Legal aid is hard to get, but the numbers applying for exceptional funding are still low. In this week’s ‘Civil way’, NLJ columnist and former district judge Stephen Gold urges lawyers to apply
Beware the rise in wasted costs applications! A lawyer’s nightmare is recurring with ever-more horrifying frequency
Love Actually star Hugh Grant drew attention to CPR, Pt 36 settlements recently when he tweeted his frustrations regarding his own case against News Group Newspapers, which has now settled
As leaflets go out and posters go up, legislation falls by the wayside. In this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan, of City Law school, takes stock of the Bills that have ‘bitten the dust’ in the wake of the impending general election, not least the Bill designed to reverse the Supreme Court’s PACCAR decision on third party litigation funding
Fixed recoverable costs for clinical negligence claims up to £25,000 are set to be implemented from October, according to the minutes for the latest Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) meeting
Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds
Law firm mfg Solicitors announces five promotions at Birmingham office
Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions
Family set expands with the formal integration of 4 Brick Court into 42BR Barristers