“The Law Society spent roughly £150,000 on shutting down the website Solicitors from Hell but faces a latest setback as it has emerged that similar websites attacking UK firms are appearing online, with some said to be hosted abroad to protect them from the British authorities.”
The Lawyer, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Mr Justice Tugendhat has dismissed a £1m defamation claim launched against Law Society chief executive Des Hudson by Solicitors from Hell owner Rick Kordowksi, branding the bid ‘an abuse of the court process’.”
The Lawyer, 21st October 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Lord Justice Jackson – the author of the current shake-up of civil litigation costs – has criticised controversial Government cuts to legal aid, warning the reforms are ‘contrary to [my] recommendations’.”
Legal Week, 7th September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Law Society has written to the Leveson Inquiry to express its concerns over fresh allegations that lawyers acting for phone-hacking victims have been targeted by private investigators.”
Legal Week, 5th September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A Law Society debate will this month consider how superinjunctions can survive in an era of social media.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Today I am talking to solicitor Sundeep Bhatia, a Law Society Council member and is a former Chair of the Society of Asian Lawyers. Sundeep is the proprietor of Beaumonde Law Practice in Middlesex and specialises in employment law.”
Charon QC, 24th August 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“A website which claims to name and shame under-performing lawyers is facing legal action from the Law Society for alleged defamation.”
BBC News, 21st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Law Society has backed the Family Justice Review’s ‘far-reaching’ proposals for reform, but urged the government not to proceed with the changes unless it can provide the money to implement them properly.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“With the justice bill expected to be published at the end of the week, lawyers are gearing up for a major lobbying effort on both legal aid and civil costs reform. But just how powerful is that lobby?”
The Guardian, 14th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Law Society accuses ministers of ignoring consultation by pressing ahead with plans to remove legal help for vulnerable.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society and Bar Council should investigate defamatory comments made on the Solicitors from Hell website to find an effective route of redress for firms named on the website, a High Court has said.”
The Lawyer, 18th April 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Law Society president has reacted to negative news coverage concerning the growth in the number of solicitors.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th April 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Law Society v McPhail [2011] WLR (D) 45
“In the interests of fairness, a person charged with contempt of court whose liberty was therefore at stake should be able to appear at a hearing to answer points raised by his accusers.”
WLR Daily, 14th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
“Law Society Council member Derek French withdrew his motion proposing to allow barristers and legal executives to become members of the Law Society, at the Society’s council last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th December 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Proposed rules on what companies have to do to avoid being prosecuted under new bribery laws are not detailed enough, the Law Society has said. More clarification, particularly for smaller companies, is needed, it has told the Government.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th November 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Law Society has won its High Court challenge to the Legal Services Commission’s family tender process.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 30th September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Law Society is investigating a legal aptitude test to stem the tide of solicitors entering the profession.”
The Guardian, 14th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society is taking the Legal Services Commission to court seeking a declaration that the family tender process and outcome are ‘unlawful’, and asking for a suspension of the new contracts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th August 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Law Society has welcomed the government’s decision not to appeal against Chancery Lane’s recent court victory in defeating the previous administration’s plans to make acquitted defendants pay most of the costs of their own defence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th July 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Legal Services Board’s proximity to government could threaten the independence of the legal profession, Law Society president Robert Heslett warned last night.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th May 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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