‘One way of viewing the current legal services market is that the legal profession is locked in a race to the death with non-qualified providers, tempted by the lucrative chunk of legal work that is not reserved to qualified lawyers and which forms a big part of their income.’
Legal Futures, 5th December 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Boxing promoter Frank Warren has failed to persuade the High Court to order a detailed assessment of around £922,000 in costs rendered by his former solicitors.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th December 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed a challenge from a law firm whose former clients wanted a full assessment of more than £200,000 in billed costs. Lord Justice Newey overturned a High Court ruling which had held that a statute bill served by a law firm should contain details of disbursements.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th November 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Legal professional privilege can protect the documents of a dissolved company from disclosure, the High Court has ruled in a case involving global firm Dentons.’
Legal Futures, 22nd November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has slapped an extended civil restraint order (ECRO) on a man who claimed the application was an attempt “to legitimise” a law firm’s attempt to defraud him.’
Legal Futures, 19th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm accounts clerk who faced false allegations of sexually harassing a fellow employee has accepted damages of £20,000 after winning his claim of unfair constructive dismissal.’
Legal Futures, 16th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that a partner in a law firm who paid himself £16,500 after he had left the firm and was “effectively competing with it” breached his director’s duties.’
Legal Futures, 8th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A law firm that also owns an estate agency and acted for seller, buyer and as the seller’s agent in 14 residential conveyancing transactions has been fined over the conflict of interest this generated.’
Legal Futures, 5th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A changing role in changing times? Sophie Gould reports on how in-house lawyers are adopting & adapting advances in legal technology.’
New Law Journal, 26th October 2018
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘A law firm’s decision to terminate its retainer without notice to the client – because it was closing down – was unreasonable and it could not claim the fees due before then, the High Court has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 31st October 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to try and recover the £800,000 it spent intervening in collapsed law firm Blavo & Co.’
Legal Futures, 17th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Small law firms are increasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals, but very few attacks are actually succeeding, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has received unprecedented lobbying against the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) plans to allow solicitors to practise from unregulated businesses.’
Legal Futures, 24th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has refused permission for a third appeal by a Leeds law firm against a ruling that it submitted ‘dishonest’ costs claims.’
Litigation Futures, 19th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The husband in a divorce dispute cannot pay his lawyers a pound without paying a pound to his wife’s solicitors, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 18th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A long-running dispute about the rights of a client to sue his former solicitors will come to the Supreme Court later this year. The court confirmed today that it will hear the appeal of defunct claimant firm Raleys Solicitors against the ruling of the Court of Appeal from May 2017.’
Law Society's Gazette, 13th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A law firm which “prematurely” issued a group litigation order (GLO) application to bring VW emissions claims ahead of other firms has been hit with an indemnity costs order by the High Court.’
Litigation Futures, 5th September 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘An immigration lawyer who “wrongly claimed” £800,000 from the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The big claims management companies (CMCs) will be hit hardest by fee increases planned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to fund the £17m cost of their new regulatory regime, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 23rd August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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