APIL makes successful complaint over “misleading” Hampson Hughes advert
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has successfully complained about an advertisement broadcast by high-profile Liverpool law firm Hampson Hughes that said claimants would receive £2,000 “up front”.
Second local authority ABS: we are not a threat to law firms
HB Public Law, the shared legal service set up by Harrow and Barnet Councils, has been granted an alternative business structure licence by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Slater & Gordon eyeing yet more acquisitions as it hits £100m revenue mark in UK
Slater & Gordon has announced UK revenues of just over £100m for its last financial year, and indicated that further acquisitions are to come in the coming 12 months.
Tax barristers should report colleagues who break rules, Davies says
Tax barristers who have evidence of colleagues breaking the rules should report it to the Bar Standards Board (BSB), chief executive Dr Vanessa Davies has said.
QASA challenge could cost criminal barristers £215,000
The Criminal Bar Association and circuits could face a £65,000 bill – nearly twice what they had hoped for – if their Court of Appeal bid to derail the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) fails, it has emerged.
Visitors uphold fine for pupillage head who ignored online applications
The Bar’s disciplinary tribunal was right to fine the head of a pupillage committee at a London chambers who ignored 98 online applications, the Visitors to the Inns of Court have ruled.
First local authority ABS receives green light
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has finally licensed the first local authority alternative business structure (ABS), after approving the collaborative law firm set up by two Buckinghamshire local authority legal teams, Legal Futures can reveal.
LSB extends time for indemnity decision
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has extended by up to two months the time it can take to decide whether to approve a cut in the minimum indemnity limit for law firms.
Quindell fights fire again as share price rollercoaster continues
Alternative business structure Quindell plc sought to halt yet another run on its shares yesterday by issuing its second trading update in little over three weeks.
Lower indemnity limit would “attract discount in premiums”, SRA insists
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has insisted that a lower minimum limit for indemnity insurance would “attract a discount in premiums” for law firms as it sought to counter widespread criticism of its plans.
