Freda Sharkey has been appointed as head of legal services with Burnley Borough Council. Sharkey, 40, was previously principal assistant legal officer with Ashfield District Council. Before this she held the post of solicitor at Chelmsford Borough Council.
Fees shambles mars Hong Kong party
Hong Kong lawyers are in confusion over the future of scale fees after a pre-handover legislative council meeting described as “a shambles”. Lawyers downed tools for three days of celebrations to mark the handover of the colony to China, but there is widespread unease about the legal profession’s future. The scale fees system generates a […]