Meet the City partner amongst the 95 appointed as King’s Counsel today City Lawyers Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk MP announced the appointments of 95 new King’s Counsel today, which included one solicitor advocate from City law firm Withers.
Law Society urges MoJ to increase criminal legal aid fees after High Court ‘victory’ legal fees The Law Society has declared “victory” against the UK government after the High Court ruled on its judicial review on criminal solicitors’ legal aid fees. The government was taken to court in December over its failure to increase criminal solicitors’ legal aid fees. As recommended by the independent criminal legal aid review (CLAIR), the government [...]
Government faces court challenge after failing to hike legal aid fees Live! The UK government faces a High Court challenge next week over its failure to increase criminal barristers' legal aid fees despite agreeing to do so in September last year.
The Ministry of Justice launches a consultation to make it easier to say sorry April 8, 2024 The MoJ states that the law leaves many victims without proper closure and a sense they are unable to move on with their lives.
Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo: Leading politicians say ex-bankers’ rate-rigging appeal should go to Supreme Court April 3, 2024 Three senior politicians have called for two ex-bankers jailed for rigging interest rates to have their appeal heard by the Supreme Court.
Election 2024: Jeremy Hunt clings on amid bloodbath of Tory big beasts July 5, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has clung on to his Surrey seat as scores of former cabinet colleagues were ousted in a bloodbath of Tory big beasts around the country.
Demand for ‘urgent investment’ as number of duty solicitors at ‘crisis’ level March 12, 2024 The Law Society has called for “urgent investment” from the government as to avoid miscarriages of justice due to declining number of duty solicitors. The president of the society, Nick Emmerson stated that across England and Wales, “duty solicitor schemes are in crisis” because the government “continues to undervalue their work.” Duty solicitors are lawyers [...]
UK legal market sees revenue hit record level December 12, 2023 Revenue generated by legal activities in the UK hits its highest level in more than a decade, as the sector generated £43.7bn over 2022/23. In a new report by TheCityUK, much of the £43.7bn figure was generated by the top 100 UK law firms, who netted more than £33.7bn in 2022/23. This figure was up [...]
Will the Economic Crime Act tackle the UK’s £350bn fraud issue? October 26, 2023 The government's legislation designed to tackle economic crime received royal assent today after months of back and forth between the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Day of Queen’s funeral declared a bank holiday September 10, 2022 The day of the Queens funeral has been declared a bank holiday, by soon-to-be king Charles III. Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, died peacefully aged 96 at Balmoral Castle on Thursday afternoon. The Queen will be given a state funeral, the first in the UK for more than half a century. Under leaked [...]