News – Page 180
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NewsMoJ makes U-turn on LASPO insolvency exemption
Government retains exemption for creditors making claims against insolvent companies.
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NewsGlobal Law Summit - as it happened
[View the story “Live coverage: Global Law Summit” on Storify ]
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Summit: human rights must be in business DNA – Blair
Cherie Blair QC: employees want to feel good about being employed in a company.
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NewsSummit: Magna Carta – ‘equality before the law in gestation’
The great charter has a life of its own, says former lord chief justice.
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NewsCourt fees ‘no serious risk’ to legal services – minister
House of Commons committee agrees fees for civil litigation claims over £10,000.
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NewsClaimant who missed hearing escapes sanctions
Mr Justice Sweeney said case management decisions are ‘not lightly to be interfered with’.
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NewsSummit: football’s chaotic finances under scrutiny
PFA boss Gordon Taylor tells lawyers at GLS: ‘I recognise rather too many of your faces.’
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NewsSummit: I'm proud of you, Grayling tells sector
Lord chancellor promises to do everything he can to help legal sector to thrive.
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NewsBarrister disbarred for practising without valid PC
Jonathan Oultram practised as a barrister from March 2013 to January 2014 despite not being properly authorised to do so.
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NewsSummit: dissenters rally at Westminster
Not the Global Law Summit condemns ‘very poor’ lord chancellor.
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NewsSummit: no change is seldom an option, says Grayling
Embattled lord chancellor says that challenges are driven by ‘economic reality’.
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NewsSummit: Magna Carta? Hywel Dda was there first, says Wales
10th-century Welsh king codified traditional rights and duties.
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NewsGrayling faces Magna Carta challenge to court fee hikes
Proposals tantamount to ‘selling justice’, contrary to the principles of 1215, Law Society says in pre-action protocol letter.
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NewsSRA taken to task over perceived City bias
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal said it had been placed in ‘a most unsatisfactory position’ by the regulator.
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NewsLet mediation solve ‘toxic’ disputes – Tory MP
MoJ last month said it would encourage greater use of mediation in boundary disputes, but stopped short of making it compulsory for all litigants.
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NewsLegal aid challenge for inquests succeeds
High Court says current government guidance provides ‘materially misleading impression’ of the law.
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NewsRevise domestic abuse legal aid rules, MoJ urged
Citizens Advice says restrictions leading victims to ‘give up on their rights to justice’.
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NewsBSB wants to surrender powers on pupillages
Chambers and employers best placed to design the pupillage experience, says Bar Standards Board.
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NewsGovernment ‘admits lawyer snooping unlawful’
Legal representative bodies say breach of professional privilege fundamentally unacceptable.