Legal News

Judge: Unqualified agency advocates “risk undermining legal system”

The use of unqualified advocates by agencies has “the potential to undermine the integrity of the legal system”, a judge has ruled.

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“Deplorable” vaginal mesh solicitor put money before clients

A solicitor who acted for hundreds of women in vaginal mesh claims has been struck off for “deplorable” conduct which involved “a profound failure to protect his clients’ interests”.

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Solicitor develops free software to organise court bundles

A City solicitor has invented free software that aims to make producing PDF court bundles hassle-free for lawyers and litigants in person alike.

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Cockerill: Costs budgeting ‘lite’ pilots set for expansion

The costs budgeting ‘lite’ pilots have proven popular with both judges and users in their first year, and are likely to be expanded, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice has revealed.

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Client accounts: Opportunity, obligation and the risks in between

The profitability gap between well-run firms and the rest is not primarily a function of size, location or practice area – it is a function of financial management.


Motor finance – the FCA is more worried about banks than consumers

The Financial Conduct Authority’s motor finance redress scheme announced last week amounts to one of the largest ever consumer failures by the regulator.


Mazur: a symptom not a cause?

If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?