The Legal Services Board’s (LSB) attempts to enhance regulatory independence in the legal profession have come under fire from the Law Society. The LSB is a ‘super regulator’ responsible for oversight of the legal professions’ approved regulators. These include the…read more
Reforms planned to leaseholders’ ‘Right to Manage’. Published March 2019.
Leaseholders in blocks of flats have the ‘right to manage’ (RTM) their homes by setting up a management company to take-over management from the freeholder. However, at present few exercise the right as it is seen as too uncertain and…read more
Pay-outs for inadequate pension advice double in three years. Published March 2019
Compensation payments for inadequate pension transfer advice have hit £40 million, doubling in three years, the Financial Times has reported. The jump in compensation follows a seven-times increase in the value of defined benefit (DB) pension transfers over a similar…read more
Balfour Beatty loses ‘practical completion’ dispute. Published March 2019
Construction giant Balfour Beatty has lost a dispute over the definition of ‘practical completion’ with the University of Warwick. The contractor was appointed to build the state-of the-art National Automotive Innovation Centre on the University’s campus. The contract stated that…read more
Judges warn Ministry of Justice over video hearings. Published March 2019
Civil judges have warned that trials involving oral evidence from witnesses are not suitable for video hearings. Judges’ concerns have been revealed in responses to the ‘Judicial Ways of Working’ (JWoW) exercise by Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Over 10,000 judges,…read more
