Implementation of reforms outlined in the Woolf report may miss the October 1998 deadline, according to Sir Richard Scott, vice-chancellor and head of civil justice. Speaking alongside Lord Woolf at last Friday's Woolf Conference, organised by the College of Law, Scott said: “If we miss the deadline, we will try to miss it by as little as possible.” He was particularly worried about the knowledge of IT that judges will have to acquire to use the new case management systems being installed in courts. He said: “Some judges are computer-literate, others are not.”
Girling fights for rights of UK lawyers Stateside
The President of the Law Society, Tony Girling, will attempt to end a long-running dispute over requalification rights for English lawyers in New York, when he visits the US city to attend the International Bar Association’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Girling intends to take advantage of the visit this week to open a “direct line of […]