The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is restructuring to prepare for the new regulatory regime, with the loss of 79 jobs.
High fines anticipated for corporate manslaughter after first conviction
Law Society sets out alternative to legal aid cuts
A multiple compensation claim by prisoners disenfranchised by the UK’s blanket ban on prisoners voting has been struck out by the high court.
Is the ban on law firms hiving off unreserved legal work through associated entities the regulatory breach in the profession’s defences that will enable those new entrants to storm a newly liberalised legal services market?
Peter Thompson QC fights the corner of a tried & trusted friend
Stephen Levinson assesses the government’s tribunal bandwagon
Gary Yan & Tom Phillips provide a cross-check on ring fencing assets
Lights out for excitement? Matthew Snarr reports on the risks of having fun
Michael Walsh revisits tenancy deposit schemes
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston
Harneys senior leadership appointments
Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan
Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires
Anthony Collins—Laura Moss
Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector
