The first batch of Crown Prosecution Service solicitors to apply for rights of audience in the Crown Courts have all passed their final exams nine months after employed solicitors were granted limited higher court rights of audience. But although the 34 successful applicants are now free to appear in crown courts, none of them have […]

Manches had paid £1,000 to a former client after he complained to the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors (OSS) that the firm summonsed him to court for not paying a non-existent bill and then haggled over his £132 claim for costs. The payment, made by Manches senior partner Alasdair Simpson, persuaded businessman Daniel Englender […]

Leeds set 10 Park Square has shaken up its administration in response to proposed government reforms by appointing Vicky Thompson as its first chambers practice director. She will oversee all chambers administration, including the clerks’ room. Craig Place has been promoted to senior clerk. Former senior clerk Stephen Collis, who left amicably earlier this year, […]

Eversheds’ Leeds office has lost senior commercial litigation solicitor Stuart Chapman to Pinsent Curtis in Leeds. Chapman, who will become a partner at his new firm, would not comment on the reasons for his departure. However, Eversheds’ Leeds office has lost several partners and solicitors from its litigation department over the past 18 months and […]