“Today I am talking To Robert Heslett. We cover a wide range of topics from the rule of law, the opportunities and threats to the solicitors profession, human rights and Twitter and other forms of social media and how they could be of benefit to lawyers.”
Charon QC, 14th December 2009
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“MPs are lobbying prime minister Gordon Brown to exclude solicitors from any government-run scheme to compensate workers for asbestos-related pleural plaques.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Black Country solicitor faces jail after stealing £90,000 from a blind widow and spending the money on luxury items including a pedigree ‘teacup’ chihuahua.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Solicitors who took millions of pounds from compensation payouts given to sick miners have lost their appeal against being struck off for misconduct.”
BBC New, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A celebrity lawyer known as Mr Loophole announced today that he had won yet another case for a star.”
The Independent, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Solicitors have been overpaid nearly £25m for legal aid work, public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) reported today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 29th October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A former deputy coroner and solicitor has been jailed for stealing money from a charitable trust account he set up with money taken from dead clients.”
BBC News, 26th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Yvonne Hossack has dedicated her life to helping the elderly and disabled. She saved 80 care homes from closure. Yesterday, after a witch hunt by council leaders, she was allowed to continue with her crusade.”
The Independent, 19th September 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A solicitor who made her name helping people fight against closures of care homes abused her position by encouraging clients to protest against cut services, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A campaigning lawyer who for thousands of people represents the last hope of stopping closures of care homes and cuts in care services faces disciplinary action that could see her suspended from practice or struck off.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“About 150,000 sick miners and their families are still owed £100m by solicitors who wrongly charged them for compensation claims, an MP says.”
BBC News, 13th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Law Society has called on the Ministry of Justice to clarify its ‘incoherent’ and ‘deeply flawed’ consultation on criminal legal aid cuts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Solicitors have handed back more than £1.5m to injured former miners under a new voluntary repayment scheme after wrongly deducting fees from miners’ government compensation awards – and this figure could rise further as the project rolls on, the Gazette can reveal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Injured miners who successfully sued their former solicitors for under-settling coal health compensation claims have won tens of thousands of pounds in settlements, it has emerged.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th August 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The work that solicitors have done under the mineworkers’ compensation scheme has attracted the attention of press, parliament and the public ever since details of wrongdoing began to emerge earlier this decade. But the debate has focused on two controversies: the millions of pounds that solicitors have earned, and the deductions that some solicitors made from miners’ compensation.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 30th July 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A government scheme to allow defendants to be dealt with via ‘virtual courts’ is being boycotted by solicitors who say it is ‘justice on the cheap’.
BBC News, 31st July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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