News – Page 168
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NewsHMRC plans prevention failure offence
HM Revenue & Customs is proposing making failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion a criminal offence, in a move that practitioners warn could create risks for law firms.
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NewsCourt closures ‘won’t affect legal aid and family reforms’
Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunals Service consulting on shutting nearly one-fifth of the courts estate.
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NewsSnooping law for rewrite after landmark court ruling
High Court says 2014 data retention measure is inconsistent with EU law.
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NewsCriminal bar announces date for legal aid action
Executive committee recommends action begin on 27 July as it issues protocol.
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NewsExceptional funding scheme ‘unlawful’, High Court rules
People unable to pay for legal assistance ‘suffering in a way that parliament could not have intended’.
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NewsCouncil legal chief warns against curbs to judicial review
The assistant director of Essex Legal Services rebuts the government’s claims that judicial review actions are growing.
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NewsComplaints fall at relocated London county court
HMCTS reveals £3.6m will be saved every year by move – but solicitors call for money to be reinvested.
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NewsTrade Union Bill to raise strike ballot threshold
Government says trade unions should have a bigger mandate from members to call industrial action.
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NewsAction day 14: judges query absence of solicitors
Hundreds of practitioners attend north-west rally to protest cuts as judges seek answers.
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NewsFamily lawyers: 100% divorce ruling exceptional but fair
A hospital consultant has been ordered to give his former wife his entire fortune, after neglecting to pay child support.
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NewsAction day 13: firms consider duty boycott
Legal aid lawyers gear up for more direct action as standoff continues.
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NewsSRA in renewed call to lower PII minimum
Last year the regulator’s proposal to cut compulsory cover to £500,000 from £2m was blocked by the Legal Services Board.
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Stop snooping on law firm, Dutch spy agency told
‘This case is yet further evidence that we have moved into a frighteningly Orwellian era.’
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NewsBarclays faces will-writing battle
Tinuola Aregbesola alleges the bank’s £90 will-writing service failed to advise her late father to serve a notice of severance.
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NewsEpic Prest divorce battle rumbles on
In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that Yasmin Prest was entitled to receive millions of pounds of property assets.
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Solicitor’s age bias claim rejected
Cardiff Employment Tribunal ruled that Tracy Fennell’s claim was not well founded.
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NewsJackson refuses costs for ‘chaotic’ trial bundles
Lord Justice Jackson unhappy with help given to ‘hapless’ judge in piecing together case.
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NewsAction day 10: MoJ denies manipulating legal aid figures
Practitioner group accuses justice ministry of ‘bare-faced lie’.
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NewsEU-US trade deal compromise ditches arbitration
MEPs vote for ‘transparent’ justice system to resolve investor-state disputes, but critics remain unconvinced.
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NewsJudge rejects ‘draconian’ costs ruling against firm
Firm had put in a bill for £131,514 in costs for a case which took 115 hours to prepare.