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30 April 2009
Issue: 7367 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Legal services
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Contingency fund

Legal aid

A Bar Council think tank has proposed a self-funding scheme to help those ineligible for civil legal aid but without the means to mount a legal claim.

The Contingent Legal Aid Fund (CLAF) has been developed by the Bar Council’s Policy Advisory Group, led by Guy Mansfield QC. The fund would be managed by financial professionals who would determine whether claims should be supported.

Issue: 7367 / Categories: Legal News , Public , Legal services
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

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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