All News articles – Page 61
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NewsSolicitor loses High Court bid to vary SDT costs order
High Court dismisses lawyer’s attempt to vary SDT’s costs order as it ‘simply does not have jurisdiction’.
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NewsDuncan Lewis and lord chancellor settle legal aid row
Duncan Lewis says lord chancellor will decide whether to increase fees by the end of November.
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NewsEmployment tribunal dismisses solicitor's claim against Citizens Advice
Manchester lawyer had described ‘Good Citizen’ award which would reward winning employees their birthday off as ‘dubious’.
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NewsSDT dismisses allegations against City firm over AML checks
Tribunal rules that firm did not have to carry out enhanced due diligence.
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NewsFirm promotions: Osbornes Law appoints three partners
Solicitors Edward Taylor, Laura Swaine and Rachael Atkinson have been promoted.
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NewsIn depth: National Lottery throws lifeline to legal advice charities
With the National Lottery ploughing £30m into the Improving Lives Through Advice grant programme, a five-year financial lifeline has been thrown to 59 frontline legal advice charities.
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NewsGLD introduces 10-month placements for students
Treasury solicitor Susanna McGibbon says legal sector must be accessible early in people's academic studies.
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NewsCo-op Legal Services continues upward trajectory
Thousands more cases being opened in the first half of 2024 - with further growth targeted.
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NewsInternational firms call off merger plan
Joining forces 'would not deliver the scale of strategic advantages we were looking for'.
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NewsSRA plans will force firms into financial ruin, warns Law Society
Society says new fining powers do not have proper safeguards and monitoring.
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NewsFirm hires: Senior associate and NQ join Debenhams Ottaway’s corporate and commercial team
Hertfordshire law firm welcomes Sarah Liddiard and Millie Reynolds.
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NewsSolicitor ordered to pay £8,700 costs for late tribunal claim withdrawal
Employment judge finds that by not withdrawing his claim earlier, lawyer showed ‘unreasonable conduct of litigation’.
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NewsMatters of life and Dr Death
It is a wonder how some ‘experts’ have ever been allowed to give evidence.
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NewsFirm avoids wasted costs order over dishonest PI claim
Judge says solicitors cannot be expected to trawl claimants’ social media accounts.
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NewsCivil legal aid: raise fees by 20% to 'stabilise vital public service'
Deputy managing partner says his firm would be able to take on a greater volume of legal aid cases.
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NewsPump Court Chambers loses High Court bid to keep £2.75m fraud secret
Prominent London set feared adverse publicity could cause 'high-earning barristers' to leave and solicitors to delay payments.
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NewsSRA lambasted by biggest local law society over fining power plans
Birmingham Law Society committee says there is no independence built into SRA proposals.
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News‘I grew up with war’: Lebanon lawyer says work goes on as bombs drop
Lawyers in Lebanon avoiding travel as conflict between Hezbollah and Israel intensifies.
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NewsGulf private equity swoops on top family firm
Investor with background in luxury and technology-enabled businesses moves into legal services.
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NewsIn depth: Hosting IBA 2024 did not protect Mexico from heavy criticism
As the IBA annual conference began amid a chorus of opposition to the government’s reforms of the judiciary, a former president of Mexico railed against this threat to the country’s ‘fragile rule of law’.