Take-up expected to be highest with start-up companies
Michael Shrimpton revisits the case of the metric martyr
The compulsory levy to fund the Law Society should be dropped, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said in its response to a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) review of legal services regulation.
Small solicitor firms with between one and four partners can take advantage of a new direct route to professional indemnity insurance cover, Chancery Pii, as part of a joint venture between the Law Society and Miller Insurance Services LLP.
Solicitors to pay in dormant funds & City firms to sponsor major initiatives
Do we need great advocates, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC
HMRC has launched an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process for tax and VAT disputes, following a two-year trial.
McGrath v Independent Print Ltd [2013] EWHC 2202 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 35 (Aug)
The High Court’s landmark approval of the sterilisation of a man with learning difficulties will not be a “green light” for other cases, the solicitor for the Trust involved in the case has said.
Ex-employees taking contact lists and other information from company databases with them when they go is becoming a major source of legal disputes.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions
Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class
Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments
Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard
Myers & Co—Jess Latham
Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire
