The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is restructuring to prepare for the new regulatory regime, with the loss of 79 jobs.
High fines anticipated for corporate manslaughter after first conviction
Law Society sets out alternative to legal aid cuts
A multiple compensation claim by prisoners disenfranchised by the UK’s blanket ban on prisoners voting has been struck out by the high court.
Is the ban on law firms hiving off unreserved legal work through associated entities the regulatory breach in the profession’s defences that will enable those new entrants to storm a newly liberalised legal services market?
Peter Thompson QC fights the corner of a tried & trusted friend
Stephen Levinson assesses the government’s tribunal bandwagon
Gary Yan & Tom Phillips provide a cross-check on ring fencing assets
Lights out for excitement? Matthew Snarr reports on the risks of having fun
Michael Walsh revisits tenancy deposit schemes
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC
A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers
Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones
Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team
Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn
Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team
Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event
Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need
Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ
An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ
The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear
