All News articles – Page 359
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NewsMoJ doubles lawtech spending for new phase
£4m will support new technology such as machine learning and data analytics, government says.
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NewsKhan SDT hearing adjourned after last-minute application
Soophia Khan’s eight-day tribunal hearing was due to begin this morning.
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NewsDr Bitcoin awarded £1 after 'deliberately false' libel evidence
Judge rules that blog posts about ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ claim caused serious harm but awards minimal damages.
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NewsFirm hire: Partner returns to Irwin Mitchell
National law firm re-recruits Sam Knight after 10 months at Coffin Mew.
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NewsJudge critical of Fieldfisher’s 'continued failure' causing trial delay
Ruling states that international firm’s lack of supervision of e-disclosure was key problem.
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NewsBar protest 'biting harder' than government data suggests
Chambers chief says listings offices are pre-empting non-attendances and more cases will emerge that need to be added to government's count.
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NewsAG denies plan to ban government lawyers from rejecting policy
Updated legal risk guidance will 'focus on how government lawyers can work with ministers to problem-solve'.
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NewsCrown court valedictory for criminal defence 'legend'
Judge tells farewell gathering that barristers owe Bill Waddington a 'huge debt of gratitude'.
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NewsWhole-life orders only for ‘exceptionally serious cases’, CoA rules
Five judges hear appeals in the cases of killers including Wayne Couzens.
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News'Wagatha Christie': Vardy facing 'monstrous' costs bill after libel claim dismissed
Coleen Rooney’s viral post about Rebekah Vardy ‘substantially true’, court rules.
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NewsFirm hire: Consultant appointment at Hall Brown Family Law
Boutique firm recruits Zoe Round to its Sheffield office.
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NewsLSB accused of 'overstepping its remit' with competence requirement
Bar Council says oversight regulator's policy for checking lawyers are competent is a 'solution in search of a problem'.
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NewsJR guidance for civil servants updated following Covid cases
Government Legal Department discusses bias, standing, justiciability and Brexit in 'Judge Over Your Shoulder' document.
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NewsHigh court blocks set-aside of client agreement at assessment
Agreements cannot be set aside in costs proceedings on the grounds of illegitimate pressure.
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NewsNews focus: It’s an ill wind - top City firms break profit records
PEP exceeding £2m is the new virility benchmark for magic circle firms. It has been a ‘perfect year’, but how long can the beanfeast continue?
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NewsRolling out a ragged red carpet
MoJ finally gets round to sending ministers to take a look at a few courts.
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NewsSQE IT fiasco: dozens seek compensation
Aspiring solicitors out of pocket after booking travel and hotel rooms for an exam that never happened.
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NewsNews focus: Serious Farce? Where now for the SFO and Lisa Osofsky
‘Mistakes, misjudgements’, disclosure failures and a looming jobs cull. The future appears bleak for the Serious Fraud Office and its embattled director Lisa Osofsky.