‘Litigators should now put defendants on notice at the start of any matter that they will enforce an equitable lien if necessary, the senior partner of Bott & Co has advised.’
Legal Futures, 18th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A London commercial firm will ask the Supreme Court to develop the common law of champerty after an appeal over the assignment of its now-deceased client’s claim was dismissed.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Solicitors handling flight compensation claims had a right to their costs despite the airline trying to deal directly with their clients, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The public policy behind the ban on a solicitor taking an assignment of their client’s cause of action prior to judgment holds good in the era of damages-based agreements (DBAs), the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal futures, 14th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A London law firm has lost an appeal over the assignment of a now-deceased client’s claim to his solicitors, with the Court of Appeal confirming that “a solicitor acting for a client in legal proceedings may not validly take an assignment of the client’s cause of action prior to judgment.” ’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A High Court master has revoked permission for the claimants in a group action to rely on an expert’s evidence because of “serious transgressions” by him and the group’s solicitors.’
Legal Futures, 8th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A new judgment on the grade of fee earner appropriate for historical abuse cases has prompted fierce debate between lawyers about wider costs levels for this type of claim.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th March 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A Scottish law firm, which has no offices south of the border, has failed in a jurisdiction challenge to halt a negligence claim over advice a solicitor gave over a Cornish wind farm project.’
Legal Futures, 4th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has overturned a tribunal finding that a solicitor acted dishonestly on a re-accreditation application.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st February 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A solicitor suspended for a year after a tribunal ruled he had acted dishonestly in signing a declaration on behalf of one of his firm’s directors has successfully challenged the decision.’
Legal Futures, 21st February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Respondent was ordered to be extradited to Greece for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution against him. On that day, the Respondent’s solicitor stated orally in court that an appeal would be lodged against the extradition order, and on 16 December 2015, the notice of application for leave to appeal was filed with the Court. However, due to an oversight, the solicitor failed to serve the notice on the Crown Solicitor’s Office (on behalf of Greece) until about three weeks later.’
UKSC Blog, 3rd February 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The way a solicitor went about preparing a £100m will was “reckless and quite possibly dishonest”, the High Court ruled yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 1st February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A lawyer has been jailed for 13 months after showing a “brazen disregard” for his regulator by failing to hand over his firm’s files to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).’
Legal Futures, 21st January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has taken the unusual step of allowing a Hong Kong media company to be represented in court by its in-house lawyer in a $213m contract dispute after its external solicitors withdrew.’
Legal Futures, 17th January 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government has been criticised by an employment tribunal for a “lack of coordination and pre-planning” that resulted in a solicitor-judge bringing a disability discrimination challenge against the justice secretary over her struggles to secure reasonable adjustments.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th January 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority has paid £228,000 to cover the legal costs of a solicitor following a prosecution abandoned a month before trial.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th December 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A future where lawyers act for both sides of divorces as a matter of course and others exit regulation to offer a new kind of service has been sketched out by Resolution.’
Legal Futures, 23rd November 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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