‘Law firms are facing thousands of claims for professional negligence over their involvement in “right to buy” work, it has emerged.’
Legal Futures, 27th November 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Britain’s biggest law firms are shamelessly exploiting the maxim that “you get what you pay for”, with hourly fees at record levels of £850 an hour, according to new research.’
The Independent, 26th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It was third time unlucky for a solicitor whose striking-off had twice been overturned by the High Court, as Mr Justice Mostyn yesterday rejected his challenge to the latest decision to remove him from the roll.’
Legal Futures, 21st November 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
“Solicitors opposed to government cuts in criminal legal aid have forced an emergency meeting of the Law Society to consider a no confidence motion in the profession’s leadership.”
The Guardian, 19th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The bankrupt tycoon embroiled in Britain’s most high-profile divorce has been labelled a ‘fraudster’ in a separate High Court judgment. Scot Young, a property and telecoms magnate in the middle of an acrimonious battle against his estranged wife, has been caught up in separate litigation involving a former lawyer and one of his alleged creditors.”
The Independent, 17th November 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Poorsalehy v Wandsworth LBC (2013) QBD 07/11/2013. A cautionary tale, albeit one that was rather hard on Mr Poorsalehy. Mr P had applied to Wandsworth as homeless. His application was rejected by s.184 decision and the s.202 upheld the decision.”
NearlyLegal, 13th November 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“The latest Diversity League Table from the Black Solicitors Network suggests that despite improved access to the profession minority groups remain under-represented at the top.”
The Lawyer, 12th November 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“City solicitors have urged the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to withdraw its consultation on costs protection in defamation and privacy claims because it does not deal with the central issue of how eligibility for protection will be assessed.”
Litigation Futures, 7th November 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“The profession’s regulators face complex and overlapping challenges in creating a legal education system which shifts the focus from the ‘journey’ to the point of qualification.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 4th November 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Professional indemnity insurance (‘PII’) cover for solicitors is notoriously forgiving to policyholders on the issue of non-disclosure.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 18th October 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The scent and smoke and sweat of a mediation can be nauseating at three in the morning, as Ian Fleming might have written had he declined a successful career as a thriller writer in favour of the less glamorous life of a commercial litigator. It is a sentiment which clearly resonates even in the Court of Appeal, as revealed in the Court’s judgment in Frost v Wake Smith & Tofields [2013] EWCA Civ 772 last month.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 17th October 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Keynote Address to The Motor Accidents Solicitors Society (PDF)
Speech by Mr. Justice Foskett
The Motor Accidents Solicitors Society, 25th October 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Costs that are disallowed for want of retainer should not form part of a costs judge’s calculations in applying the one-fifth rule, the High Court has said.”
Litigation Futures, 28th October 2013
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
“Grania Langdon-Down hears from practitioners who have reshaped their career by moving practice area.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th October 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A coroner has pleaded guilty to a £2 million fraud which saw him steal some of the money from the estates of the dead.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Solicitors will no longer need to have a degree in order to qualify under a radical shake-up of legal training that it has been claimed could spell the ‘death’ of some law undergraduate courses.”
Times Higher Education, 17th October 2013
Source: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
“An attempt by MasterCard to avoid a multi-billion damages claim from a dozen retailers because the monthly due diligence costs charged by its lawyers at Jones Day could be as much as £700,000 has been rejected by the High Court.”
The Lawyer, 16th October 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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