News – Page 78
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NewsAccountancy body granted right to carry out probate work
Association of Chartered Certified Accounts hails ‘important development’.
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News'We cannot continue on this path': forensic science regulator criticises legal aid cuts
Dr Gillian Tully demands statutory measures to enforce high standards and avoid miscarriages of justice.
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NewsCharles Russell Speechlys signs sports boutique
Firm will offer expertise in sports law when combination finalised next week.
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NewsFirst solicitor lord chancellor welcomed to role
David Gauke becomes third justice secretery in 18 months.
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News'Business as usual for us,' Carillion Advice Services boss declares
Director says CAS is a separate legal entity to construction giant Carillion plc.
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NewsSuper regulator sets the clock ticking on superexam
Legal Services Board has 28 days to consider plan for Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
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NewsMunby warns against 'adversarial and punitive' care proceedings
Local authorities should think long and hard before removing seriously disabled children from their parents.
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NewsSharp rise in trainees paid less than minimum salary
Figures will deter aspiring solicitors, Law Society's Junior Lawyers Division warns.
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NewsParole Board chief welcomes government JR over Worboys decision
Professor Nick Hardwick says panel considered 363-page dossier and heard evidence from four psychologists.
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NewsVW case edging closer as claimants battle it out for lead spot
Three day hearing set for March in 55,000-claimant group action case over emissions test scandal.
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NewsWe need to improve disclosure, CPS admits as rape trial abandoned
Defence firm Hodge Jones & Allen says vital phone data was not disclosed as evidence.
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NewsLabour peer slams Hogan Lovells over South African 'corruption'
Lord Hain says he has made a complaint to the Solicitors Regulation Authority about the firm’s conduct.
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NewsJudge dismisses disclosure bids ahead of £126m credit hire trial
Defendants in Autofocus case include three law firms – Keoghs, Lyons Davidson and Morgan Cole (now Blake Morgan) – and three solicitors from each firm.
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NewsBar scathing over need for new AML quango
‘Little jusification’ to ask barristers to part-fund Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision.
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NewsGovernment to support bill empowering tenants over housing safety
Housing specialist welcomes housing secretary Sajid Javid's announcement but says the overall law is fragmented and inadequate.
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NewsBar chair: Separation remains for a reason
Andrew Walker QC says there are good reasons to reject fusion and alternative business structures - and warns of a dearth of juniors entering the profession.
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NewsSolicitors facing PC fee hike to fund new quango
Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision could cost up to £25 per supervised individual.
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NewsBirmingham lawyers celebrate bicentenary
Second city's law society now has 4,500 members, including 1,000 who joined in the past three years.
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NewsBar defends traditional values in attacks on training and price transparency proposals
The Bar Council has staunchly defended the ‘values’ of the bar, hitting out regulatory proposals to re-evaluate the role of the Inns of Court and require barristers to publish prices. The council said the role of the Inns of Court should remain mandatory because they ‘play a fundamental role in ...
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NewsIndian 'fly in fly out' case heads to Supreme Court
Magic circle and international firms to argue for rights for foreign lawyers.