Monday

29th February - Law News

1526th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY: Partners are delaying retirement because of recent cuts in pension saving for high earners, creating a bottleneck at the senior end of the profession, according to research by accountants Smith & Williamson. Its 21st Annual Survey of the Professional Services Sector shows that more than half of the partners questioned expect a rise in the retirement age to affect opportunities for partner development and hence succession planning. The accountants also report that 90% of the 95 firms surveyed leave individual partners to organise their own retirement planning. Full story - New Law Journal




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Sunday

28th February - Law News

1525th Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap




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Saturday

27th February - Law News

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Friday

26th February - Law News

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FOCUS OF THE DAY: The judiciary is proposing a ban on fee-charging McKenzie friends in order to protect ‘vulnerable litigants’ from unregulated and uninsured individuals. In an eagerly awaited consultation on the issue, published today, the judiciary also recommends that all McKenzie friends sign up to a code of conduct, and that rules governing the courts’ approach to McKenzie friends be legally codified. The consultation follows mounting concerns over the behaviour of such practitioners after a former nightclub bouncer was last year barred from acting as a McKenzie friend after calling a lawyer a ‘lying slag’. Full story - The Law Society Gazette




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Thursday

25th February - Law News

1523rd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  'The Bar is in grave danger of once again becoming a rich person's game, like it was in the 50s and 60s,' says silk. With diversity a hot button topic, the Bar Council has announced the expansion of its programme giving sixth-form students from under-represented backgrounds an insight into life as a barrister. Full story - Solicitors Journal



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Wednesday

24th February - Law News

1522nd Edition: LawNewsIndex is a UK based Law, Justice, Legislation & Rights related daily news & legal articles archive brought to you by TheLawMap

FOCUS OF THE DAY:  Tech-savvy law students were last week invited to pursue careers delivering legal services via technology businesses instead of the conventional route of joining a legal firm, at a meeting of IT executives committed to establishing London as a global hub for lawtech start-ups. The issue was among themes discussed at the third monthly meeting of the lawtech working group of Tech London Advocates (TLA) – a network of more than 2,500 senior IT specialists who “champion, connect and support London’s technology sector”. Full story - Legal Futures



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