News – Page 179
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NewsFamily court hammers firm in compliance crackdown
Judge makes wasted costs order against Barrett & Thomson for failing to keep court informed.
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NewsCall for joined-up action to tackle advice deficit
Low Commission publishes second report on advice services – and says deficit is ‘growing’.
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NewsChurches urged to provide legal support
Current legal aid situation risks division between those who can and cannot afford to buy justice, says Christian thinktank.
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NewsCourts system will ‘cease to function’ under costs budgeting
Master David Cook says problems since Jackson reforms are more than simply ‘bedding in’.
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NewsGrayling JR amendment ‘unlawful’ – High Court
Solicitors challenged lord chancellor’s ‘no permission, no fee’ arrangement.
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NewsPI lawyers file JR challenge to whiplash plans
Court action started to block plans for ‘cab rank’ rule on soft tissue injuries.
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NewsTelephone gateway ‘barrier’ to justice
Legal charity reports use of mandatory gateway for civil legal advice has been far lower than expected.
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NewsEU influences ‘two-thirds of UK law’ – business group
Campaigners for reform claim calculation shows definitive figure.
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NewsLegal qualification? Ministerial Code good enough, says lord chancellor
Chris Grayling responds to House of Lords committee on role of the lord chancellor.
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NewsCourt fee hike set for next week
Parliamentary approval likely to be granted in the House of Lords before implementation.
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NewsSuper-regulator targets ‘unnecessary’ in-house rules
LSB calls on regulators either to justify restrictions on in-house lawyers or get rid of them.
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NewsTop QC defends ‘vital role’ of UK Human Rights Act
Dinah Rose QC cautions the Conservative party against its plan to replace the act with a ‘British bill of rights’.
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Slavery legal aid bid
Lord Bates tells the Lords that a proposed Labour amendment to the Modern Slavery Bill was not needed
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NewsCity lawyers’ horror at ‘interminable’ training review
‘Please let this exhausted dog sleep’ – City of London Law Society.
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Bid to reduce damage by patent ‘trolls’
The government has agreed to implement Law Commission proposals to reduce the damage done by ‘trolls’ threatening to sue for alleged patent or trademark infringement.
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NewsWestminster backs further devolution of Welsh courts
Single legal jurisdiction of England and Wales safe from reform plans.
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NewsAirline ordered to pay delayed-flight compensation
Claimant firm wins another court battle with airline over payments for late flights.
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NewsAppeal granted on criminal legal aid
Court of Appeal to hear challenges to lord chancellor’s two-tier duty contract reforms on 10 and 11 March.
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NewsLeveson warns defenders on procedure ‘trap’
Court of Appeal judgment highlights case management pressures.
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NewsSummit: client communications ‘routinely intercepted’
Government snooping threatening the most cherished of human rights.