life
London solicitor died within days of finding out he was being made redundant.
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NewsMigration bill amendment modifies judicial 'safeguard'
Lord chancellor would be granted power to make tribunal procedure rules so government can keep to desired timetable.
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NewsLegal funder's clear-up costs mount as director fails to cooperate
Administrators also bogged down dealing with thousands of Affiniti-backed client matters.
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NewsSolicitor who forged client's £3,000 court win struck off
Order purported to show client had been awarded £3,000 over the removal of Japanese knotweed.
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NewsFirm hire: Banner Jones adds to personal injury team
Chartered legal executive Sarah Schoolar joins the law firm's Chesterfield office.
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NewsFalse witness
The most dangerous witness ever must have been in 1928 in Lowndes County, Alabama.
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NewsNews focus: Big Tech's rare victory on data protection
With the strike-out of a claim against Google UK over alleged misuses of private information relating to medical records, and following the ruling in Lloyd, action against Big Tech just got tougher.
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NewsCivil court delays the 'worst on record'
At Dartford the wait now extends to a remarkable 829 days.
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NewsSRA ready to hold its own public disciplinary hearings
Regulator prepared to exercise power for cases where fines are below £25,000.
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NewsLawyers expose unlawful use of coercive powers by Home Office
Detention of two mothers and their children over NHS debts was 'humiliating and distressing'.
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NewsSolicitor suggested scheme to client 'which amounted to benefit fraud'
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds solicitor’s actions caused ‘immense harm to the profession’.
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NewsLaw firms open in Dublin as Unified Patent Court launches
One-stop shop for patent litigation excludes UK following Brexit.
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NewsMoJ confirms fixed costs uplift for vulnerable parties
Defendant lawyers had warned that addition could offer claimants unnecessary ‘windfall’.
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NewsLawyers line up to advise over Phillip Schofield affair
Television presenter apologised directly to his own lawyers for misleading them.
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NewsBan for veteran solicitor who blamed WFH for communication failure
Lesley Wilkinson did not tell her client their claim had been struck out.
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NewsFirm hires: Coupe Bradbury team joins Excello Law
National firm welcomes Chris Crawley, Matthew Scott, Katie McAlister, and Emma Mason.
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NewsCourt of Appeal clears up leasehold confusion
Law Commission identified 'conflicting' case law on right of shared ownership leaseholders to take control of building management.
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NewsNews focus: Employment law is changing fast
A Brexit bonfire of employment laws has been narrowly averted for now. But battle has been joined on the streets and in the courts over far-reaching new legislation designed to undermine and curtail strikes.
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NewsLaw Society hails free trade deals
Agreements with Australia and New Zealand will break down barriers for UK lawyers, says Chancery Lane.
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NewsSolicitor struck off after trying to hide SRA probe from co-director wife
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found Surrey solicitor of more than 20 years acted dishonestly.