‘The protocol aimed at cutting out opportunistic tactics by either claimants or defendants in personal injury (PI) cases during the Covid-19 pandemic has been extended to at least 20 May.’
Litigation Futures, 20th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A solicitor who became an alcoholic after taking part in the drinking culture of a former firm has been fined by a tribunal after two drink-driving convictions.’
Legal Futures, 17th April 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Proceedings against a law firm which overlooked instructions sent to its ‘contact us’ email address and subsequently released £377,000 from its client account have been dismissed by the High Court.’
Tanfield Chambers, 15th April 2020
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘A Liverpool law firm has defeated the claim of a finance broker who sought a £100,000 fee for introducing it to a new loan provider.’
Legal Futures, 14th April 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected efforts by claimant law firms Leigh Day and Hausfeld to keep their actions against a Zambian copper mine operator separate, making a group litigation order (GLO) sought by the defendants.’
Litigation Futures, 8th April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court has rejected a “fanciful” £600,000 conveyancing negligence claim against the law firm Gateley, based on an error admitted by the firm.’
Legal Futures, 6th April 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘By this notable decision the Court of Appeal has offered a useful illustration of the strict limits to the scope for claims by previously convicted claimants against their former lawyers,
alleging negligence in respect of the defence of the earlier criminal proceedings.’
Hailsham Chambers, 30th March 2020
Source: www.hailshamchambers.com
‘An accountant found to have “improperly” issued a report to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) about a law firm has been severely reprimanded by his regulator.’An accountant found to have “improperly” issued a report to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) about a law firm has been severely reprimanded by his regulator.’
Legal Futures, 3rd April 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Personal injury firms should temporarily agree to accept service by email and freeze limitation periods, according to guidance issued to claimant and defendant lawyers today on the conduct of claims during the Covid-19 crisis.’
Litigation Futures, 1st April 2020
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Criticism by former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption of apparent over-reach by police officers enforcing Covid-19 lockdown restrictions appears to have struck a chord in the legal profession.’
Law Society's Gazette, 31st March 2020
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The proportion of solicitors who attended state schools is creeping upwards, but those who went to fee-paying schools dominate corporate work, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 31st March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Divisional Court will this week (3 April) consider whether to suspend the Home Office’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) policy.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A “grossly negligent” salaried partner has been suspended for a year after $2.2m in escrow monies belonging to the other party in a deal was “dissipated in a series of unauthorised transactions”.’
Legal Futures, 27th March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The case concerned the conflicts of interests that may arise where property and affairs
deputies employed by a law firm instruct that firm to carry out instructions for P, or to
conduct litigation on P’s behalf.’
3PB, 10th March 2020
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has finally issued guidance to those it regulates on dealing with the coronavirus, stressing it will be “pragmatic” when taking action over rule breaches related to the pandemic.’
Legal Futures, 24th March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is consulting on whether to extend indefinitely the suspension of immigration work from its removal of restrictions on solicitors providing non-regulated services.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A union representing legal workers has expressed outrage at the “classist allocation of risk” that is seeing law firm partners work from home while other staff are forced into the office during the coronavirus pandemic.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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