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Judge warns parties to expect sanctions for incorrect e-bundles
Judges’ patience with parties that fail to prepare electronic bundles with consistent page numbering is over and they can expect sanctions, the High Court has warned.
Pregnant S&G assistant fired for offensive Facebook posts
Slater & Gordon dismissed a legal assistant over offensive Facebook posts on Muslims and Jimmy Savile, and not because she was pregnant, an employment tribunal has found.
CA rejects insurer’s aggregation bid in huge law firm fraud
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision not to aggregate as one the claims a Yorkshire law firm’s indemnity insurer is facing because of a multi-million pound fraud run by one partner.
Gap between big and small PI firms continues to grow
The divide between the larger personal injury law firms and many of the smaller ones has grown “even further” in the last year, a new report has found.
Trainee solicitor banned from profession for past stalking conviction
A trainee solicitor convicted of stalking nearly five years ago has been banned from working in the legal profession by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
DAS medical report fraudster loses appeal against conviction
The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal against conviction by one of the three people jailed for conspiracy to defraud legal expenses insurer DAS through a medical reporting agency.
Major study proposes ODR to handle small business debt cases
An online dispute resolution platform would help solve the problem of late payment debt by providing SMEs with a quick and cheap alternative to traditional lawyer-based solutions.
Bar Council and judiciary to take action on bullying from the bench
The Bar Council recently met with the senior judiciary in a bid to ensure there are proper consequences for judges who bully barristers. It dismissed any notion young lawyers were being ‘snowflakes’.
BigLaw business model “not sustainable”, says Mayson
The business model pioneered by large law firms but now adopted by many smaller ones too is not sustainable, Professor Stephen Mayson has argued.
Solicitors should offer clients more choice than single barrister
Clients referred to barristers by solicitors were unaware that they had a choice of barrister, “nor did they feel able or equipped to make that choice”, a report for the Bar Standards Board has found.
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The SRA’s client money reforms: good intentions, questionable execution
On the face of it, the SRA’s plans to tighten protections around client money sounds sensible. The detail, as ever, tells a more complicated story.
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.
