The government’s plans for legal aid were dealt a serious blow this week after they were savaged by an influential parliamentary committee.
Solicitors dealing with unregulated claims referral companies or claims management companies could face disciplinary sanctions or even prosecution from this week.
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has agreed to extend its consultation exercise on planned changes to the way duty solicitor slots are allocated following threats of legal action by the Law Society.
Extramarital affairs are up, prompting a huge rise in the use of private investigators by divorcing couples to confirm fears that their other half was cheating on them, family lawyers report.
An extension of the defamation laws which would allow the dead or their representatives to sue for libel are reportedly being consided by the government.
Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, did not reproduce ideas from an earlier work in his best-selling novel, the Court of Appeal has ruled in Baigent v Random House Group.
Parents and teachers will be able to access information about paedophiles in their area as part of a pilot scheme to be announced by John Reid, the Home Secretary.
A Law Society plan to obtain a last-minute injunction to stay introduction of the unified legal aid contract has been dropped after counsel advised there were no grounds for such an application.
Workplace dispute resolution procedures designed to protect sufferers of religious and sexual orientation-related abuse tend to victimise them even further, and usually result in their dismissal or demotion, research shows.
Natallie Evans’s legal bid to have a child using embryos which were frozen before she was made infertile by cancer treatment has been knocked back by the Grand Chamber of the European Court.
Commercial firm strengthens real estate disputes team with associate hire
Firm appoints three directors to board
Six promoted to partner and one to legal director across UK and Ireland offices