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Litigation is expensive, and, with the cutbacks in legal aid, becoming further out of reach for many. Only those with plentiful capital can readily pursue claims through the courts. ... read more
April 13th, 2016
Led Zeppelin’s lead singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page must face a US jury trial over whether they stole opening chords for their song Stairway to Heaven. ... read more
April 12th, 2016
A number of scientists are collaborating to help teach senior judges about dealing with scientific evidence in court. The training is part of a scheme announced by the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh. ... read more
April 12th, 2016
An attempt by neighbours to prevent the building a proposed 62-storey skyscraper in the City of London on the basis that their “right to light” would be compromised has failed as the City of London backed the building’s developers. ... read more
April 11th, 2016
A new report by Citizens Advice has found that litigants in person (LiPs) are likely to achieve “worse outcomes compared with their represented counterparts”. ... read more
April 8th, 2016
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the application by the Bar Standards Board, the Bar Council’s regulatory authority, to become a licensing authority for alternative business structures (ABSs).
This means the LSB will recommend that the Lord Chancellor makes an order designating the Bar... ... read more
April 7th, 2016
The success rate of employment tribunal claims has fallen since the introduction of fees, according to new statistics released by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) last week. ... read more
April 6th, 2016
As the Government policy of allowing couples to share their parental leave reaches its one-year anniversary, new research shows the take-up has been minimal, with just 1 per cent of men choosing to make use of the opportunity. ... read more
April 5th, 2016
The Seminar on Internet Marketing for Direct Access Barristers organized by myBarrister was held on the 9th March, at 6.00 pm at the Old Court Room, Lincoln’s Inn.
The main speaker was Humphrey Keenlyside, Director of Communications, myBarrister.
There was also a panel of four other contributors... ... read more
March 31st, 2016
With the ongoing transformation of the legal services sector, law firms need to review the skills required of their employees if they are to succeed. They also need to be more open to taking on “non-traditional and transient employees”. ... read more
March 30th, 2016
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A litigant in person has been told that his committal application against a private client lawyer was “a farrago of nonsense” and has been ordered to pay costs. The judge, Munby J, said Desmond Fitzgerald’s allegations against Frances Hughes, a partner at Hughes Fowler Carruthers, were “scurrilous...
posted on August 30th, 2016