News – Page 191
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NewsFamily transparency guidelines this year: Munby
President of the Family Division sets out next steps for media access, including to court documents.
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NewsDiversity League Table shows promotion gap
Black solicitors are a minority within the black and minority ethnic group, according to the diversity league table 2013.
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News‘Knife in back’ claim over RTA data sharing
Insurers fear 'phishing' by claimant firms, Manchester Law Society conference hears.
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NewsSupreme Court to slash IT costs by leaving MoJ contract
The court will shave £175,000 off its IT budget per year by switching case management systems.
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NewsTCC litigators ordered to adopt common eDisclosure protocol
Protocol aims to ensure all parties are up to speed in eDisclosure practices and are working within common guidelines.
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NewsExtend protection for whistleblowers, says Law Society
Public interest would be better served by encouraging those who have witnessed wrongdoing to report what they have seen.
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NewsMilburn urges law firms to scale up use of apprenticeships
Government’s mobility tsar also claims benchmarking socioeconomic backgrounds will help firms open up the profession.
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MPs recommend tough penalties for corporate fraudsters
Committee warns that new guidelines might result in ‘overly lenient’ sentences
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NewsWoman who exaggerated personal injury claim jailed
Solicitor says sentence sends ’stark warning’ to anyone tempted to exaggerate PI claim.
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NewsGovernment puts the brakes on lobbying bill
Decision to pause progress of the bill welcomed by campaigners.
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Video interview with Law Society CEO Desmond Hudson
Interviewed by Gazette editor Paul Rogerson, the Law Society’s chief executive responds to allegations of ‘surrender’ on criminal legal aid reform.
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Expert witness standards to cut delays
The Ministry of Justice has announced standards to raise the quality of expert witnesses in family court cases. The ministry said that measures are designed to tackle the ‘costly and unnecessary’ commissioning of additional written statements, clarifications and court appearances by experts, which it said is one of the biggest ...
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NewsClients unwilling to pay extra for regulation costs
LSB survey finds little public enthusiam for clients paying for their own regulatory protection.
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NewsUK is ‘living laboratory’ for ABS innovation, says US expert
Professor says American Bar Association cannot continue opposing non-lawyer ownership indefinitely.
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NewsWatchdog attacks 'scandalous' cost of maternity claims
Cost to NHS for litigation cover against maternity claims totalled £482m in 2012/13.
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NewsSolicitor general discourages mandatory pro bono call
Many firms already do pro bono so making it compulsory is not necessary, says Oliver Heald.
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NewsGlass ceiling most apparent in magic circle
City firms are least diverse on gender, according to new research.
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NewsRecord number of junior lawyers working pro bono
Nearly half of all newly qualifieds give free advice - but the overall value of solicitors’ pro bono work has dipped.
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NewsLiquidator confirms redundancies at closed firm Follett Stock
Job losses follow SRA decision to shut down the practice.