News – Page 172
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NewsBelfast firm withdraws services in legal aid protest
Leading Northern Ireland firm says repeated cuts are 'cynical and vicious onslaught'.
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NewsSupreme Court overturns ban on James Rhodes autobiography
Ruling on publication of concert pianist’s memoirs hailed as a victory for free speech.
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NewsLegal aid legislation ‘disgracefully complex’
Court of Appeal calls for clarity over availability of funding for county court proceedings.
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NewsMajority of whistleblowers left without legal representation
Whistleblowers without a lawyer ‘significantly’ less likely to be successful in their claim, research shows.
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NewsJudgment prompts review of thousands of housing cases
Supreme Court widens scope of vulnerable applicants who are considered homeless.
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NewsSolicitor owed £40k in fees accuses SRA
Andrew Williams, a director of Essex firm Lillywhite Williams, was wrongly intervened into last October without notice.
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NewsContract chaos fear as France rewrites civil law
Reform of the 1804 ‘Code civil’ was announced by justice minister Christiane Taubira pictured in February this year.
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New rules herald US-style class actions
The Consumer Rights Act gives competition tribunal the power to hear opt-out collective action.
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Barrister given four years for ‘despicable’ assault
Desmond Rosario was found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
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NewsDon’t get complacent on money laundering – Society
Fourth money laundering directive to become European law this month.
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NewsJackson: costs management is here to stay
Leading judge says hostility to his reforms is reducing, but recommends some judicial discretion.
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NewsNeuberger backs compulsory mediation for more civil cases
Supreme Court president praises mediation as quicker, cheaper and less stressful than litigation.
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NewsHong Kong rule of law still strong, says chief justice
Geoffrey Ma says rule of law still exists, but warns of potential public loss of confidence.
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NewsSRA right to intervene in solicitor who ‘lost ethical compass’
High Court backs regulator’s decision to shut down firm, despite pleas for more lenient punishment.
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NewsFormer City solicitor Raab joins MoJ
Civil libertarian and Strasbourg critic appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice today.
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NewsBar regulator seeks SRA-style powers over failing chambers
The Bar Standards Board proposes creating 'level playing field' with other regulators.
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NewsSolicitors struggle with legal aid tender bids
Solicitors struggled to meet the deadline for legal aid tender bids, with some firms working right down to the wire.
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NewsWhiplash claims dip post-Jackson
Whiplash claims registered with the government falls by 23% since the Jackson reforms.
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News£3.2bn claim lodged
Magic circle firm Clifford Chance, New York firm Wachtell Lipton and international firm Steptoe & Johnson are acting in a £3.2bn claim lodged in the High Court last week by IT giant Hewlett-Packard against former executives of a UK company it acquired in 2011. In one of the largest civil ...
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NewsFirm cleared of negligence over ‘robust’ rejection of claim
Lawyers have a duty to be blunt with clients, Court of Appeal rules.