All News articles – Page 698
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NewsJustice Week: funding cuts 'way out of step'
Bar Council report shows that government expenditure has grown between 2008 and 2018.
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Hong Kong awaits good practice rules for third party funding
External litigation funding now permissable but profession awaits rules governing good conduct.
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NewsSQE: Society sets out the 'known unknowns'
Chancery Lane pools all the information known about the new 'super-exam' into one document.
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NewsPakistan judges praised for courage in overturning death sentence
Supreme Court defies threats of violence in ruling blasphemy case not proven beyond reasonable doubt.
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NewsHong Kong 'cherishes' foreign firms despite potential clampdown
Justice secretary Teresa Cheng says Hong Kong wants to continue to attract foreign firms.
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NewsGauke targets Hain over parliamentary privilege
Lord chancellor stresses the importance of respecting the rule of law.
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NewsJustice minister tight-lipped on LASPO review cash
Lucy Frazer stresses the importance of looking to the future at latest meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on legal aid.
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NewsHigh-profile Midlands firm enters administration after director banned
Unnamed buyer found for ambitious and acquisitive DBS Law following failure of CVA to settle debts.
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NewsNo-deal Brexit could kill Europe's new patent court
Without UK contribution first international court set up to settle private disputes could fail, House of Lords hears.
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NewsFirm hire: Forbes Solicitors appoints Stephen McArdle
Stephen McArdle has joined the Dispute Resolution department at Forbes Solicitors as associate solicitor.
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NewsLawyers safe from brave new AI world... for now
Hong Kong Arbitration Week asks whether a decision in arbitration proceedings could ever be taken by robots.
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NewsHong Kong highlights IP as priority with move toward specialist court
Special administrative region's judiciary to reveal further steps early next year.
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NewsBudget: no end to austerity for justice
Chancellor announces £300m reduction in MoJ’s day-to-day spending and a six-fold cut in capital budget.
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NewsCoA rules firm did not need to 'volunteer' advice beyond retainer
Judges say City firm had ’no legal duty to warn’ and so could not be held liable for any lost recoveries.
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NewsCriminal justice system 'really creaking', warns outgoing CPS chief
Alison Saunders, who steps down as director of public prosecutions this week, criticised for not speaking out earlier.
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NewsDone deal: Gordon Dadds agrees £43m Ince & Co acquisition
Statement to the London Stock Exchanges confirms creation of biggest listed UK firm.
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NewsHong Kong seeks to allay fears over China relationship
Legal profession and judiciary 'fiercely independent', government officials insist.
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NewsJustice centre stage in week of events
The legal profession’s main representative bodies join hands today to place justice and the rule of law at the centre of public and political debate.
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NewsGallery: Big beats and big hair at Law Rocks!
Howard Kennedy band Take it to the Bridge triumphed once more as lawyers rocked London’s 100 Club.
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NewsMoJ was warned about court reform risks in 2016
Management consultants pointed to other countries' less ambitious reforms - which were plagued with problems.