High Court: Losses too remote for claim against law firm
A law firm has successfully fought off a former client’s bid to broaden a multi-million-pound negligence claim after the High Court found the losses too remote to be recoverable.
SFO’s “cultural difficulties” require drastic change
The “cultural difficulties” of the Serious Fraud Office, including “improper contacts” between officials and companies being investigated, necessitate “drastic change”.
In-house lawyers “most concerned by economic instability”
In-house lawyers based in the UK are more concerned by the risk of economic instability than colleagues in other parts of the world, a large-scale global study has found.
Call to name courts with biggest backlogs
The Ministry of Justice must publish data on the backlogs of individual criminal courts, a group that campaigns to improve public data has said.
CA rejects limitation defence to negligence claim against law firm
A man who learnt that his lower leg needed amputating seven years after settling his personal injury claim is not prevented by limitation from suing his lawyers for negligence.
Bar Council chair ratchets up rhetoric over eco-barristers
The public argument over the cab-rank rule looks set to rumble on after the Bar Council chair ratcheted up his criticism of barristers refusing to act against eco-causes.
English law experience “not required” to qualify as solicitor
Candidates for the qualifying work experience component of the new solicitor’s qualification process will not have to gain it in an English law jurisdiction, it has emerged.
Court “wrong” to strike out small claim where party was absent but represented
The lower courts were wrong to strike out a small claim where the claimant failed to attend the trial personally but was represented by a lawyer, the Court of Appeal has held.
Lawyers’ eco-declaration sparks cab-rank rule row
A row about the cab-rank rule blew up today after barristers who have committed not to prosecute climate protestors or work for fossil fuel companies self-reported themselves to the BSB.
SRA in-house lawyer review fails to recognise “severity of risks”
The Solicitors Regulation Authority does not appear to recognise the “severity of the risks” facing in-house lawyers indicated by its own research, a group of senior practitioners has warned.
