The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Bar Council have agreed to set up a monitoring system to tackle the problem of returned briefs. The move follows a recent National Audit Office report which found that in one area of the UK returns were as high as 75 per cent. Under the agreement, which is due to start next month, chambers will have to submit a report to the CPS giving details of how many briefs they are returning. Problems will be tackled at regular meetings with branch crown prosecutors.
Dentons, Theodore Goddard and Richards Butler in merger talks
Denton Hall, Richards Butler and Theodore Goddard are locked in tripartite merger talks in a bid to create the UK’s fifth largest firm. Although the talks are only a month old, the firms’ management boards are already actively assessing the viability of the ambitious project. “We’re not ready to go to the partners, but its […]
