The Government’s radical plans to reduce reoffending, reform the legal aid system and tackle the growth of compensation culture can start to be put into action following the granting of Royal Assent today for the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
The Ministry of Justice is issuing a warning to the public after an increase in scams where consumers are telephoned or emailed by people falsely claiming to be from the Ministry of Justice.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has cleared the Australian takeover of top-100 firm Russell Jones & Walker by licensing it as an alternative business structure (ABS), it announced today.
Trainee solicitors in Scotland are set to be paid the national minimum wage of £6.08 an hour or more from June 2012, the Law Society of Scotland (LSS) has announced.
Another person had to have been involved in placing MI6 officer Gareth Williams into the padlocked travelling bag within which his body was discovered, an expert witness believes.
Another person had to have been involved in placing MI6 officer Gareth Williams into the padlocked travelling bag within which his body was discovered, an expert witness believes.
Peter Faulding explained to Mr Williams's inquest he'd have been dead within half an hour of being placed in the holdall.
The dead body of Mr Williams, from Anglesey, was discovered inside his London flat in 2010.
The Law Society is issuing an urgent alert urging solicitors to lobby their MPs immediately to vote against a Government motion that the UK should not opt in to an EU Directive that ensures rights for suspects in police stations.
The Law Society is issuing an urgent alert urging solicitors to lobby their MPs immediately to vote against a Government motion that the UK should not opt in to an EU Directive that ensures rights for suspects in police stations.
The move comes as it has emerged that the Government has recommended that the UK should reject a legislative proposal aimed at enhancing protections for suspects, which would ensure they have access to a lawyer at all stages of the criminal process.
Rising insurance costs will be tackled by a ban on referral fees, announced today as part of the Government’s commitment to curb compensation culture.
The Government will ban the payment of referral fees in personal injury cases. The current arrangements have led to high costs, encouraged a compensation culture and led to the growth of an industry which pursues claimants for profit. Insurance companies inevitably pass the costs they incur through increased compensation claims directly onto motorists and those with other insurance policies, unnecessarily forcing up the cost of living.
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