All News articles – Page 679
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NewsEx-Kingsley Napley partner fined over £1.5m estate payments
Former head of private client department found to have made mistakes in handling of administration.
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NewsMoJ urged to do more on criminal records reform
David Gauke pledges to break employment barrier but report highlights 'double discrimination' faced by BAME people.
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NewsDiscount rate reaction: Insurers furious, claimant lawyers relieved
Contrasting responses after lord chancellor's surprise decision to set -0.25% rate.
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NewsRevealed: Government sets PI discount rate at -0.25%
Long-awaited figure affecting damages payouts announced by lord chancellor.
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NewsDotcom whizz sets up lawtech app store
Reynen Court, founded by Andrew Klein, aims to cut time taken for a firm to procure systems ‘from months to minutes’.
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NewsBar gets hacked-off
The bar is not known for its humility, a characteristic on show at the Bar Council’s anniversary knees-up last week.
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NewsMoJ can’t find key Jackson costs note
Only record of a meeting in which Sir Rupert Jackson proposed extending the Aarhus convention cost-cap is lost.
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NewsContract ended over fee error
Charities such as the RNLI will now have to pay more to be notified bequests.
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NewsAt the sharp end
Solicitor recalls client’s request to have an ’Excalibur sword’ brought to court.
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NewsInterim costs award sets ‘vitally important’ precedent for law firm cashflow
Judge says interim costs order should be made with a view to solicitors’ cashflow in long-lasting litigation.
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NewsFight against financial crime is underfunded, claim solicitors
The government’s Economic Crime Plan allocates £48m for law enforcement, while the NCA insists £2.7bn is needed.
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NewsA&O profits rise but PEP growth slows
The magic circle firm adds to a bullish set of City results.
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NewsNHS spending on claimant legal costs drops by £24m in a year
Overall spending still increasing as compensation levels and defence costs rise.
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News'Affordable' bar training course gets green light
From September 2020, aspiring barristers may commence a two-part course run by the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.
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NewsLawyers say HMCTS chief wrong about 15-minute video slots
Susan Acland-Hood told MPs there is no standard operating procedure - but solicitors say they don't have enough time to take proper instructions.
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NewsMoJ set to decide on second wave of personal injury reform
Proposals divided industry when they went to consultation back in 2017.
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NewsClaims farmer for Asons jailed for forging signatures
Nottingham CMC director was a key claims supplier to the formerly high-profile but now defunct Bolton firm.