‘The High Court has rejected a company’s claim to litigation privilege over the identity of who instructed its lawyers.’
Legal Futures, 16th May 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has issued a stern rebuke to lawyers who ran up massive costs and lumbered the court with voluminous bundles.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th May 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by solicitors to secure a £2m payment from an insolvent client for work carried out on a damages based agreement.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th May 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Legal Aid Agency has sparked panic among the criminal defence community by announcing that some providers could lose out on work when new contracts begin this autumn. One firm, for which legal aid comprises 60% of its workload, told the Gazette that it could go out of business.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th May 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Priti Patel has admitted that it will take time to establish the government’s high-profile plan to send people who arrive in the UK without authorisation to Rwanda, amid growing suspicion that it will not solve the migration crisis in the Channel.’
The Guardian, 10th May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Community care lawyers are limiting the amount and type of legal aid work they do to ensure that their firms remain financially viable, a report has found.’
Legal Futures, 6th May 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘There was no express or implied retainer between a Buckinghamshire law firm and a businessman with a “colourful commercial career” suing it for £2.5m in damages, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 6th May 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A London law firm has offered staff the option to work from home permanently, but the convenience comes at a price.’
BBC News, 2nd May 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Leading legal aid firm Duncan Lewis has been ordered to pay a former director costs of £6,500 for setting aside a default employment tribunal judgment caused by its internal failures.’
Legal Futures, 13th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A civil litigator with experience of employment disputes has had an unfair dismissal claim against his former firm struck out for failing to comply with an unless order.’
Legal Futures, 12th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Class action firm Hausfeld has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for allowing its independence to be compromised in the conduct of a massive group claim.’
Legal Futures, 5th April 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The English and Welsh Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment which should act as a reminder for law firms that any innovative funding arrangements must comply with statutory rules or risk being declared void.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th March 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A redundancy exercise run by a law firm in its conveyancing department following the first lockdown in 2020 was genuine, an employment tribunal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 24th March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A circuit judge has terminated the appointment of the guardian of a young child in care proceedings after he criticised the father’s solicitor in a letter to the law firm’s head of department.’
Legal Futures, 23rd March 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The largest further education provider in London, Capital City College Group (CCCG), is to appoint a legal services provider to a £1m, four-year contract.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘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
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