News – Page 15
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Council awards its 'ABS' contract ahead of licence
Kent County Council reveals more details of its legal services company venture.
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Neuberger points out weakness of in-house legal privilege
President of the Supreme Court says big groups may not be protected from document disclosure requirements.
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Government makes £10bn pledge to cut regulation
Business secretary Sajid Javid announces a ‘one in, three out’ policy to ease burden on businesses.
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Council ‘deletes’ senior legal post
London Borough of Croydon to remove post following voluntary redundancy exercise.
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Ethics and compliance key issues for in-house
Regulatory challenges are also keeping chief legal officers ‘up at night’.
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Regulators will need to present 'sound evidence' for in-house reform
Legal Services Board says statement of policy will provide transparency about essential issues.
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GCs ‘to quit’ if accountable to City watchdog
FCA to consult on whether individuals in charge of a firm’s legal function in banks, building societies and credit unions need approval under its senior managers regime.
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FCA to consult on in-house accountability
Financial Conduct Authority to consult on whether ‘senior managers regime’ should include those responsible for legal affairs.
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Law Society outlines 2020 vision
Report looks at how the legal services market will change over the next few years.
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Profession struggling to ‘figure out’ EY Law
EY became the third of the ‘big four’ accountacy firms to be granted an alternative business structure licence in 2014.
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Council ‘co-sources’ from law firm amid cuts
Enfield council has announced that national firm Browne Jacobson will be a ‘co-source’ partner in its contracts and commercial team.
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Funder stakes £30m to back PLC’s litigation portfolio
New arrangement will see Burford take on company’s legal costs in return for a portion of the proceeds from the litigation matters.
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Government lawyers criticised over killer’s CD damage claim
Submissions ‘lacked objective discussion’, district judge rules.
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Lack of supply-chain visibility puts businesses at risk, GCs warned
Senior lawyer at insurer says commercial organisations are not learning lessons from ‘near misses’ arising from disruptions.
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Deal struck on ‘paradigm change’ in data protection
Businesses will face fines of up to 4% of turnover for breaching tough EU data protection rules.
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EY snaps up BLP’s Whalley to run legal risk practice
’Big Four’ firm intends to double its legal services headcount in 2016.
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Charity to pilot 'honorary counsel'
LawWorks wants to develop longer-term opportunities between smaller charities and in-house lawyers.
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Lawyers warned against ‘pseudo-cooperation’ in DPAs
Businesses seeking to ‘hinder, delay and generally disrupt’, joint head of bribery at SFO says following first deferred prosecution agreement.
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‘Punchy’ debut for deferred prosecution agreements
The first ‘plea deal’ secured by the Serious Fraud Office will be formally agreed on Monday.
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Supreme Court justice brands gender quotas ‘corrosive’
Lord Hodge says legal profession is changing at a ‘remarkable’ speed.