“Businesses that wish to report their involvement in cartel operations in order to benefit from the leniency of the UK’s competition regulator will not be obliged to waive their rights to legal professional privilege (LPP).”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Customers taking on the services of claims management companies (CMCs) will be better protected as tough new rules come into effect.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Declining public confidence in the professions continues to take its toll on lawyers, according to an annual survey commissioned by watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Read a copy of the letter that the lord chief justice sent to the justice secretary warning him not to undermine judicial independence.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“More than two decades after the Runciman Commission was set up following high-profile miscarriages of justice, the chairman of the Bar Council has called for a royal commission to conduct a root-and-branch review of the criminal justice system.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“According to the President of the Supreme Court, the judiciary not only has a right but an obligation ‘to speak out on matters concerning the rule of law.’ In recent months, it is a duty from which Lord Neuberger has not shirked, and last night’s lecture to the Institute of Government was no exception. Its focus was the importance of legal aid, which Neuberger described through the prism of the UK’s constitutional set-up and the respective roles of the legislature, executive and judiciary within it.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Judges and Policy: A Delicate Balance (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger
Institute for Government, 18th June 2013
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
“The court system ‘may well have something to learn from online dispute resolution on eBay and elsewhere’, the president of the Supreme Court has suggested.”
Litigation Futures, 19th June 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Reforms may not produce significant savings as it would result in more unrepresented litigants and longer hearings, says Lord Neuberger.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK’s top judge has acknowledged that the senior judiciary is monolithic and there are not enough members of ethnic minorities represented.”
The Independent, 18th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Only 9.4% of equity partners in law firms are women, despite equal numbers of men and women entering the profession.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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