Solicitor-advocates have set up an online “court advocacy network” to help advocates refer work to each other. The site, set up by the Solicitors’ Association for Higher Court Advocates (SAHCA), explains that it aims to address the problem “frequently encountered by SAHCA’s members, that when they receive instructions to attend a court outside of their region, or in a field in which they are not specialised, they have been forced to resort to instructing agents or members of the Bar”. SAHCA’s initiative follows hot on the heels of the launch this month of the Bar Council’s direct access portal for barristers.
29 October 2015
Advocacy network
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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