All News articles – Page 642
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NewsFamilies given tool to navigate 'legalistic' school exclusions process
Youth charity says children fighting for the right to an education are battling a system that should be supporting them.
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NewsFirm asks for partner investment after rise in operating expenses
Moore Blatch moves to all-equity partnership model and says the business will be more agile in future.
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NewsHearing adjourned for ex-City partner accused over 'untrue' billable hours claim
Five-day hearing involving ex-Taylor Wessing partner Tracey Ann Sheehan was due to begin yesterday.
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NewsFirm hire: Buckinghamshire firm welcomes new wills and probate head
Camilla Haggith-Khonje joins Lennons Solicitors.
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NewsSRA shelves immigration advice changes
Solicitors would have been able to operate from firms regulated by Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.
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News‘Deplorable and terrible’: Bar warned of UK’s dwindling role on world stage
Philippe Sands QC tells conference the UK could find itself without a single international judge.
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NewsConservatives pledge to end ‘abuse’ of judicial review
Manifesto makes no spending commitments on legal aid or court reform.
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NewsSystem 'on its knees': bar publishes justice manifesto
Barristers urge next government to reverse cuts to legal aid, abolish ‘innocence tax’ and invest in court infrastructure.
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NewsLiP support unit shuts branches
Support Through Court confirms it is closing centres in Preston, Southampton, Bournemouth and west London.
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NewsHighbrow clash of the heavyweights
A spat has erupted in the London Review of Books, an ordinarily genteel magazine for the highbrow keen to expand their (already voluminous) vocabularies.
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NewsNews focus: Crypto statement a ‘watershed’ for English law
LawTech panel’s statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts is a boost for innovators.
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NewsNew dawn for legal services as solicitors set free
Solicitors now subject to revised standards placing greater faith in their professional judgement.
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NewsKeen keens over purdah murder
The ban on government activity during pre-election purdah is a mixed blessing, according to Obiter’s favourite justice minister, Lord Keen of Elie QC. The upside, he told a City of London audience at the unveiling of the LawTech Delivery Panel’s statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts, is that ‘my officials ...
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NewsJudiciary will have gender equality, Hale tells bar - by 2033
Lady Hale tells the bar conference that the higher courts still have a long way to go.
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NewsPost Office appeal dismissed by court as costs soar
By last month, parties in the mammoth group action had run up more than £35m in legal fees.
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NewsLeigh Day loses success fee battle over Iraqi claims
Dispute with the Ministry of Defence about interpretation of CFAs signed with claimants.
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NewsHerbert Smith prepares for change with specialist tech team
The 'digital law group' will advise on issues around technology and will design new lawtech products.
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News£80k salary will be news to legal aid lawyers
BBC's Question Time was an unexpected forum for discussing solicitors' earnings.
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NewsBarristers confront India over Kashmir detentions
The Bar Council says justice system is ‘in a state of near collapse’ following the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status.