Public Defence Service Faces an Uncertain Feature, Says Law Society President Temm

The newly instigated Public Defence Service may not have a long-term future, according to Law Society president Jonathan Temm. The NBR "Briefcase" columnist John Bowie quotes the President as saying that the public defence service, set up in response to a major overhaul of the legal aid system in the wake of Dame Margaret Bazley's highly critical report in 2009, may wind up ...

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Lawyers Voting With Their Feet Over Legal Aid

Almost 800 lawyers put their finger in the air in respect of the new legal aid providers' scheme.  The ADLS Law News reports on the time-consuming, process-driven, administratively burdonsome new legal aid suppliers provision and how it could work out worse than the scheme it's replaced. A total of 791 lawyers from around the country did not reapply to be legal aid providers ...

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Paul Davison QC - The Man Dotcom Went To

Kim Dotcom's lawyer, Paul Davison QC, is one of the top litigators in the country.  Now he has the publicity and litigation of his life going on with the Dotcom case and the international headlines it's garnering. Paul Davison's not a flamboyant lawyer, but his client's ego and quest for fame are as big as his girth and, whether he ...

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Here They Come! The Bankers Sue for Bonuses

It had to happen - the bankers who missed out on the bonuses they thought they deserved are now going to Court.  First up - more than 100 former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers in London More than 100 former Dresdner Kleinwort investment bankers are suing their former employer, claiming they are owed about $66 million in unpaid bonuses. In a highly unusual case for the Royal Courts ...

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