News – Page 175
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NewsBar regulator licenses 15 ‘entities’
BSB says it will name new businesses when they have secured insurance to offer services.
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News'Uncertainty' over second 8.75% legal aid fee cut
Practitioner group seeking answers from Legal Aid Agency over proposed fee cuts for criminal work.
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NewsLegal London battles on following Holborn blaze
Royal Courts of Justice among many premises closed following underground electrical fire in central London.
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NewsThousands turned down for civil legal aid since LASPO
Ministry of Justice publishes latest statistics for legal aid in England and Wales.
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NewsFirst bar entities to be announced ‘in days’
Regulator's business plan sets out priorities for 2015-16.
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NewsInsurer loses bid to tear up injury settlement
Appeal judge: ‘Parties who settle claims with their eyes wide open should not be entitled to revive them.’
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NewsAppeal court to hear employment tribunal fees challenge
Unison trade union seeking to question the legality of fees introduced by the government in 2013.
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McKenzie friends could drive ‘bulldozer’ through 2007 act
Bar Council group makes series of recommendations following review of current advocacy landscape.
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NewsParalegals could damage solicitor ‘brand’ – survey
Leeds Law Society asked profession about newly introduced routes to qualification.
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NewsClarke proposes ‘public interest’ hurdle for legal aid
Former justice secretary was speaking to BBC’s Panorama on civil legal aid.
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NewsGrayling promises to keep court fees increase ‘under review’
Lord chancellor writes to master of the rolls saying fee remission scheme will be looked at.
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NewsCall for revival of Crown immunity for armed forces
Judicial developments have paved way for spike in litigation against Ministry of Defence, free-market thinktank says.
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NewsLegal aid tenders: ‘hundreds’ of firms will go under
Law Society president Andrew Caplen described the ruling, which said the government’s approach was reasonable, as ‘a devastating blow’.
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NewsHughes backs ‘inquisitorial’ reform of civil justice
A Liberal Democrat presence in government would lead to a review of changes to civil justice introduced under LASPO, says justice minister.
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Society renews calls for legal privilege protection
The Law Society has renewed its call for statutory protection for legal professional privilege.
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NewsSarah set for mid-April
The Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act requires judges to consider whether the person being sued was acting for the benefit of society.
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Global study of domestic abuse sentencing
Current sentencing response labelled ‘simply not good enough’.
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NewsSociety ends challenge to legal aid tenders
Ministry of Justice reopens tender process for 527 duty provider contracts after Court of Appeal’s dismissal of challenge from Law Society and practitioner groups.
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NewsGoogle fails in bid to stop privacy actions
Appeal judgment clarifies law on misuse of private information and on damages in absence of pecuniary loss.