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Leading solicitors’ mobile phones hacked, Court of Appeal rules
The mobile phone of top solicitor Baroness Shackleton was hacked on the authority of the ruler of Dubai and she was alerted to it by Cherie Blair QC, an extraordinary Court of Appeal ruling has revealed.
Law firms a “hostile environment” for CILEX lawyers
CILEX lawyers face discrimination and unfair treatment by fellow professionals and particularly their employers, and the organisation has called for a summit to tackle the law’s “crisis of culture”.
SRA fines Irwin Mitchell for way it switched clients to CFAs
Irwin Mitchell has been fined £9,000 for failing to give proper advice to clients in 2013 before switching the funding of their cases from legal aid to a conditional fee agreement.
Second paralegal at firm banned for falsifying time records
A second paralegal working at National Accident Law has been banned from the profession for charging clients for more calls than she actually made.
Supreme Court backs claimants in QOCS set-off ruling
The Supreme Court has held that defendants cannot set off opposing costs orders in cases covered by qualified one-way costs shifting, in what has been hailed as a significant win for claimants.
Pandemic has accelerated change in the law “by two to four years”
Law firms have exited the worst of the pandemic in confident mood and less concerned about competitive pressure in the market, a survey has found. There was also an uptick in interest in mergers.
Non-practising barrister fined for calling herself “barrister-at-law”
A non-practising barrister has been reprimanded and fined for describing herself as a “barrister at law” on emails and telling a client she could represent her.
Immigration and housing lawtech firms among eight selected for sandbox
A platform for tenants to pursue housing disrepair claims without lawyers and a self-service tool to assess whether people are eligible for work visas are among eight new members of LawtechUK’s sandbox.
Sister and brother struck off for work on dubious investment schemes
A sister and brother have been struck off as solicitors for putting their own financial interests ahead of clients who lost money in dubious parking space and storage pod investment schemes.
Listed business spends £54m on compliance firm and unveils employment “powerhouse”
Listed company Marlowe has continued its rapid expansion into the legal market by spending £54m on a risk management and compliance company and launching an employment law “powerhouse”.
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Recruitment, retention and reward in the legal accounts world
Understanding the legal finance market is important – not just for those actively involved in it day-to-day but also for leaders within law firms.
From ‘year zero’ to £6.5m – how a law firm found its second life
In 2018, I hit what I call ‘year zero’. On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm but beneath the surface, I could see we were at a crossroads.
Linklaters’ chief growth officer takes the ‘blank sheet’ challenge
In the third and final part of this series, Lucy Murphy, chief growth officer at magic circle firm Linklaters, outlines her vision for the law firm of the future.
