News – Page 197
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NewsLawyer ‘leeches’ bleeding budgets – council leaders
APIL rejects Local Government Association attack on ’no win, no fee’ claims, arguing that fees have been ‘cut to the bone’.
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NewsNo damages for prisoners denied the vote
The ECtHR has ruled that denying prisoners the vote is unlawful – but declined to award compensation or costs.
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NewsScottish solicitors to get ID cards
Identity cards enabled with a digital signature will replace the current practising certificate from 2015.
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NewsSociety president backs ‘digital Magna Carta’
Andrew Caplen will make an online bill of rights a key element of his Boston speech to the ABA.
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NewsLandmark ruling on deprivation of liberty
Sir James Munby gives judgment in hearing to consider how to cope for a forecast 10-fold rise in cases.
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NewsSRA approves first council ABS
Collaboration between Buckinghamshire council and a fire authority has been planned for more than a year.
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NewsPII decision held for up to 90 days
LSB had an initial 28-day period to assess the proposals, but the organisation has now extended that deadline.
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NewsCourt should pay for lawyers where agency refuses – Munby
As a ‘last resort’, judges could order HMCTS to pay for lawyers and other experts to ensure fair trials in private law family cases.
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NewsZurich fails to have PI claimant committed for contempt
Injured man dropped case after dispute about where his accident happened.
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NewsProfessions line up to oppose PII reforms
LSB warned that premium savings will be minimal and lenders will cull conveyancing panels.
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NewsJudge jailed over Huhne case is sacked
Constance Briscoe removed from judicial office following her conviction for perverting the course of justice.
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NewsQC aborts review of industrial relations law
Bruce Carr has blamed a ‘progressively politicised’ environment for his decision not to produce recommendations.
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NewsWarsi: UK’s stance on Gaza undermines rule of law
Resigning minister says she is also concerned at loss of Ken Clarke and Dominic Grieve from Cabinet.
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NewsNominal damages for ‘negligent’ yacht advice
High Court hears that firm made a ‘blunder’ on yacht which broke down within an hour of purchase.
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NewsMoJ shuns ‘difficult issue’ of whiplash settlement ban
Government opts to ‘discourage’ insurers from settling whiplash claims without medical evidence.
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NewsRed tape cut opens way to private equity
SRA will ‘forge ahead with changes that remove restrictions and regulation that cannot be justified’.
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NewsFees plummet as aid cuts starts to bite
Surge in legal aid applications just before the introduction of LASPO means practitioners have yet to feel the full impact of cuts.
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Society plea over contracts regulations
Law Society says number of the provisions are impractical and regulations were not intended to apply to legal aid.
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Time limit ‘puts justice in jeopardy’
Sir James Munby said, of the care cases limit, ‘rigorous adherence to an inflexible timetable risks putting justice in jeopardy’.