‘A string of recent cases indicate that judges may be increasingly tempted to remind solicitors of their duty to act impartially in litigation, in an era of alternative business structures (ABSs) where their loyalties might be tested, according to a leading criminal lawyer.’
Legal Futures, 13th February 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Simon Love provides a warning to firms facing financial difficulty.’
New Law Journal, 5th February 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘A local authority’s refusal to offer a law firm tenant a new lease was “an act of retaliation, pure and simple”, to punish the firm for bringing personal injury claims against it, the High Court found last week.’
Legal Futures, 27th January 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm whose clients were unaware of the true cost of their conveyancing after being reeled in with low quotes did not take unfair advantage of them, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘New research highlights the impact of Government cuts on lawyers entering criminal practice.’
The Lawyer, 2nd December 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
‘In the first of NLJ / LSLA’s litigation trends surveys, James Baxter charts how firms and practitioners are navigating Jackson LJ’s revolutionary road-map of change.’
New Law Journal, 30th October 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘Britain’s biggest law firms are shamelessly exploiting the maxim that “you get what you pay for”, with hourly fees at record levels of £850 an hour, according to new research.’
The Independent, 26th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government may want to hand out criminal legal aid contracts to fewer, bigger firms, but smaller practices with lower overhead costs are arguably in a better position to survive the planned 17.5 per cent cuts, argues David Gilmore.’
Legal Voice, 26th November 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed the law firm Clifford Chance to examine damaging allegations that the bailed-out bank is deliberately wrecking viable small businesses to make a profit. The move came as Sir Andrew Large said in a report commissioned by the bank that RBS had left itself open to accusations of conflict of interest by small firms placed in its restructuring division because of its opaque management structure.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Costs Committee of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has issued a call for evidence to assist it in making recommendations for Guideline Hourly Rates (GHR) for 2014.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 1st November 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A leading East Midlands firm is to take court action against the lord chancellor Chris Grayling over restrictions on its legal aid contract.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Legal Services Board clarifies its stance on licensing special bodies as alternative business structures (ABS).”
Legal Services Board, 26th September 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/
“Blaming over-zealous police or irresponsible prosecutors for miscarriages of justice makes for a simple and straightforward narrative, writes Daniel Newman. As with most things, though, the reality is more complicated, and defence lawyers may also have a role to play. This being the case, the neat binary opposition we so rely on in criminal justice is somewhat obscured.”
LegalVoice, 26th September 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Vicky Ling and Andrew Otterburn have been commissioned by the Law Society and MoJ to carry out a survey of firms to try to assess the impact that the government’s revised proposals will have on criminal defences practices.”
Legal Aid Handbook, 23rd September 2013
Source: www.legalaidhandbook.com
“Liz Davies, writing in the Morning Star on Saturday 14 September, delivers a grim warning about the future of legal aid.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 17th September 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints that positive online reviews for a law firm were fake and that the website hosting them would not accept negative reviews.”
Legal Futures, 13th September 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“A law firm has been closed down after one of the country’s most senior judges asked regulators to investigate its last-minute bids to block the deportation of failed asylum seekers.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Law firms are receiving up to 100 applications for every paralegal vacancy as graduates become desperate for work and firms seek out lower staff costs.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“One of the country’s most senior judges has asked a legal regulator to consider striking off a law firm over its last-minute bids to block the deportation of failed asylum seekers.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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