Legal executives are to be graded according to a new set of standards.
Optimism is riding high at law school, with 70% of students undaunted by the recession and standing by their long-term goal of becoming a partner or a judge.
Family lawyers have voiced concern at a new “uneconomic” fixed fee structure for family legal aid work.
Solicitors make the top 10 of most sleepless professions
Lawyers increasingly used by private sector organisations in civil actions
An online Twitter campaign has thwarted an attempt to gag the media from reporting an MP’s question.
Proposed draft regulations seeking to outlaw the blacklisting of trade unionists are “flawed”, the Employment Lawyers Association’s (ELA) has said.
Gary McKinnon, the Asperger’s sufferer who faces extradition to the US for hacking into Pentagon military networks, has been refused permission to apply for judicial review against the director of public prosecutions.
The High Court has granted a third party costs order against the parents of a man who brought a negligence claim for nearly £1m against his former school for failing to prevent him being bullied.
Retailers could face further hurdles before they can open stores after the Competition Commission renewed its recommendations that the government implement a new planning test.
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