‘Solicitors’ professional indemnity insurers cannot aggregate multiple related claims when the terms of the transactions are not conditional or dependent upon each other, the High Court has decided in a ruling said to protect law firms from financial risk.’
Legal Futures, 17th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service has begun a major recruitment drive to deal with an “exceptional” growth in complex cases.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th August 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
An assistant solicitor has admitted to having “fabricated” advice from counsel, two expert reports and a series of letters on a medical negligence case because she felt “completely panicked and couldn’t see a way out”.
Full story
Legal Futures, 11th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal professional privilege can be qualified in the “rare circumstances” where it is necessary to impose a requirement that other people are present at discussions between lawyers and clients, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A judge has told a litigant-in-person that a road traffic accident (RTA) she was involved in was not to blame for her failure to secure a training contract.’
Legal Futures, 10th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
A solicitor who became a professional McKenzie Friend after 20 years in practise, has hit out at the burden imposed on high street practitioners, which he said cost him almost £2m and pushed him into personal bankruptcy.
Full story
Legal Futures, 6th August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A two-partner central London law firm has succeeded in striking out a professional negligence claim for over £8m.’
Full story
Legal Futures, 3rd August 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘On the silver anniversary of the Limitation Act 1980 (“the Act”) and as we approach the emerald anniversary of the coming into force of section 14A of that Act, the recent case of Chinnock v Veale Wasbrough [2015] EWCA Civ 2014 shows that the interpretation of this complicated section remains far from straightforward.’
Full story
Hardwicke Chambers, 15th June 2015
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘On 28 April 2015 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Procter v Raleys Solicitors. The case is an important reminder to solicitors engaged in bulk litigation of the risks posed by “commoditising” their services.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 15th June 2015
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Legal apprenticeships “are going to be massive” and law firms will have to respond by recruiting A-Level students straight from school, the dean of BPP Law School has predicted.’
Legal Futures, 14th July 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Unreasonableness, intransigence and the taking of every point must now be regarded as unacceptable in the post-Jackson world, a High Court judge has warned in setting out how to comply with the overriding objective to deal with cases at proportionate cost.’
Litigation Futures, 13th July 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court has dismissed a claim against a firm of solicitors, despite finding it negligent in failing to raise the absence of a covenant in restraint of competition during the purchase of a commercial property.’
Legal Futures, 13th July 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The First-Tier Tribunal has dismissed an appeal and held that following a freedom of information request Aylesbury Vale District Council was entitled to refuse disclosure of correspondence between its solicitor and the planning department.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The High Court was wrong to strike out a claim over unpaid fees brought by a firm of solicitors on the basis of alleged exaggeration and inaccurate sums, without hearing any witnesses, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Litigation Futures, 9th July 2015
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
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