“A solicitor cannot be held responsible if parties to mediation do not immediately reach a final binding agreement, the Court of Appeal has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Cusack (Respondent) v London Borough of Harrow (Appellant) [2013] UKSC 40 | UKSC 2012/0006 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 19th June 2013
“A mother is suing her former solicitor for £15 million, claiming that his poor advice cost her millions of pounds in a divorce settlement.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A bankrupt businessman who shot a solicitor dead in an attack motivated by revenge will most likely die in prison.”
The Independent, 18th June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“‘This is a derisory document’. Thus, Professor Roger Smith described the MoJ’s paper on Transforming Legal Aid, when he gave evidence to the Select Committee for Justice last Tuesday. The most senior members of the legal profession gave evidence about the potential impact of the proposals. The President of the Law Society, and the chairs of the Bar Council, Criminal Bar Association, and Criminal Law Solicitors Association all agreed that, if the Minister has his way, the criminal justice system will be irreparably harmed. The MoJ plans to introduce these changes by secondary legislation, although more than 90,000 signatories to an e-petition (Save UK Justice) have now called for a full debate in Parliament.”
LegalVoice, 17th June 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Otterburn Consulting recently completed a survey to inform the Law Society’s response to the government’s consultation ‘Transforming legal aid: delivering a more credible and efficient system on price competitive tendering (PCT).’ The aim was to find out what the impact on firms would be, based on hard evidence and to evaluate whether the proposed system was likely to work in practice.”
LegalVoice, 7th June 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“Woman sues lawyer whose failure to change a relative’s will ‘cost her £1m.’ ”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Crown court judges have delivered a damning response to government plans to prevent defendants from choosing their solicitor and slice a further £220m off the legal aid budget.”
The Guaridan, 6th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Court of Appeal judge has challenged the government’s proposed changes to legal aid in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 4th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The defence protecting honest solicitors duped by mortgage fraudsters that was erected by the Court of Appeal last year has been reinforced by the High Court.”
Legal Futures, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“‘Unity is our secret weapon’ was the key message that emerged from this week’s unprecedented meeting of 1,000 defence lawyers who voted unanimously backing a motion that price competitive tendering was ‘not the way forward’, writes Jon Robins.”
LegalVoice, 24th May 2013
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
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