All News articles – Page 936
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News'It's getting worse and worse': Amnesty highlights casualties of legal aid cuts
Human rights group publishes findings of nine-month review.
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NewsJackson urges ‘culture change’ on ‘profitable' disclosure
Civil Justice Council chair presses for action on damages-based agreements.
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NewsUS claims giant arrives in UK with ABS licence
Crawford & Company one of the first US firms to take advantage of liberalisation in England and Wales.
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NewsAbsent businessman jailed over dispute with litigation funder
Guy Brooke sentenced to 21 months following dispute with Therium Capital Management.
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NewsProlegal pre-pack deal 'best possible' for clients, staff and creditors
Personal injury firm had ‘over-leveraged’ and needed immediate rescue, say administrators.
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NewsDigitisation only half the battle, says bar's next chair
Andrew Langdon says case must be made for further reform of justice system and stresses 'close cooperation' with Law Society.
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NewsIt's a deal: CMS confirms merger with Olswang and Nabarro
£1bn firm will trade as CMS following UK's biggest ever law firm merger.
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NewsSpaghetti tower sets pulses racing at Riverview
Paper plane racing, designing a coat of arms and building a tower with spaghetti at firm away days.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell attacks tabloid's £29m NHS fees claim
Firm says media used ‘selective’ figures to suggest costs were almost as high as damages awarded.
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NewsLiberty director urges lawyers to speak out on immigrant detentions
Martha Spurrier threatens to come down on the government 'like a ton of bricks'.
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NewsSky’s the limit for Kendal solicitor songster
John Osborne is in two bands – one 'more fun' than the other.
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NewsSolicitors – we can be heroes
How is it that solicitors have lost out in literature and cinema?
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NewsIn-house lawyers should time-record to show value – ex-FA GC
Former legal chief at the Football Association acknowledges suggestion is controversial.
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News‘Dumbing down’ fears over legal super-exam
The Solicitors Regulation Authority last week began its second consultation on the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
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NewsNews focus: ECHR comes under Tory fire
Plans to protect service personnel from ‘vexatious’ claims enthused the party conference. But the lord chancellor had little to add to grand rhetoric on prison reform.
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NewsLaw Society custom posters promote brand – and profession
Posters will appear on 900 bus routes and 440 railway station sites across England and Wales.
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NewsFixed fees popular among lawyers’ clients
Mini-bellwether report states that solicitors, under immense pressure to lower their fees, tend to equate value with price.
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NewsAgency faces JR over ‘embarrassment’ clause
Public Law Project sends pre-action protocol letter over terms of new criminal legal aid contracts.
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Solicitors ‘conned Legal Aid Agency out of £600,000’
Trio on trial deny setting up fake agency to siphon off interpreters’ fees.