Allegations of inciting racial hatred, bigotry and making anti-Islamic statements against two senior family barristers lodged in a claim to a Tehran court have been withdrawn. Martin Pointer QC and Nicholas Cusworth, both of 1 Mitre Court Buildings, accepted the seriousness, although not the validity, of the claims and did not instruct defence lawyers. The […]

KLegal has agreed to pay £6,000 to trainees who have been forced to defer their start dates until 2004. The firm faced outrage from KLegal and McGrigor Donald’s 2003 trainees who were randomly selected for compulsory deferrals. The firm originally offered just £2,500 – £7,500 less than the amount paid to its trainees who deferred […]

In a bizarre costs action before the Lords, a conditional fee arrangement (CFA) that was initially deemed invalid has enabled a law firm to get a landmark 100 per cent uplift on its fees.The Clerk of Parliaments – the Lords’ equivalent of a costs judge – ruled in February 2002 that a textile company, Designers […]