Free Legal Advice Ahead?

Free legal advice is being encouraged by the Law Society. In a rather contradictory battle cry, the president of the Law Society has launched an access to justice campaign. Despite the legal profession and court users seeing legal aid decimated and many people being...

Judges In The News – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

There have been a number of stories in the recent press about Judges in the news. Employment Rights Of Judges One of the stories related to an employment tribunal case finding that a number of Judges had been discriminated against in relation to pay. In particular, it...

Dodgy Solicitor Practices And Bogus Firms

It was recently reported that Wonga had sent letters chasing monies, using letterhead suggesting that the letters were from solicitors. The letters were dodgy solicitors had not been appointed and the letters were hugely misleading. The Office of Fair Trading...

ADR Clauses In Contracts

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, has reported an increase in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clauses in contracts which it believes is resulting in more mediations taking place and at an earlier stage. Contracts often include clauses that specify what...