Legal Aid Fee Cuts To Evidence Work Have Been Declared Unlawful – Rights Info
‘Government attempts to cut legal aid fees for solicitor evidence work have declared unlawful by the high court.’
Rights Info, 3rd August 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
Category: law firms
Inquest negligence claim against Leigh Day thrown out – Legal Futures
‘A claim that well-known law firm Leigh Day was negligent in its representation of the family of the deceased at an inquest has been dismissed by the High Court.’
Legal Futures, 3rd August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
SRA seeks to clarify threshold for reporting misconduct – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is looking to clarify the threshold used by law firms when deciding whether to report concerns over misconduct.’
Legal Futures, 2nd August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
High Court rejects MRO’s bid for summary judgment over £1.6m “owed” by law firm – Litigation Futures
‘The High Court has rejected an application for summary judgment by a medical reporting agency seeking to reclaim almost £1.6m in fees from a law firm.’
Litigation Futures. 30th July 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Judge criticises ‘generally unhelpful’ firm over application in VW case – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A Derbyshire firm involved in the group action case against car maker Volkswagen (VW) has been criticised for its ‘inconsistent, non-engaging and generally unhelpful’ conduct in an application to extend the timeframe for a service of claim.’
Law Society's Gazette, 31st July 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Claim against law firm within limitation period despite “unconnected” abuse of process – Litigation Futures
‘A professional negligence claim was brought within the limitation period despite an “unconnected” abuse of process over the court fee paid, the High Court has held.’
Litigation Futures, 11th July 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
High Court judge berates leading law firm for “shameful” behaviour – Legal Futures
‘A High Court judge has accused leading law firm Pinsent Masons of losing sight of “any basic standard of decent and compassionate behaviour” in the way it dealt with the widow of a defendant its client was suing.’
Legal Futures, 11th July 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Solicitors are now “dairy farmers” of PI market as numbers fall – Legal Futures
‘The number of law firms specialising in personal injury (PI) work has fallen by 10% over the past two years, it has been revealed, with one leading practitioner describing solicitors now as the “dairy farmers” of the market due to their declining influence.’
Legal Futures, 2nd July 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Court in tangle after law firm ‘whistleblower’ sends it privileged material – Legal Futures
‘The president of the Family Division is to be asked what the court should do in the highly unusual case of a ‘whistleblower’ from the solicitors of one party to a divorce sending it legally privileged information.’
Legal Futures, 27th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
SCCO refuses latest bid for solicitor’s file as appeal looms – Litigation Futures
‘The Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) has again rejected a bid by a personal injury client for access to their former law firm’s file.’
Litigation Futures, 18th June 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
Divorce beauty parades: genuine market research or litigation manoeuvring? – Family Law
‘This article considers the decision in ZS v FS [2017] EWHC 2660 (Fam), in which a husband failed in his application to prevent his ex-wife’s solicitor from acting.’
Family Law, 18th June 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
CoA awards £60k damages against ‘unscrupulous’ fake firm fraudsters – Law Society’s Gazette
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurance company is entitled to exemplary damages against fraudsters whose conduct was described as ‘outrageous’.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
High Court refuses to strike out £1.2m family law negligence claim – Legal Futures
‘“Very real obstacles” faced by a family law client in bringing a negligence action against a Cheshire law firm did not mean that the claim should be struck out in its entirety, the High Court has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 16th May 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Investigation of law firm accounts reports “tripled in two years”, impact report shows – Legal Futures
‘The number of qualified accountants’ reports due to rule breaches has fallen by two-thirds since the rules were changed in 2015, but the amount then being investigated for possible rule breaches has tripled, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 11th May 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Call to investigate barriers to ABSs moving into other professional services – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should investigate whether there are regulatory barriers to law firms that become alternative business structures (ABSs) providing other professional services such as accountancy and surveying, rather than vice versa, a report it commissioned has recommended.’
Legal Futures, 10th May 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Important public interest matters to be aired in Paradise Papers trial, says judge – The Guardian
‘Important matters of public interest are likely to be aired in a trial that has been brought against the Guardian and the BBC for their reporting of the Paradise Papers investigation, a senior judge has said.’
The Guardian, 2nd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Steep rise in law firm closures and Compensation Fund payouts – Legal Futures
‘The number of law firms shut by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) increased by more than a third last year from 37 to 50, figures from the regulator’s annual review have shown.’
Legal Futures, 24th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Employment tribunal vindicates law firm’s denial that former employee was disabled – Legal Futures
‘A judge has dismissed a claim by a law firm paralegal that he was the victim of disability discrimination, finding he had “dishonestly” altered a document about his medical condition and that, in any case, he had not told his employer about his supposed post-traumatic stress disorder.’
Legal Futures, 18th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
