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OpinionThinking the ‘unthinkable’
I wish the Office for Budget Responsibility had been around when I was a young reporter. In those pre-internet days, my newspaper was obliged to send a motorcycle courier around the corner to Whitehall to pick up a pile of official budget papers. These would be doled out as the ...
OpinionIn a blue funk
Potential ramifications for justice and the rule of law if, as the polls predict, the Tories suffer meltdown at the next general election.
NewsRegulate litigation funding, say 88% of London litigators
Litigation bellwether also reveals that the impact of PACCAR is expected to be minimal - and that firms are not losing work overseas.
NewsJustice faces new round of spending cuts
Office for Budget Responsibility outlines swingeing impact of Treasury spending assumptions on unprotected departments.
OpinionQuestion time
Now’s your chance to grill the regulator's top brass, as the Commons justice committee announces it will hear evidence on regulation from the SRA.
NewsMishcon secures £75m credit line for ‘investment opportunities’
In June last year the London firm abandoned a stockmarket listing ‘for the foreseeable future’.
NewsSurge in corporate collapses aids litigation funder
Manolete reports sharp rise in income and posts first-half profit as insolvencies climb to a 15-year high.
OpinionSLAPPed down
It is a year since ministers pledged ‘comprehensive and targeted’ anti-SLAPP legislation. Still we wait.
NewsIn focus: Expert Witness Survey 2023
The Expert Witness Survey 2023 dwells on a raft of issues inhibiting an expert’s independence, including solicitors commonly putting them under pressure to come up with a favourable opinion.
NewsExclusive: Expert witnesses want judges to grant anonymity, annual survey finds
Finding by 2023 Expert Witness Survey reflects instances where experts are instructed to give evidence in emotionally challenging circumstances.
NewsIBA 2023: Bar chair floats 'ingenious' plan to curb SLAPPs
Those pursuing abusive claims to stifle legitimate criticism and debate should be liable in damages for acting against the public interest, Nick Vineall KC proposes.
OpinionPrice points
Transparency Rules were introduced in 2018-19, yet over half of firms do not fully comply with the prices and services requirement. Why so?
NewsIBA 2023: Big law firms ‘uneasy’ about profits as Covid boon fades
Annual law firm management survey also tracks shift away from financial KPIs and trend to appoint more non-lawyer partners.
NewsIBA 2023: 'Outsource all small claims to artificial intelligence,' world-renowned futurologist urges
Zack Kass says lawyers must prepare quickly for 'the most profound industrial revolution in human history' - or be left behind.
NewsIBA 2023: Ukraine seeking watertight 'evidentiary base' for genocide charge
‘They want to dehumanise us’: conference also hears emotionally charged exchange between Ukraine’s chief prosecutor and the head of Israel’s bar on dealing with alleged perpetrators of atrocities.
NewsIBA 2023: Opening ceremony in Paris fixates on Brexit
Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier laments a ‘lose-lose’ for the EU and UK, while French president Emmanuel Macron says Paris is on course to overtake the City of London as Europe’s leading financial services centre.
NewsAxiom Ince: Compliance expert calls for inquiry into SRA
Frank Maher says move could restore confidence among profession amid uncertainty about ‘what the SRA knew and when’.
OpinionPlaying it safe
We do not lack examples of entropy in the justice system that serve as a metaphor for the whole. This week, we’ve had at least two.
Feature'Back to basics'
New Law Society president Nick Emmerson tells Paul Rogerson what it means to be a solicitor.