All News articles – Page 487
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NewsNews focus - Bar: ‘no end to justice emergency’
Dire predictions of the bar’s demise may not have come to pass but chambers must address the long-term effects of the pandemic, relating to remote hearings, court backlogs and a pupillage crisis.
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NewsBar chief vexed by super-regulator’s mission creep
The Bar Council has suggested that the Legal Services Board is exceeding its remit, citing the super-regulator’s ‘surprising’ plans to reshape the justice sector.
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NewsRemote hearings ‘fragmented’, say civil court users
Civil court users have criticised the use of remote hearings as ‘fragmented’ and inconsistent, calling for improvements as the pandemic abates.
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NewsSport the difference
The all-party parliamentary group on sport and physical activity in the criminal justice system may be in its infancy, but justice minister Alex Chalk is already a fan.
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NewsFirms finalise office return plans
Top City firms are cautiously preparing to fully reopen their offices next month, with desk-booking apps, flexible working pilots and weekly team meetings.
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NewsEducate don't legislate to resolve JR concerns, says former LCJ
Crossbench peer Lord Woolf says drastic action is being considered due to 'lack of understanding'.
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NewsFirm targets lawyers in 'poison' breast implant scandal
Edwin Coe LLP claims that thousands of women were denied compensation in PIP implant case.
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NewsENRC pursues Dechert in Commercial Court
Four-month hearing involving mining company, international firm and Serious Fraud Office opens on Monday.
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NewsSRA shelves Compensation Fund cuts
Regulator had proposed to reduce the limit on individual claims from £2 million to £500,000.
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NewsFinalists for prestigious legal aid awards revealed
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year winners will be announced during a live broadcast on 6 July.
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NewsAppeal dismissed despite ‘inexcusable’ 34-month wait for ruling
Trial ended in January 2017 but parties had to wait until November 2019 for a judgment.
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NewsClaims firm sells London business to focus on northern hubs
Hudgell Solicitors says business model has changed in the last 12 months.
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NewsLinklaters loses 45 secretaries and PAs
Magic circle firm offered voluntary redundancy to all of its London secretaries earlier this year.
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NewsDon’t close the SIF in this tough insurance market, SRA urged
Law Society and Legal Services Consumer Panel join hands in call for alternative arrangements to be made.
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NewsCovid will boost our acquisitions, says listed firm Knights
Trading update predicts revenue will exceed £100m for the year ended 30 April 2021.
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NewsProcedure rules may be redrafted to help LiPs
Civil Procedure Rule Committee targets ‘brevity, clarity and simplicity’ of process.
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NewsFirm ordered to pay £800,000 after property blunder
Claimant was not informed that part of his £2.14m property had been retained by the seller.
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News'Constitutional plumbing': Buckland defends Judicial Review Bill
Lord chancellor tells Robert Peston he will be proposing incremental change.
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NewsSRA chair appointed for a further three-year term
Anna Bradley reflects on ‘step change’ in the profession but says there is more work to do.
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NewsThree Nightingale courts to close next month
Makeshift courts in Birmingham, Chester and Lancaster will shut within weeks.