All News articles – Page 430
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NewsTribunal slashes costs awards to SRA
SDT granted regulator £3.9m in costs following prosecution in past two years, compared with £6m costs awarded in previous two years.
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NewsCity firms to fund social welfare lawyers
Elite law firms respond to legal advice crisis with £10,000 contributions to new training scheme.
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NewsNo, really, delighted to be here
Given how much he had reportedly resisted a move from the Foreign Office to the Ministry of Justice, lord chancellor Dominic Raab probably hoped that his appearance before the justice committee might suffer the sort of delays he has inherited in the court system.
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NewsLocal heroes
What do HG Wells, David Bowie, Julie Andrews, Dina Asher-Smith and Emma Raducanu have in common?
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NewsShifting shadows
On the subject of career trajectories, does Obiter detect a hint of mischief-making in Sir Keir Starmer’s opposition front-bench reshuffle?
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NewsHundreds of court staff support strike over Common Platform, union says
Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) says the Common Platform is ‘fundamentally flawed’.
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NewsWomble Bond Dickinson finally fights off negligence claim
Deputy Master Toogood said the pandemic cannot ‘excuse a four-month delay’ in applying to amend pleadings.
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NewsFirm hit by pandemic bought after entering administration
Essex firm said the pandemic had affected its core SME client base.
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NewsFirm hire: Simpson Millar welcomes employment law solicitor
Balal Qaiser joins the law firm's Leeds office.
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NewsLawyers could be referred to regulators for inappropriate urgent applications
Mrs Justice Cockerill says the Hamid jurisdiction is not ‘confined’ to judicial review proceedings.
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NewsFirm lets staff take 'you day' if they've already done their hours
Managing partner says new policy will enable all staff to work flexibly.
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NewsIncrease in BSB staff not ‘reasonable or proportionate’ - Bar Council
The General Council of the Bar is consulting on a 4.5% overall increase in practising certificate fees.
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NewsPublishing lawyers’ complaints data won’t help consumers, says Society
Law Society says plans are flawed because complaints data is not meaningful or reliable.
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NewsCJEU advised to dismiss Hungary and Poland's rule of law case
The two countries are challenging a regulation to suspend funds to member states breaching the rule of law.
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NewsOutrage at Taliban takeover of Afghanistan bar association
Move has 'completely compromised the independence of the legal profession', International Bar Association states.
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NewsLaw Society’s annual awards to end after 15 years
Annual celebration of profession’s brightest and best will not take place in 2022.
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NewsYounger lawyers unhappy about working hours
Survey says law firm bosses need to tune into generational differences in attitudes to working.
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NewsSmall claims taking 51 weeks to go to trial as litigants wait for justice
Parties now waiting around three months longer for resolution in the smallest cases, official statistics reveal.
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NewsMail lawyers criticised for lack of ‘clear focus’ in Meghan appeal
Grounds of appeal have been 'neither followed nor mentioned much in argument', master of rolls says.
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NewsCarnwath disappointed ‘legal enforcement’ was not discussed at Cop 26
Former Supreme Court justice says Britain 'has a good story to tell in this particular area'.