The free legal advice sector carries on the tradition of the Magna Carta in the wake of government spending cuts, Martha de la Roche and Ruth Daniel of the Access to Justice Foundation write in NLJ this week. The Foundation is a national charity which fundraises for the sector through events such as the London Legal Walk. It will be celebrating the 800th anniversary by running bespoke events in the Magna Carta towns as well as its usual events.
30 January 2015
The importance of the free legal advice sector
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor
International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire
Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet
Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist
Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg
Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire
NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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