‘The disparity between the best and worst legal practice course (LPC) providers has continued to grow, with only 23% of students passing at one institution.’
Legal Futures, 26th March 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor has had her claim for victimisation by the Law Society struck out by an employment tribunal on the basis that, as the chair of a committee, she was not an employee or office-holder.’
Legal Futures, 25th March 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has granted defendants permission to use documents inadvertently shared by the claimants’ solicitors before trial.’
Law Society's Gazette, 22nd March 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The High Court has granted permission to defendants to use the contents of four otherwise privileged witness statements which were disclosed by the claimants’ solicitors by mistake.’
Litigation Futures, 22nd March 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A man with learning difficulties who admitted to a murder 30 years ago should have his conviction quashed because he confessed to police without a lawyer present, his solicitor says.’
BBC News, 16th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The court has the power to require a solicitor to attend court for cross-examination in respect of a wasted costs application, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 11th March 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A High Court judge has refused to grant a solicitor a permanent injunction to enforce undertakings made by the son of a client that he would stop making defamatory statements.’
Legal Futures, 9th March 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The president of the Law Society is stepping down from his role after being accused of dishonesty during a decade-long legal dispute that went to the high court.’
The Guardian, 3rd March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A senior solicitor at the Environment Agency has won his libel action against the owners of a garden centre business who accused him of professional misconduct in prosecuting one of them.’
Legal Futures, 3rd March 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A veteran solicitor did not confirm that his imprisoned client had given instructions to transfer a £300,000 property to his mother, with the client claiming after it happened that he knew nothing about it, a tribunal has heard.’
Legal Futures, 24th February 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A solicitor who lied to a High Court judge during the trial of a dispute with a former partner in his law firm has been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 11th February 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The University of Law (ULaw) has unveiled a range of courses to prepare students for Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), costing from £500 to £16,500 – the latter being little different from the legal practice course (LPC).’
Legal Futures, 10th February 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The conventional approach in relation to the guideline hourly rates (GHR) is to uplift them by about 25% to reflect the effects of inflation since they were set in 2010, a High Court judge has said. He refused without more evidence to reduce the impact of inflation by commercial pressures on solicitors to keep their fees lower.’
Litigation Futures, 9th February 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Supreme Court is to consider whether costs should only be awarded against regulators in unsuccessful cases where there is good reason to make an order, it announced today [27 January].’
Legal Futures, 27th January 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘An experienced solicitor who failed to disclose two counsel’s opinions on a case to an after-the-event (ATE) insurer, one of them assessing chances of success at less than 50%, has been fined £8,000.’
Litigation Futures, 27th January 2021
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Law firms in London, Manchester and Bath have become the first sanctioned for failing to publish price and service information, with compliance made a condition of their authorisation.’
Legal Futures, 15th January 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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