All News articles – Page 349
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NewsLegal app ad using the word ‘shyster’ cleared of causing offence
Complainant to Advertising Standards Authority said word was derogatory term to describe Jewish people.
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NewsFixed costs: Housing specialists gather evidence on legal aid consequences
Housing Law Practitioners Association says new regime poses significant threat to provision of quality advice, assistance and representation.
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NewsMaster of the rolls adjusts his dial
Masks and wigs were off as the Court of Appeal turned steamy for costs hearing.
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News‘Reeling’ PI market needed fees solution, Court of Appeal hears
Appeal in Belsner v CAM opens with arguments about ‘stark consequences’ for profession.
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NewsPost Office disclosure could be used against lawyers before SDT
The SRA can use documents provided by the Post Office ‘in any disciplinary proceedings issued in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’.
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NewsFirms with offices in Kyiv ready to act as Russia crisis escalates
Foreign Office has advised that British nationals in Ukraine should leave the country.
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NewsLeeds Law Society president appointed Gordons' diversity and inclusion head
Commercial litigation solicitor Catherine Woodward qualified as a solicitor in the firm’s dispute resolution department in 2015.
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NewsRecord year for Hogan Lovells as PEP surges to £1.8m
International firm says total global revenues up 5.5% last year to nearly £1.9bn, pushing profits per equity partner up by 17.5%.
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NewsTwo bloody difficult women - and a QC
Lord Pannick is to play Lord Pannick in a stage drama about the ‘Enemies of the people’ case.
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NewsJudges told to stay ‘above the fray’ in cases with LiPs
Appeal court says judges cannot take 'inquisitorial role' to help unrepresented litigants.
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NewsCBA prepares to issue ballot papers on legal aid action
Jo Sidhu QC says barristers and solicitors cannot afford to wait until 2024 for an increase in fees.
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NewsEntrepreneur in contempt over £200,000 dispute with Farrer & Co
Julie Meyer, 55, has ‘shown herself in these proceedings to be a selfish and untrustworthy person’, Mr Justice Kerr says.
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NewsCouncillor struck off after housing fraud conviction
Solicitor jailed for unlawfully holding on to his council house for seven years.
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NewsFirm hire: Former work experience student qualifies at GHP Legal
Jade Snow completed work experience at the firm as a 17-year-old student.
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NewsNightingale courts bill up to £34m, justice minister reveals
The Ministry of Justice will provide an update on future use of Nightingale courts ‘in due course’, James Cartlidge says.
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NewsTodner issues JR proceedings over SRA prosecution
Criminal defence solicitor is challenging disciplinary tribunal's decision not to stay proceedings on abuse of process grounds.
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NewsPeers to run the rule over government’s JR reforms
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill faces amendments from opposition parties and leading lawyers in the House of Lords.
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NewsCommercial firm to accept crypto payments
Gunnercooke expects option to be popular with clients in the cryptoasset sector.
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NewsKeep EU law or face ‘unpredictable consequences’, former GLD chief warns
Sir Jonathan Jones tells MPs to ‘beware of the unintended consequences’ of removing EU law’s supremacy, which ‘will provoke litigation’.
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NewsHigh Court makes promptness reminder in benefits uplift ruling
Mr Justice Swift says lateness of challenge to government decision on universal credit might have significantly influenced outcome.