Legal News

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is consulting on rules that will restrict excessive fee-charging when firms claim compensation for clients mis-sold financial products. 

A US citizen, currently in London under a Tier 1 Global Talent visa, has launched legal proceedings against the Gender Recognition Panel and Lord Chancellor for breaching their statutory duty to issue a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) recording their gender as nonbinary. 

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a consultation on new draft rules that will restrict excessive fee charging when firms make compensation claims on behalf of their clients regarding missold financial products. 

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has warned the public of a telephone scam using the MoJ telephone number to convince people to hand over money to avoid going to court or paying a larger fine. 

The process of obtaining probate can be a headache and a cause for despair, but what if there were an alternative? 

Family law specialist, solicitor-advocate and commentator David Burrows looks back at his 50 years in family law, in this week’s NLJ. What’s changed? And how does the reality of some of those changes differ from what was originally envisaged? What could be improved?

NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week's issue

Court of Protection and trust lawyers who assist in personal injury and clinical negligence cases will be impacted by proposed amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules. 

‘What personal information can, and should, the police disclose during high-profile investigations,’ such as Nicola Bulley’s disappearance in January? Jeremy Clarke-Williams, partner, and Sophie Taraniuk, paralegal, in the reputation management and privacy team at Penningtons Manches Cooper, address this question, in this week’s NLJ.

A claimant can ‘attend’ a hearing even if they are absent, the Court of Appeal has held.