“Lawyers for the three former NatWest executives caught up in the Enron scandal have levelled an astonishing series of allegations against London solicitors representing the bank’s parent, RBS.”
The Times, 12th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Barry O’Brien, a former head of corporate finance at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has been fined £9,000 and has agreed to pay a further £50,000 in costs over his conflicted role in Philip Green’s aborted takeover of Marks & Spencer.”
The Times, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“To his many enemies, Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden is the establishment solicitor who gags their protests. To his clients, he is legal barbed wire – an expert who can hold back a rabble.”
The Independent, 6th August 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Young lawyers at the UK’s leading law firms will have to wait longer and do more to distinguish themselves in order to become partners, a group of the City’s most powerful solicitors has predicted.”
The Times, 24th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Lawyers are divided over rising City salaries as one quarter describe current levels as ‘crazy’, while partners give junior lawyers’ pay gripes short shrift. Clare Ruckin reports on the latest Big Question survey.”
Legal Week, 19th July 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A solicitor who has built up a lucrative practice specialising in terrorist cases could face a police investigation after the 21/7 trial. Mudassar Arani, who defended three of the failed suicide bombers convicted on Monday, was accused in open court of attempting to bribe another solicitor’s client.”
The Times, 11th July 2007
Source: www. timesonline.co.uk
“The Legal Services Complaints Commissioner Zahida Manzoor today (10 July) raised concerns that the Law Society was not handling complaints in line with its own policies.”
The Lawyer, 10th July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Legal professionals fear that alternative business structures (ABSs) – the key element of the Legal Services Bill – will compromise the quality of legal advice, according to a report to be published this week.”
Law Society Gazette, 5th July 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The new Solicitors’ Code of Conduct was unleashed on the legal profession yesterday (1 July) after five years in the making.”
The Lawyer, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Top-flight lawyers in big City law firms now charge as much as £1,000 an hour for their expertise, according to a survey.”
The Times, 2nd July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Solicitors Regulation Authority this week decided to remove restrictions on solicitors wanting to appear in the higher courts, replacing compulsory accreditation with voluntary assessment schemes covering criminal, civil and family advocacy.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 28th June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The code is the most fundamental change introduced so far by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which has regulated the profession in England and Wales since January this year. The code replaces the Guide to the Professional Conduct of Solicitors (1999) and the Guide Online together with 10 other codes and rules (including the Solicitors’ Practice Rules 1990 and the Law Society’s Code for Advocacy) and introduces various changes. Although welcomed by larger firms, its requirements are onerous for smaller firms.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“William Gibson pores over the finer details of the rules on costs in the new Solicitors Code of Conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The leaders of the solicitors’ profession hit back at the Legal Services Ombudsman (LSO) this week after she branded the Legal Complaints Service’s (LCS) performance as ‘still well short of where a modern, customer-focused organisation should be’.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Bronwen Still and Derek Mitchell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority provide a rule-by-rule introduction to the new Solicitors Code of Conduct.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th June 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Most leading business lawyers have concerns about proposals to create alternative routes into the legal profession, according to a survey this week.”
Legal Week, 14th June 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
Payment-in and success fee
Court of Appeal
“In a road traffic accident claim, the claimant’s solicitors, operating under a conditional fee agreement providing for a success fee, were entitled to a 100 per cent success fee where the claimant had won at trial but failed to exceed a payment-in which was made earlier but rejected.”
The Times, 7th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“The Law Society has won another battle in its war to change the draft money laundering regulations causing headaches among City lawyers.”
The Lawyer, 5th June 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
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