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Concerns Over Price Transparency and Legal Support During...
A review of how solicitors offer conveyancing services has raised concerns over how open they are about costs and whether they are doing enough to make sure buyers understand any potential contractual obligations.
Our “Residential Conveyancing Thematic Review” found that while most solicitors are doing what they s…
Legal Services Board Announces New Board Members
The Ministry of Justice and Legal Services Board (LSB) today announced the appointment of Catherine Brown, Tim Sawyer CBE and Ian Hamer OBE as new lay members of the Board of the LSB. Catherine Brown and Tim Sawyer are being appointed for four year terms with effect from 1 April 2019, and Ian Hamer OBE will be appointed on 1 October 2019 fo…
CLC Sets Out Plans to Streamline Handling of Client Money
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) is proposing to streamline the rules on how CLC practices handle client money as part of a drive to reduce regulatory burdens and facilitate innovation while keeping client money safe and improving consumer confidence. This follows a series of workshops with CLC Lawyers to identify oppo…
Cambridge Team Enjoys Success in Willem C. Vis...
The Faculty is delighted to congratulate the team representing Cambridge University at the 26th Willem C. Vis Moot International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition on reaching the Eighth Finals (round of 16) out of 372 participating Universities last week in Vienna, whilst also acquiring honourable mentio…
An end to the blame game? No fault divorce law...
The BBC reported that divorce laws in England and Wales will be overhauled so that couples can divorce more quickly with less acrimony. Many believe the current system exacerbates the stress and tension couples experience on divorce and exposes children to damaging conflict.
Under the current law if a couple wishes to divorce now, r…
Ince Gordon Dadds growth continues at pace with the...
The Ince Gordon Dadds group is growing to include twelve offices in seven countries after former Ince & Co network firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Greece and Germany agreed to enter new arrangements.
Revenue for these operations is over £23 million alongside the current £77 million annualised revenues for Gordon Dadds…
Weightmans Insolvency Team Welcomes New Hire as...
The Weightmans Restructuring and Insolvency team has welcomed Partner and corporate insolvency expert James Moore as team achieves record growth.
James, formally of Squire Patton Boggs, is based in the firm’s Leeds office, offering support to both national and international clients. He has a wealth of experience acting for in…
Home Office ‘reckless’ with Detainment
The Home Affairs Select Committee have released a highly critical report into the detention of immigrants as managed by the Home Office. They state that the government department has a ‘reckless’ attitude towards the detainment of immigrants and that this has led to people being wrongfully detained.
The report found that ther…
New Justis platform: JustisOne
The Justis (and JustCite) databases have been redeveloped and rebranded into a new platform called JustisOne.
The resource still includes case law from over 25 jurisdictions, UK legislation (as printed) and EU law. It also incorporates the International Law Reports, the Times Law Reports, UK local and personal acts, commonwealt
Q&A with 2018 ‘Supplier of the Year –...
Netlaw Media talks with Litera Microsystems, to reflect on their success at being awarded ‘Supplier of the Year – Large Enterprise’ at The British Legal Technology Awards 2018.
How do the team at Litera Microsystems feel having won the ‘Supplier of the Year – Large Enterprise’ award?
It’s an incredible hono…
