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No one found guilty of contempt should be jailed in secret, two of the country’s most senior judges have declared in a strong stand for open justice.
The lord chief justice Lord Judge (pictured) and Sir James Munby, who is both head of the High Court’s Family Division and the Court of Protection, issued practice guidance today stating that people should ‘never’ be sent to prison without the public being told.
The signs are that lawyers have little to fear from Scottish independence. Of course with the polls currently showing a clear majority against independence, that reassurance may remain an academic comfort for the legal profession. But of the many arguments that will be wheeled out against independence – from Nato membership to currency challenges – I don’t think there is much to be said for the impact on the legal profession or the efficacy of the legal system.
by Lia Moses, a caseworker at LawWorks, a national charity working with solicitors to support pro bono across the profession
The New York State Bar this month made it a requirement for all lawyers to carry out 50 hours of pro bono work before being admitted.
What sort of education should lawyers want there to be in our schools? It is the perfect time to ask this, as changes to GCSEs – specifically the introduction of the ‘English Baccalaureate’ (EBacc) in six core subjects – are in part prompted by those who purport to speak for both the professions, and the higher education institutions that feed many lawyers into the profession.
Merger activity within the UK legal profession is significant. Every week the legal press brings new stories of mergers, team defection and acquisition and firms being rescued as the cashflow requirements of the business prove to be overwhelming.
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