News – Page 132
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NewsNewspapers furious as Lords vote to make them foot legal costs
Editors say Investigatory Powers Bill has been ‘hijacked’ to implement dormant Leveson legislation.
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NewsGovernment pressed on UK’s EU court role
Labour seeks clarification on whether UK will proceed with ratification of Unified Patent Court agreement.
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NewsGame of tomes: Blackstone’s gets the judges' nod
Volume will be principal practitioner text in all criminal courts, replacing Archbold.
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NewsSocieties cautious on SDLT proposals
Plan to reduce payment window to 14 days could increase risk of error in complex transactions.
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NewsThinktank sets out £2.6m blueprint for problem-solving criminal courts
Centre for Justice Innovation says its plan for 10 courts is practical and affordable.
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NewsTobacco smuggling barrister disbarred
Mohammed Shafee Shaikh attempted to smuggle more than a tonne of shisha tobacco into the UK.
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NewsRBS could face 'thousands' of global restructuring claims
Humphries Kerstetter will represent victims of alleged RBS wrongdoings.
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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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NewsAbsent businessman jailed over dispute with litigation funder
Guy Brooke sentenced to 21 months following dispute with Therium Capital Management.
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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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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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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.
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NewsCPS criticised for ‘shocking’ disclosure failure
Crown Prosecution Service says it has agreed to settle Conrad Jones’s civil claim without admission of liability.
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IPO trademark boom ‘may be caused by Brexit vote’
Businesses taking ‘belt and braces’ approach to ensure UK right is protected.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency looking for extra £11m in cuts
Chief executive calls for ‘adult to adult’ relationship with solicitors.
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NewsOuter Temple Chambers hires solicitor after entity approval
New setup will help manage international queries.
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NewsChinese law firm eyes UK office
AllBright Law Offices hopes to set up office by end of the year.
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NewsLiP handed 114 pages of legal documents ‘at the door of the court’
Mr Justice Peter Jackson says the Family Division incident is not unusual.
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NewsNew bill of costs to be compulsory from October 2017
The new bill has been the subject of a voluntary pilot in the Senior Courts Costs Office since October last year.