Monday

15th September - Law News

994th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

 FOCUS OF THE DAY: The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has refused to back down over its controversial call for a £500,000 professional indemnity minimum limit. Its proposal, first mooted in July, was put on hold last month when the Legal Services Board (LSB) requested more time to review the implications and suggested it might consider approval if the SRA dropped its plans to replace the current £2m minimum cover limit. Full story - New Law Journal

 
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Sunday

14th September - Law News

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Saturday

13th September - Law News

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Friday

12th September - Law News

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Chris Grayling used 'bluff and bully' tactics to push legal aid cuts, court told. Justice secretary accused of coordinating 'caricature of fairness', at judicial review challenge brought by criminal solicitors. Full story - Guardian Law
 
 

Thursday

11th September - Law News

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Regional law firms in the UK have grown faster than City firms over the past 12 months, market research has found. The annual benchmarking survey of law firms by accountancy firm Crowe Clark Whitehill found that firms located outside of London recorded a higher rate of annual growth in revenues than their counterparts in the City. Full story - Solicitors Journal

 

Wednesday

10th September - Law News

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Allegations that a bullying lord chancellor Chris Grayling acted improperly in his dealings with the Law Society over criminal legal aid reforms were rebutted by his barrister today. In the second day of a case brought by the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association and the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association - and part-funded the Law Society - James Eadie QC said there was ‘no impropriety’ in the way Chris Grayling had acted. Full story - The Law Society Gazette


 

Tuesday

9th September - Law News

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: Goldman case judgment highlights continuing costs issues. Nice try. That’s my reaction to White & Case seeking to get its costs assessed at £1m followed the uncontested judgment in a claim where the firm represented Goldman Sachs. Full story - The Lawyer
 

Monday

8th September - Law News

987th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: The significance of Magna Carta cannot be understood from a literal reading of a document originally written in Latin in a very different world, according to Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC. Instead, its significance lies in the acceptance of its principles in the intervening centuries. Full story - New Law Journal


 

Sunday

7th September - Law News

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