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Court rejects bid to draw listed business into its law firm’s costs dispute

12 October 2023

A court has rejected an application for a non-party costs order against listed legal and credit hire business Anexo Group over the work of its subsidiary law firm.


Rule committee warned government over clin neg fixed fee timetable

12 October 2023

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee warned the government in July about the difficulty of meeting the timetable for the new regime of fixed costs in low-value clinical negligence cases.


First settlement of opt-out class action set for approval hearing

12 October 2023

The first application to settle an opt-out class action since the regime began in 2015 has been lodged with the Competition Appeal Tribunal.


Chartered legal executives would have “no role” in running SRA

12 October 2023

Chartered legal executives would have “no role” in the governance of the SRA and the way regulation is carried out if they were “subsumed” into the regulator, CILEx Regulation has argued.


Surge of lawyers from Indian sub-continent seeking call to English Bar

11 October 2023

The Bar Standards Board has reported a surge of lawyers from the Indian sub-continent seeking to be called to the Bar in England and Wales – even though many have no intention of practising here.


Upfront information takes centre stage in conveyancing “roadmap”

11 October 2023

Expanding the amount of mandatory upfront information which must be provided by sellers when a property is marketed is a central part of the “roadmap” for the future of home moving.


City lawyer struck off for child sex offences

11 October 2023

A solicitor formerly at City giant Herbert Smith Freehills has been struck off after being jailed for child sex offences but his identity has been kept private.


Campaigning solicitor and barrister trainers launch baby-loss programme

11 October 2023

A solicitor campaigning for statutory leave for those suffering baby loss has teamed up with a training company run by barristers to create an online platform to help people returning to work afterwards.


Footballer-turned-solicitor joins forces with non-lawyers to form firm

10 October 2023

A footballer-turned-solicitor, estate agent entrepreneur and social housing consultant have joined forces to launch a new law firm in the North-East of England.


SDT “obviously wrong” to name struck-off solicitor’s former clients

10 October 2023

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal was “obviously wrong” to name former clients of a struck-off solicitor and failing to uphold legal professional privilege, the High Court has ruled.

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