No surprise that the Law Society has picked up on the existence of the ‘Solicitors from Hell’ website, which it says is ‘not a credible source of reliable information about solicitors’. The only surprise is how its taken this long, but apparently as a result of some recent media attention (none that I have seen) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘solicitors’
Solicitors from Hell
Posted in stuff, tagged defamation, professional conduct, solicitors on June 14, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Soundbitten
Posted in stuff, tagged children act, family law, research, solicitors on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In June I posted a short entry on the family law week blog about some research commissioned by solicitors Mischcon De Reya into the impact of the Children Act 1989 on children who had been involved in proceedings in the 20 years since its implementation. My source was a press release from the solicitors’ firm, summarising [...]
Common Cause
Posted in stuff, tagged access to justice, family justice system, legal aid, public funding, solicitors on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s not just the bar who are unhappy about the proposed changes to the family legal aid scheme. The penny is beginning to drop for solicitors too, as is evident from this article in the Gazette.
Family Judge Gives Judgment on Government
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, legal, public funding, solicitors on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow. Rock on Mr Justice Coleridge! Coleridge J opened the Resolution Conference last week with a speech that is considerably less diplomatic than many a judicial utterance. He says early on in the speech: “I have not discussed this talk with the President let alone shown him a copy in advance. (I did not want [...]
Intercontinental Mistakes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged divorce, other legal blogs, professional conduct, residence, solicitors on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh how true…This post from the Maryland Divorce Legal Crier blog is no less relevant for being from across the pond. It paints an all too familiar picture of the cringeworthy correspondence files I often get sent with my briefs. It makes me want to weep! Its easy enough to get drawn into a pointless [...]