Author: Nick Hilborne

This post was originally published on this siteThe Post Office has made a “policy decision” to remove the label ‘without prejudice’ from its Horizon Shortfall Scheme compensation letters, against legal advice. The post Post Office makes “policy decision” to stop using ‘without prejudice’ appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteCollecting data on the distances people travel to access legal aid and lawyers to represent them “would put too much of a burden on providers,” the Ministry of Justice said yesterday. The post Legal aid data collection “too great a burden” on providers appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteLawyers continue to leave traditional law firms for fee-share practices in large numbers, with one of them hiring more last year than any law firm in the land. The post Flood of lawyers swapping traditional firms for fee-share alternatives appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteInterest income at small and medium-sized law firms surged by 1,000% last year, research for the Law Society has found, masking a significant fall in profits. The post 1,000% interest income rise masks profit falls at SME law firms appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteLord Chancellor Alex Chalk admitted yesterday that legal opinion is “split” on the bill to exonerate sub-postmasters convicted on the basis of faulty evidence from the Horizon IT system. The post Lawyers “split” on Post Office exoneration bill, Chalk acknowledges appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA newly qualified solicitor who “falsely recorded time across a number of files” to show his law firm that he was meeting his billing target has been struck off. The post Newly qualified solicitor struck off for false time recording appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteMore than 40% of the top 200 law firms have been awarded an ‘F’ rating (the worst) for the energy used by their websites. The post Four out of 10 big law firms have ‘energy-burning’ websites appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor who lied to the Solicitors Regulation Authority after failing to renew his firm’s professional indemnity insurance has been struck off. The post Strike-off for solicitor who lied to SRA about firm’s closure appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe case brought by the Post Office against former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton highlights the potential “misalignment” between advocates’ desire to win and a just outcome, academics have argued. The post Post Office lesson of “misalignment” between justice and desire to win appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteLaw firms are suffering a backlash from clients, and increasing unbillable time, as a result of the continuing delays at the Probate Service, the Law Society has said. The post Probate delays putting law firms in clients’ firing line appeared first on Legal Futures.