All News articles – Page 779
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NewsLook north of the border for law, Scotland tells the world
Joint profession-government initiative will 'raise the profile of Scots law and justice system'.
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NewsBar regulator diverges from SRA over independence split
BSB says current rules 'working adequately' and that legislative changes are not forthcoming.
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NewsSupreme Court rules against treating LiP as a special case
But narrow margin of judgment means potential reform of civil procedure rules is not ruled out.
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NewsRBS report uncovers conflict fears over lawyers on secondment
Financial Conduct Authority reveals that staff were able to pass on tender information to their parent firm.
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NewsAllen & Overy takes on 80% of spring trainees
Firm says it is taking on 32 out of 40 trainees due to qualify this spring.
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NewsSupreme Court told of 'material error' in Pimlico Plumbers ruling
Landmark case on scope of employment rights in 'gig economy' will have far-reaching repercussions.
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NewsSolicitors losing work to specialist conveyancers - research
Buyers and sellers are increasingly shopping around before picking a practitioner.
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NewsWill-writing ABS calls in administrators after closure
Dramatic fall for a business which had applied for SRA authorisation to allow its legal department to undertake reserved work.
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NewsFirm hire: Kain Knight
Kain Knight, the UK’s longest established independent firm of costs lawyers, has marked the opening of its new Manchester office in Spinningfields with hires and new client gains. Joining Kain Knight as Commercial Director is Mark Hartigan. Hartigan spent ten years as a director of Just Costs Solicitors before leaving ...
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NewsBe more upbeat to stop junior lawyers quitting, criminal bar chief urges
Angela Rafferty QC says barristers and solicitors should join forces to tackle recruitment crisis rather than give in to despair.
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NewsPakistan's 'fearless' rights champion dies at 66
Campaigning lawyer Asma Jahangir was the first woman president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
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NewsBarristers 'more stressed' than NHS staff
Survey of members shows little appetite for flexible court opening hours.
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NewsUKIP hit with third-party costs bill in libel case
Exceptional ruling reflects the impact of ’deliberate and calculated’ decisions, says Mr Justice Warby.
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NewsSupreme Court set to hand down crucial litigant-in-person ruling
Appellant says he should have been granted special dispensation as he was unrepresented.
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NewsPregnancy question highlights lack of understanding about discrimination law
Survey by equality body shows that over a third of employers think it is reasonable to ask female job applicants about their baby plans.
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NewsSociety reports gender pay gap
The gap between men and women's pay at the legal profession's regulatory and representative bodies is 'substantially lower' than across the UK workforce as a whole, the organisations announced today. The 2017 gender pay gap report by the Law Society Group finds a median pay gap of 5.6% compared ...
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NewsDormant legal aid accounts to be closed
Legal Aid Agency will also ban shared accounts for security purposes.