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FEE FREEZE

24 January 2008
Issue: 7305 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Profession , Freedom of Information
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Profession

Fees for criminal record checks have been frozen for the second year running. The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) says it is able to freeze its fees as a result of year-on-year efficiency savings and increasing demand for its service. The CRB commenced operation in 2002. It has issued over 15 million CRB checks and has the capacity to process more than 300,000 checks every month. CRB chief executive Vince Gaskell says: “Throughout 2007–08, we launched new services and made enhancements to our current service bringing real benefits to our customers. All of this has been achieved without the need to increase the fees.”

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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