‘Employment tribunals are being forced to rush in part-time judges in order to try to clear the growing backlog of cases waiting to be heard, a specialist law firm has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 15th May 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Young solicitors who find themselves in toxic work environments cannot “leave their professional ethical compass at home” and ultimately have to walk away, the president of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has said.’
Legal Futures, 7th May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A convicted client has failed in a bid to make his former solicitors stump up the bill for his £450,000 fine imposed in the Crown court. In Day v Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP Her Honour Judge Deborah Taylor, sitting in the High Court, struck out the negligence claim by landowner Philip Day.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th May 2019
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Grenfell Tower inquiry is “failing to deliver” on promises it made to traumatised survivors and the families of victims, who have “lost faith” in the process, lawyers have warned.’
The Independent, 6th May 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Law firms are willing to draw up non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that clearly breach Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) guidance, according to the woman whose own NDA threw the spotlight on the issue.’
Legla Futures, 2nd May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An employment tribunal has said it would be “wholly inappropriate” to strike out a disability discrimination claim against a law firm from a legal secretary suffering from depression.’
Legal Futures, 2nd May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has ordered Cardiff-based Hugh James to pay six-figure damages to the family of an asbestos victim for professional negligence in abandoning their personal injury claim.’
Legal Futures, 1st May 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A married couple has largely failed in a claim of negligence against a firm of solicitors which had admitted that it failed to advise properly on a separate negligence case against another law firm.’
Legal Futures, 29th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Owners of a business that falsely claimed it could supervise immigration law firms and made millions of pounds as a result, along with a director of one of those franchises, have been convicted at the Old Bailey.’
Legal Futures, 26th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The cultures of some law firms and other legal workplaces mean that well-being is “often not a concern” while they chase increased profits, researchers have found.’
Legal Futures, 23rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor’s conviction for illegally subletting his council flat has been upheld after he lost his appeal against a suspended jail sentence.’
Legal Futures, 12th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Ched Evans has reached an out-of-court settlement with his original defence team over their handling of the case where he was found guilty of rape.’
BBC News, 10th April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of insolvencies among solicitors’ firms reached a new high last year, Insolvency Service figures have shown, and a funder has warned that the practice of ‘loan stacking’ will only make things worse.’
Legal Futures, 10th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The ‘no brown in town’ adage has been the subject of scorn, sneers and scandal in City pubs for more than 100 years. Yet despite an increasing awareness of social mobility and social taboos, one top city law firm appears to have shunned such progress.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th April 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A paralegal subjected to f-word tirades by the senior partner of a London law firm has been awarded £47,000 by an employment tribunal – less than 5% of the value of her claim.’
Legal Futures, 5th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judge was wrong to stop a case against a law firm that had incorporated since potentially negligent advice was given when the wrong entity was named in the claim, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 5th April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The new rulebook for solicitors may lead to a “new breed” of multi-disciplinary practices (MDPs) emerging that integrate legal services with a very wide range of services for individuals, one of its architects has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has struck out a claim by City firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BLCP) for abuse of process on the grounds of ‘warehousing’.’
Litigation Futures, 27th March 2019
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A law firm that addressed a transgender woman by her birth name has been ordered to pay compensation by the Legal Ombudsman (LeO).’
Legal Futures, 26th March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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