More than a quarter of people who have used “no win, no fee” claims firms either lost the case or were disappointed by the payout, says new research.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has commissioned research into Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the legal profession—the first project of its kind for more than 25 years.
Trainee solicitor vacancies could outnumber LPC graduates in the next few years, the College of Law has predicted.
A Court of Appeal judgment restricting legal professional privilege (LPP) to qualified lawyers is on its way to the Supreme Court (SC) after financial services firm, Prudential, was given permission to appeal.
A knitting company was not responsible for an employee’s noise-induced loss of hearing where noise levels did not exceed the threshold for protection, the Supreme Court has held.
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