All News articles – Page 330
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NewsTake solicitors out of flight delay claims - MPs
Idea of automatic payments put forward as part of report into the future of the aviation industry.
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NewsMinister apologises for misleading parliament on negligence costs
Slip reveals government thinking as NHS litigation costs come under mounting scrutiny.
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NewsMinistry of Justice to be grilled by MPs over legal aid proposals
Justice committee will hear evidence from Law Society, Bar Council, justice minister and legal aid policy director.
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NewsFirm hire: Simpson Millar welcomes injury practice area director
Kate Sweeney will lead the medical negligence, personal injury and catastrophic injury teams.
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NewsTribunal proceedings could be recorded
Senior judges consider plan amid concern about unfairness to unrepresented parties.
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NewsAdmin hearings outside London in person from next week
In person hearings will be the ‘general default position’ from Tuesday.
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NewsBundles guidance 'highlights litigant-in-person struggles'
Respondent in financial remedies proceedings 'encouraged' to help unrepresented applicant to prepare electronic file.
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NewsUpbeat Irwin Mitchell announces expansion
National firm says offices in Cardiff and Liverpool will open next month.
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NewsIn Focus: Law firm profits leapt 40% in the pandemic - annual benchmarking survey
Annual bellwether reveals that it was not just the City giants that boomed during the pandemic.
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NewsLAA declines to disclose back-up advocacy numbers for 'no returns'
Several solicitors have publicly declared they will not be helping Legal Aid Agency to undermine criminal bar's action.
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NewsNews focus: Lifting the lid on judgments
The National Archives online library of court judgments has gone live, with its connections to third-party computer software hailed as ‘a game-changer’.
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NewsGetting shirty over dress code
When I first started in the law, dress in court was all-important.
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NewsCameras roll in new Depp libel battle
Hollywood star sues ex-wife Amber Heard for $50m while she counterclaims for $100m.
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NewsThe agony of articles
Michael Simmons begins a short series of reminiscences on life as an (aspiring) solicitor in the 1950s.
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NewsCarter-Ruck gets sale order over former clients’ home
Firm sued couple at centre of a landmark libel case for around £285,000.
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NewsNegligence claim thrown out as court rejects MMR evidence
Judge urged not to conduct 'trial within a trial' but says evidence would have been discredited.
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NewsLatest Mayson report calls for extension of regulation
Review says much of the protection offered by current system of legal regulation is ‘illusory’.
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NewsRemote examinations to end for whiplash cases
MedCo set to revert to pre-pandemic system for diagnosing injuries in RTA claims.
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NewsUnlimited sitting days to tackle backlog as action begins to bite
Old Bailey murder prosecution reportedly postponed due to criminal bar's 'no returns' protest as government seeks to boost court capacity.
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NewsFirm hire: Banking and finance partner joins Cripps Pemberton Greenish
Nicholas Fisher was formerly the principal of banking law firm Tudeley Law.