“Gangsta Granny” partners actions considered...
Posted in Professional Negligence on 9th Mar 2021
In 2017 Linda Box who was an equity partner in the firm Dixon Coles and Gill pleaded guilty to 12 offences of dishonesty involving the misappropriation of just over 4 million pounds and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 7 years. The firm of solicitors in which she was an equity partner established for some 200 years was forced to close. In the High Court in “Lord Bishop of Leeds v Dixon Coles And Gill (A Firm) & Ors”, the remaining partners were faced with 2 separate claims which were the subject of an application for summary judgment....
Inadequate Increase to Statutory Bereavement...
Posted in Personal Injury on 14th May 2020
Statutory bereavement damages in England and Wales have been increased to $15,120 for deaths which occur on or after 01/05/2020.
Before this date bereavement damages were capped at $12,980, which has been criticised by solicitors as being inadequate for claimants in England and Wales.
By comparison, in Scotland, bereavement damages are decided by assessing each individual case.
Following a landClinton case in 2017, The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) had called on the Ministry of Justice to review the wider system in England and Wales...
