All News articles – Page 98
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News‘Vaccine campaign’ solicitor fails in abuse of process application
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal is told legal threats made by lawyer over Covid-19 vaccines were part of an ‘ideological campaign’.
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NewsParalegal texted client in bid to thwart investigation
SRA bars former employee from working in any regulated firm.
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NewsFilming testators could help resolve will disputes, private client lawyers told
Barrister specialising in trust and probate disputes says clients in today's digital age will be used to being filmed.
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NewsFamily court analysis lifts lid on life for litigants in person
Law Society and Support Through Court make case for why people navigating family justice system alone need legal representation.
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NewsOld Etonian firm celebrates bicentenary
Barrett & Thomson has been providing legal services to Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead for 200 years.
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NewsRegulation and PII specialists move to new-model firm
Liverpool firm Legal Risk to shut up shop as partners move to Keystone Law.
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NewsOn your marks… bar v bench race to kick off legal walk
Barristers to race judges around 10 kilometre London course.
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NewsSRA aims to generate £66m in SQE income next year
Draft business plan and budget shows £36m increase on 2023-24 income due to more candidates sitting the exam.
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NewsObituary: Dr Nuala Brice OBE
Former assistant secretary general of the Law Society enjoyed an illustrious career in taxation law.
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NewsJudge stays financial proceedings to allow non-court resolution
Divorce hearing is a 'paradigm case' for the court to exercise its new powers on ADR.
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NewsHigh Street firm hit with £12,400 fine for breaching undertaking
Firm had agreed to register charges on properties within five days; it took more than 18 months.
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NewsCompensation fund levy trebles in wake of Axiom Ince debacle
Firms holding client money will have to pay an additional £1,560 from next year - while the individual levy will rise from £30 to £90.
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NewsAspiring top-200 firm opens door to potential merger partners
Firm posts healthy revenue and profit figures and wants to grow quickly.
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NewsProbate delays: MPs tell HMCTS to 'release the data'
House of Commons justice select committee highlights quick and easy solution before disbanding due to general election.
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NewsCourtwatchers expose a 'wild west'
A mass observation project which sat in on more than 1,100 magistrates’ court hearings found a system that ‘often falls short’, with courtwatchers ‘shocked’ by the inefficiency they witnessed.
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NewsCosts order fair where barrister forgot to renew PC
Master was ’not wrong’ to limit recovery of direct access barrister’s fees.
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NewsVeteran solicitor fined for using client account as bank
Regulator says firm owner’s breaches had the potential to cause significant harm - though none occurred.
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NewsThe worst judge of a bad bunch?
It is fun to rank bad judges. Was Goddard worse than Stevenson? Was Darling worse than Montagu? Was Jeffries the worst of all? And then there was the infamous 19th-century judge Henry Hawkins.
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NewsBitcoin judge airs his own 'Satoshi' theory
Blockchain is a doddle compared with some of the quotidien caseload of an IP judge.
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NewsMidas Touch in Oldham
Respect and felicitations to Touch Solicitors, which topped the charts in this year’s annual Will Aid charity will-writing campaign.