“High Court judge Mr Justice Vos has ordered firms involved in the wave of phone-hacking cases to find a more efficient method of working or risk their clients being forced into a group litigation order [GLO] represented by a single firm.”
The Lawyer, 19th March 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Women lawyers overwhelmingly oppose the introduction of quotas as a tool to help more of them into senior positions in firms, it emerged at an international conference last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has upheld a wasted costs order against a Buckinghamshire firm, ruling that it was ‘complicit’ in its client’s ‘manipulation’ of the court process by failing to give reasons for opposing a hearsay notice in a criminal trial.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th March 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Irwin Mitchell has been forced to defend its pricing policy after the Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger highlighted a case in which it charged six times the amount paid out to its client.”
The Lawyer, 21st February 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Fixed-share partners of law firms are not employees and cannot claim employment rights before a tribunal, the Court of Appeal has ruled. However the ruling, in a case brought by Martin Tiffin against southern England law firm Lester Aldridge (LA), applies only when fixed-share partners enjoy some of the ‘obligations and responsibilities’ of full equity partnership.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 9th February 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Tiffin v Lester Aldridge LLP [2012] EWCA Civ 35; [2012] WLR (D) 19
“Section 4(4) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 required an assumption that the business of the limited liability partnership had been carried on by two or more of its members as partners and upon that assumption, required an inquiry as to whether or not the person whose status was in question would have been one of the partners. If the answer to that inquiry was that he would have been a partner then he could not have been an employee of the partnership; if the answer was that he would not have been a partner there would have to be further inquiry as to whether his relationship would have been that of an employee. It was implicit that the primary source material for the purpose of answering those questions would be the members’ agreement although that would not necessarily represent the totality of what might be looked at.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has upheld an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling that fixed share partners are not employees and, as such, are not eligible to claim for unfair dismissal.”
Legal Week, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Crown Prosecution Service’s ambitious plan to go paperless by April could be in peril following a refusal by defence firms to engage with it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th December 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“In the past year a number of firms have begun flirting with the idea of the modern legal apprenticeship. But what is the attraction of the model and is there a place for it in the legal market?”
The Lawyer, 28th November 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Legal aid cuts will leave more people representing themselves, but may also make City firms pull their weight with pro bono work.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Personal injury claimants could suffer from a ban on referral fees while insurers and lawyers would incur no extra costs, according to the government department proposing the ban.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 31st October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Geoffrey Boycott, the former Yorkshire and England cricketer, launched a £1m-plus claim against lawyers he says let him down on a property deal.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Kenneth Clarke is right, the City is as much a legal centre as a financial one – but there are still jurisdictions to conquer.”
The Guardian, 22nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“While some solicitors regard the legal retail outlets springing up in shopping centres as tacky they can only be good for the public.”
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Despite widespread flouting of rules around paying the minimum wage to interns, the problem remains ignored by regulators.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal profession weathered first downturn but redundancies are more likely if recession returns.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ten million people have a hearing problem but legal aid cuts will make woeful provision of legal services worse.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The legal complaints process, in as far as it applies to large corporate clients, has always been a thorny issue, as top City law firms have long asserted that their clients are intelligent buyers of legal services with little need for pointers when it comes complaining.”
Legal Week, 4th August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The incoming global head of diversity and inclusion at City giant Herbert Smith has warned that some law firms still need to do much more to create an ‘inclusive culture’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th August 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Senior lawyers at royal solicitors Harbottle & Lewis are ‘furious’ at the way they have been blamed by Rupert Murdoch and others in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, The Independent on Sunday has learned. They will meet the Metropolitan Police to explain their position ‘in the next few days’.
The Independent, 31st July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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