News – Page 81
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NewsJunior barrister numbers at ‘25-year low’ says new chair
Andrew Walker QC warns of younger generation increasingly being forced out of a career at the bar.
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NewsTax firm negligent for not warning about risks of avoidance scheme
Court of Appeal overturns High Court ruling involving tax advice specialist.
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NewsJudge rules that reviving a struck-out claim not an abuse of process
Defendants wanted court to strike out estimated £20,000 claim for a second time.
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NewsGovernment fights back in judges' pension row
Transitional provisions were introduced out of a sense of moral responsibility, Employment Appeal Tribunal told.
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NewsWhite candidates twice as likely to achieve pupillage, bar regulator reveals
'More research needed' to find out why differences in attainment persist.
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NewsFraud office future secure as government eyes economic crime reform
National Economic Crime Centre will have the power to ask SFO to investigate cases.
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NewsBrexit: solicitors welcome 'breathing space' deal
Phase 1 agreement stresses need for legal clarity - including mutual recognition and enforcement of judgments.
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NewsAspiring barristers to benefit from bar's wellbeing portal
Bar Council highlights ’gap in support’ for post-BPTC students who are yet to achieve pupillage.
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NewsClifford Chance reveals management shake-up
End of term signifies changes to senior positions at magic circle firm.
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NewsCourt security chaos: Judge slams 'chronic failure'
Maidstone Combined Court Judge Jeremy Carey seeks to reassure court visitors over ‘lamentable’ state of affairs.
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NewsRights body endorses UK prisoner voting plan
Council of Europe says measures sufficient given ‘wide margin of appreciation in this area’.
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NewsCoca-Cola continues fight against EU trade mark
General Court says Syrian company could have ‘hypothetical advantage’ from white script on red background.
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NewsJudge sounds contempt warning for solicitors on dishonest claimants
High Court case over RTA fraud ponders question of consequences for what is described as ‘false verification’.
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NewsHigh Court criticises BSB for pursuing tougher sentence against barrister
Bar regulator wanted to increase severity of Lincoln Crawford’s disciplinary sanction.
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NewsBLM confirms redundancies as operations move north
Firm cuts 13 lawyers and eight support staff following consultation earlier this year.
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NewsTaylor review on hold as government stalls on reform
Response to review of modern employment practices now expected next year.
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NewsUS bar deploys veterans and baseball cards against legal cuts
American Bar Association predicted trouble when Donald Trump became president.
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NewsSimmons & Simmons defeats 'hopeless and abusive' claim
Silver circle law firm succeeds in call for summary judgment in High Court dispute.
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NewsIP professionals could lose 'millions' without EEA membership
Business case prepared by Chartered Insitute of Trade Mark Attorneys calls on government to ensure UK remains in European Economic Area.
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News'Liberties of England at risk' without more money for lawyers, warns former appeal judge
Sir Henry Brooke urges Criminal Bar Association members to promote vision of Bach Commission.