Court of Appeal to decide whether or not laws are discriminatory
The minimum annual award for pupillage should be raised from £10,000 to £12,000.
Report warns regulation could see return of `creative schemes’ Clients are not suffering on quality or cost as a result of referral fees in conveyancing and personal injury, a Legal Services Board (LSB) report has found.
Sector activity doubles in the past three years according to CEDR research Commercial and civil mediation in the UK has grown by 30%, and mediation activity as whole has doubled, in the last three years according to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution’s (CEDR) fourth Mediation Audit.
Facebook’s privacy setting change is “unacceptable”, Europe’s privacy watchdog has warned.
Small law firms saw profits per equity partner fall 24% as the recession hit, according to the Law Society Law Management Section’s annual profitability survey. The median net profit per equity partner fall from £114,078 in 2008 to £86,960 this year. Approximately 18% of a practice’s total income is equity partner profit, compared to 24% in 2008.
Legal businesses are showing resilience in the economic downturn, according to research from accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.
Manchester-based Pannone LLP has introduced an “eco-incentive” scheme for its 650 employees, boosting cash donations to local environmental projects each time employees reduce their carbon footprints.
Harbour Litigation Funding (Harbour) has successfully closed a new fund, Harbour Litigation Investment Fund, LP, raising £60m.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will hold 10 free and CPD-accredited roadshows in May and June around the UK
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