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'No win, no fee' litigation reforms pushed back by six months
The implementation of Lord Justice Jackson's reforms of 'no win, no fee' conditional fee arrangements (CFAs) has been pushed back for six months until April 2013. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced the delay earlier this week (30 January), wit...
01 Feb 2012 | 16:22
Reverberations and revolutions - change grips the market as 'Tesco law' finally launches
More than eight years since plans for sweeping reform of the UK’s £25bn legal services market were first floated, the most radical phase of ‘Tesco law’ starts this month. Sofia Lind finds the looming revolution already having a profound impact ...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Tesco bore - the acronym-heavy revolution is already here
I have a confession: the whole Legal Services Act (LSA)/Tesco law thing bores me terribly. Legal Week was so quick off the mark to cover the saga that my interest was exhausted by the point the profession started taking it seriously. The jargon, the a...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
Lawyers call for caution after Cable's executive pay reform proposals
Lawyers have urged caution in the wake of Vince Cable's proposals to reform executive pay, with some warning that popular pressure to curb business leaders' salaries could result in knee-jerk legislation. The Business Secretary's proposed reforms, ...
26 Jan 2012 | 11:23 | 1 comment
More major law firms assess plans to join 'Tesco law' revolution
Hill Dickinson and Kennedys have become the latest top 50 law firms to confirm plans to convert to an alternative business structure (ABS), as growing numbers of firms gear up for the 'Tesco Law' revolution. DAC Beachcroft, Field Fisher Waterhouse ...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 1 comment
Do O'Dwyer and Tappin cases highlight a need for reform of UK extradition laws?
Last Friday, retired businessman Christopher Tappin learned that he had lost a High Court battle to resist his extradition to Texas on charges of conspiring to export goods for use in Iran's missile programme. Several hours later, Westminster Magistra...
17 Jan 2012 | 13:54
Do we need the Obscene Publications Acts?
"The Obscene Publications Act equally protects the less innocent from further corruption, the addict from feeding or increasing his corruption"- Lord Wilberforce in DPP v Whyte [1972]...
12 Jan 2012 | 08:34
A second bite - why the Stephen Lawrence verdict means the abolition of double jeopardy is here to stay
Eighteen years after Stephen Lawrence was killed in a racist attack in southeast London, Gary Dobson and David Norris have been convicted of his murder. As well as bringing a sense of closure, the convictions represent a significant legal milestone as...
04 Jan 2012 | 13:08
Legal Services Commission turns to border agency for new chief exec
The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has appointed a new chief executive, with interim UK Border Agency (UKBA) head Matthew Coats set to take up the role next year. Coats will start at the LSC in February 2012 before converting to the role of chief exe...
22 Dec 2011 | 11:09 |
SFO names former Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office director as new head
Senior City barrister David Green QC, the former director of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO), has been appointed as the next director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The appointment was announced today by Attorney General Dominic...
16 Dec 2011 | 11:14 |
MoJ issues proposals to usher in employment tribunal fees
The Government has unveiled proposals to introduce fees for employment tribunals in the latest stage of a wider push to overhaul the regime for labour disputes. The Ministry of Justice on Wednesday (14 December) unveiled two funding models for consul...
15 Dec 2011 | 10:44 |
City finance partners criticise FSA calls to hold bank directors personally liable for failures
City finance lawyers have questioned a call by the chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to change the law in order to make is easier to hold directors and board members of failed banks personally liable for the consequences of their deci...
13 Dec 2011 | 10:49 |
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Accounting body to apply for ABS licensing powers
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has become the latest organisation planning to become a licensing authority for alternative business structures (ABSs). The ICAEW is talking to the Legal Services Board (LSB) about it...
08 Dec 2011 | 12:50 |
New statistics highlight rising numbers of privacy cases
The number of privacy cases brought in the UK courts has risen for the second consecutive year, according to new research by Sweet & Maxwell. New statistics compiled by the legal publisher, which come in the wake of intense media scrutiny over the ...
05 Dec 2011 | 14:05 |
SRA gets go-ahead for ABS licensing from New Year
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to start accepting applications for alternative business structures (ABS) in the New Year, with its first ABSs potentially going live towards the end of February 2012.
01 Dec 2011 | 15:33 |
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