Vos signals end of court challenges to deductions from PI damages
The possible end of court challenges to solicitors’ deductions from damages and reform of how bills are assessed are the headlines from today’s Court of Appeal ruling in Belsner.
High Court denies rights of audience to disbarred barrister
The High Court has denied rights of audience to a disbarred barrister jailed for a bomb hoax at the London Olympics, which would have allowed him to represent a prisoner in habeas corpus proceedings.
BSB urged to act on “online misogyny” aimed at female barristers
The Bar Standards Board needs to highlight the link between online misogyny and female barristers who speak out on issues affecting women in the law, a campaigning group has argued.
Independent barristers’ review “contributed to Post Office cover-up”
An independent review by a leading public law silk into possible miscarriages of justice caused by the Post Office computer system “was used to, and in some ways contributed to, a cover-up”.
2149: The year the judiciary will be “fully representative”
It will take over 120 years before the judiciary in England and Wales is fully representative of the population, an analysis by the Law Society has shown.
PE firm makes second big acquisition in bid to build national practice
Private equity firm Blixt Group has made the second major acquisition of its consolidation play in the shape of a £12m Lancashire law firm now eyeing deals of its own.
Ireland’s biggest ALSP heads to London after £9m funding boost
The biggest alternative legal services provider in Ireland is heading to London and the US next year after closing a €10.5m (£9.1m) funding round that will help double its headcount to 500.
Solicitor who certified LPAs “as a favour” is fined £6,000
A criminal defence solicitor who said he certified two lasting powers of attorney “as a favour” for an elderly client has been fined £6,000 for failing to make the necessary checks.
Pay returns to top of list for attracting new recruits
Pay has returned to the top of the list for job-hunting lawyers, overtaking flexibility, but most fee-earners are happy where they are, a survey has found.
Solicitor was “manifestly incompetent” in advice to elderly client
A solicitor has admitted manifest incompetence in failing to advise a 92-year-old client to refuse a £60,000 engagement ring and £35,000 car in part-payment of the property he was selling.
