Latest Legal News

Articles

CLC to cut practising fee by 20 per cent

Cut follows a four-year freeze in rates payable by conveyancing firms

Italian lawyer sues football referee

Devoted fan looks to courts after controversial decisions affect title chase

#SJ160 crossword

Have you been keeping up to date with Solicitors Journal's archived articles? Think you're fully briefed in legal history?

Easements: A leisurely pursuit

Annabel Cox, Peter Selwyn, and Laura Williamson advise on what can and cannot be classed as an easement, new property measurement standards, and assets of community value

Will new guidelines improve health and safety compliance?

Zahra Nanji and Andrew Cooper consider the sentencing guidance, including the requirement to classify organisations according to turnover when assessing the level of fines

Reforms must ensure access to justice for the public

There is some merit in Briggs LJ's proposals to introduce an online court, but some matters will always require more judicial involvement, says District Judge...

Essence: A triumph of substance over form

Leo Charalambides and Katherine Barnes discuss a recent case on the right to appeal to the magistrates' court where the complainant has been incorrectly named

Conveyancers vulnerable to fraud by failing to e-verify clients

Sole practitioners are leaving themselves exposed to risk of criminal activity