Latest Legal News

Articles

Statutory authority for fees for tribunals and courts

Alec Samuels considers the background to the Unison case on employment tribunal fees, and whether it could have wider implications for the ordinary courts

Conveyancer referred to tribunal after £1.2m goes missing from client account

SRA alleges East London solicitor made improper transfers and failed to redeem property charges

The dangers of commercial contract disputes

The obligation on the contractor to carry out works which are not defective overrides the obligation to conform with the employer's specifications, explains Alec Samuels

Patients 'failed' by NAO report that blames claimant lawyers

Coordinated approach needed to rein in rising cost of clinical negligence claims

Conveyancing transactions drop to lowest in three years

Mid market firms hit hardest with 45 per cent contraction

Lord Chancellor unveils discount rate reforms

Government accepts claimants take more investment risk than law assumes

Civil Justice Council proposes fixed costs regime for hearing loss claims

Proposals could bring about a more efficient system but must not restrict work required to allow lawyers to bring a claim, says APIL

No duty on solicitor to challenge client's decision not to pursue a specific head of claim

Jackson LJ slams firm who 'turned client's head' into suing previous solicitors to 'top up' a personal injury award