Most of the UK top 20 firms are officially credited as paying the Living Wage after the scheme was endorsed by the Law Society in 2013. Continue reading “‘Makes absolute business sense’: City firms up their game with living wage commitments”
‘It would be ludicrous’: Government launches consultation into second Leveson inquiry
Culture secretary Karen Bradley has announced a new consultation into whether to hold a second part of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards and regulation. Continue reading “‘It would be ludicrous’: Government launches consultation into second Leveson inquiry”
‘A brave new world’: City firms anticipate further changes after new white collar reforms introduced
City lawyers anticipate more cooperation between the public and private sectors as the introduction of the Criminal Finances Bill into the House of Commons brings greater reform to white collar crime.
‘No clarity’: Industry reacts as MoJ puts brakes on Osborne’s personal injury reforms
Law firms with substantial personal injury businesses have mixed views as the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has put the brakes on George Osborne’s personal injury reforms.
Comment: A period of silence from the profession on access to justice would be welcome
Inevitably with an event as dramatic as Brexit, the unintended consequences keep coming. One of the less noted is the 11th hour reprieve it has granted the Law Society, which in the spring was looking on course to lose much of its fund-raising powers as part of a government review.
A period of silence from the profession on access to justice would be welcome
Inevitably with an event as dramatic as Brexit, the unintended consequences keep coming. One of the less noted is the 11th hour reprieve it has granted the Law Society, which in the spring was looking on course to lose much of its fund-raising powers as part of a government review.
Obviously, the administration of Theresa May has got more pressing matters on its plate than legal service regulation. Yet the review kicked off by the Treasury has still put in train a sequence of reviews/land grabs/shoulder-shoving by our main regulatory and representative bodies.
Continue reading “A period of silence from the profession on access to justice would be welcome”
Judging the judges – identifying the stand-outs among the judiciary
The good, the bad and the ugly – we asked litigators to identify the judges that – for better or worse – stand out among the judiciary
The 2016 Legal Business judicial survey was not just focused on the overall strengths and weaknesses of the judiciary, it also asked respondents for their views on individual judges they have appeared before. There were some obvious favourites, and one outright villain (no prizes for guessing), and somewhere in between were several judges who impressed and disappointed in equal measure.
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Leading counsel suspended in latest setback to child abuse inquiry
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today (29 September) suspended Matrix Chambers’ Ben Emmerson QC from his role as leading lawyer of the public inquiry.
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Taking the initiative: Burges Salmon pushes ahead on legal apprenticeships through government scheme
Burges Salmon has become one of the first law firms to hire legal apprentices under the Government’s new Trailblazers Apprenticeship in Law initiative, taking on five apprentices who start today (26 September).
‘A serious point of principle’: Jackson reignites debate over increasing court fees
The debate amongst the profession over ever-increasing court fees continues to prove contentious, with Lord Justice Jackson being the latest to suggest the costs of pursuing civil cases is emerging as a real source of concern.