All News articles – Page 541
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NewsLawyers should be last resort for separating families - McFarlane
New report from the judiciary recommends shifting family breakdown away from 'justice' response.
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NewsHMCTS may publish court risk assessments
Work happening 'in the background' to see if documents can be put up within court and tribunal finder service.
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NewsWe'll appeal, says firm behind 'fundamentally flawed' £5bn group claim
Epic Brazil dam litigation will continue with challenge in the Court of Appeal.
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NewsCity firms 'intimidate' SRA over prosecutions, claims campaigner
Equal rights activist says sole practitioners disproportionately targeted because City firms are too big to go after.
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NewsTeam from firm in administration transferred to expanding business
HH Legal’s clinical negligence lawyers and caseload move to Hudgells Solicitors.
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NewsSQE candidates 'unlikely' to get loans, says super-regulator
Graduates could save £8,000 on course fees, according to analysis by the Legal Services Board.
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NewsDWF offers paid work experience to aspiring BAME solicitors
Scheme to give six people the opportunity to do commercial law work during a one-week placement.
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NewsOpposition raises concern about victims data failings
Failure to track outcomes means government is unaccountable on promise to help victims.
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NewsSolicitor MP blasts probate service in Westminster debate
System has deteriorated in past two years despite heavy investment, government told.
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NewsSRA staff seconded to contact centre as phones left unanswered
Solicitors ringing about problematic new online system faced a long wait to speak to someone.
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NewsLord chief justice condemns ministers’ attacks on lawyers
Lord Burnett says lawyers should not be disparaged for doing their duty to clients.
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NewsEx-City solicitor appointed interim government legal chief
Peter Fish CB to lead Government Legal Department while search for permanent replacement continues.
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News'Irredeemably unmanageable': High Court blocks £5bn group litigation
Judge says prospect of managing 200,000 claimants from Brazil is 'alarming' and cannot work.
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NewsGovernment pressed on Royal Commission pledge
Terms of reference still being considered despite commission being announced last December.
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NewsWhich is the prettiest law office in the country?
Highlighting the most striking and picturesque law firm buildings that this country has to offer.
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NewsNiche litigation funder celebrates bumper lockdown
Insolvency specialist predicts busy caseload after furlough scheme ends.
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NewsShoosmiths cuts 43 jobs despite strong performance
Firm says it discovered more efficient ways of working during lockdown.
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NewsInternational firm partner fined for client account abuse
Solicitor’s successor at Womble Bond Dickinson also fined after admitting that he did not spot what was going on.
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NewsExtended operating hours to continue until April
Capacity of civil courts under growing pressure, says HMCTS.
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NewsDistrict judge appointment for Huddersfield’s first Sikh solicitor
Ranjit Uppal, appointed as the youngest and first Asian president of the town's Law Society in 2006, will be based at Doncaster County Court.