Insights

The Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly recently published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), has identified yet further increases in the level of Country Court claims activity across England and Wales.

As the professional services market has become more fluid, clients are changing advisers with greater frequency than ever before. In this context, we examine the recent case of Paul Denning v Greenhalgh Financial Services Ltd and the duty on professional advisers to review the advice of their predecessors.

According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), mortgage possession claims and orders both rose in the period from April to June 2017 (Q2). 

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published its annual Enforcement Report this month. The report provides an overview of the BSB’s work enforcing the professional obligations of barristers, as set out in the BSB Handbook.

This month the Financial Reporting Council has published the fifteenth edition of its annual report on the accountancy profession. Based on information obtained from various accountancy bodies (including the ACCA, ICAEW and CIMA), it makes for interesting reading.

The Law Society of England and Wales has published its annual statistics report for 2016 this month. In this post we summarise the key findings.

Statistics published earlier this month by the Ministry of Justice show a dramatic rise in the level of claims activity in the County Courts across England and Wales in the period January to March (Q1) of 2017.