On the subject of 2016
Costs lawyers complain solicitors can’t keep to budgets »
On November 25th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
Only 2% of costs lawyers say that solicitors always stick to their costs budgets, according to a poll of specialist practitioners. Of the costs lawyers responding to the survey by the Association of Costs Lawyers, 72% said solicitors ‘sometimes’ went over their budget, while 22% said this always happened. The poll, carried out following the ACL conference […]
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Autumn statement: U-turn on Land Registry »
On November 24th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
In an unexpectedly firm announcement, the chancellor of the exchequer today laid to rest a long-running plan to transfer the Land Registry of England and Wales to the private sector. The autumn statement published today states: ‘Following consultation the government has decided that HM Land Registry should focus on becoming a more digital data-driven registration […]
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Judges should get a role in legal regulation, LCJ suggests »
On November 22nd, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
By John Hyde >> (22 November 2016) The lord chief justice has suggested that members of the judiciary sit on legal services regulatory boards to ensure that lawyers’ advocacy standards are maintained in court. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd told the House of Commons justice committee today that he wanted judges’ interests represented in whatever future […]
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Court of Appeal grants leeway on fixed costs application »
On November 18th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
The Court of Appeal has ruled that fixed fees do not have to apply to a case which dropped out of the road traffic accident protocol. In two joined-up cases, Lord Justice Briggs said the committee which drafted the current costs rules had never intended to create such a rigorous approach to the regime. The RTA […]
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Trumps Triumph »
On November 10th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
We hope he proves himself to be a non-controversial president. We wish him luck. MT UK SOLICITORS
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Mail demands ‘public hearings’ for judges as Brexit row escalates »
On November 8th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
The Daily Mail today joined UKIP leadership hopeful Suzanne Evans in calling for judges to be subject to public oversight following last week’s controversial article 50 ruling. The row over judicial independence continued to escalate this morning after a febrile weekend in which it embroiled both lord chancellor Liz Truss and prime minister Theresa May. […]
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‘Victory for rule of law’ as Brexit article 50 challenge wins first round »
On November 3rd, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
The High Court has ruled that the government does not have the power to trigger article 50 without parliamentary approval. The judgment means MPs must vote before the UK can formally begin divorce proceedings from the European Union. Prime minister Theresa May had originally planned to trigger article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty at the end […]
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Beware ‘get-rich-quick’ solicitors, SRA to warn public »
On October 28th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will send out notices ‘as widely as possible’, including to national newspapers, in its efforts to warn the public against being duped by solicitors involved in fraud, its board has decided. The SRA revealed yesterday that it would warn clients over becoming involved in investment schemes that are ‘too good to […]
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Heathrow Airport expansion faces multiple legal challenges »
On October 26th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
By Michael Cross (26 October 2016) The government’s plan to fast-track the expansion of Heathrow Airport via the ‘national policy statement’ provisions of the Planning Act 2008 is almost certain to be confounded by legal challenges, planning law experts predicted today. Angus Walker, partner at City firm Bircham Dyson Bell and a member of the […]
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Brexit and the courts »
On October 24th, 2016 MTUK Solicitors wrote on the subject of 2016.
Do we need to enact legislation before triggering article 50? Any member state may decide to withdraw from the union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements, says article 50(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). What could be simpler? If you lived in any other EU member state, you would simply pick up […]
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