Morning round-up: Monday 20 May

The Law Society's Gazette, May 1953 The blind solicitor: Some of his problems and the means whereby they may be solved, by Aveugle It is a fact that may surprise some, though by no means all, members of the profession that several solicitors ...

In the last edition of the Gazette (25 March) the Law Society announced that it had managed to secure a postponement on the abolition of the recoverability of success fees and insurance premiums in insolvency cases until 2015. Picture the scene: a ...

) - Ten members of the legal profession from across Ontario whose careers represent the highest level of achievement and commitment to serving society and the profession will receive awards from the Law Society of Upper Canada on May 29, 2013.

1 Warning: Regulator may breach EU laws, say media lawyers Leading media lawyers have told Press Gazette that the central plank of the Government's proposed statute-backed press regulator may breach EU law. Three legal experts have told Press ...

AMMAN His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday received a copy of the report on the January 23 parliamentary elections, which was prepared by Independent Elections Commission (IEC), according to a Royal Court statement. The report detailed the ...

The Law Society has secured two face-to-face meetings between criminal legal aid practitioners and justice secretary Chris Grayling to discuss government proposals for price-competitive tendering (PCT) and other contentious issues - the first such ...

The justice secretary has asked the Law Society and Bar Council to develop a quality standard for firms bidding for criminal legal aid contracts under controversial plans for price-competitive tendering (PCT). In an exclusive interview with the ...

A Methodist minister in Fiji is awaiting sentencing for contempt after he quoted a Law Society Charity report whose contents were first revealed in the Gazette. The organisation headed by the Reverend Akuila Yabaki, the Citizens Constitutional ...

Reduction in 'cost and hassle' of regulation a priority, Scott-Moncrieff says Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, president of the Law Society, has taken Chancery Lane into unchartered waters by questioning the "sustainability" of compulsory indemnity insurance ...