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President of the Law Society David Greene has stepped down from his role after being accused of dishonesty in a long-running dispute with a former client.

It is more than a quarter of a century since an era of leadership turmoil beset the organisation that purports to bat for solicitors in England and Wales.In 1995 John Young, then a genial 60-year-old

David Greenes resignation follows a long-running dispute between his City law firm and a client who alleges he misled a court during a hearing nearly five years ago.

Law Society of England and Wales president steps down over long-running client dispute 04 March 2021 High Court decision to reopen case against London-based litigator David Greene triggers early departure The President of the Law Society of England & Wales, David Greene, has announced he will step down from his role early to defend allegations made against him by a former client.  The experienced litigator, who is also the senior partner of London firm Edwin Coe, faces a forthcoming private ...

Edwin Coe senior partner has announced that he will relinquish presidency on 19 March amid a long-running client dispute.

Last modified on Thu 4 Mar 2021 00.10 EST The president of the Law Society is stepping down from his role after being accused of dishonesty during a decade-long legal dispute that went to the high court. David Greene, the head of the professional body that represents solicitors in England and Wales, is facing misconduct proceedings after the high court ruling resulted in action being reinstated against him. In January senior judges reinstated the proceedings against Greene, the head of litigati...

By Pey Kan Su2021-03-01T13:55:00+00:00 The Law Society’s Art Group is holding its 61 st Annual Exhibition. This year, due to the pandemic, the group will be holding the exhibition online hosted on the Law Society’s website. We miss the buzzing annual exhibitions traditionally held at the Law Society’s Reading Room in Chancery Lane. Hopefully, it won’t be long when the group can return to the Reading Room. In the meantime, we have embraced the online exhibition and believe that it will...

Redacted contract appears to contradict company after it admitted it would fail to deliver tens of millions of vaccines to EU by March

AstraZeneca's contract to supply the UK with Covid-19 vaccines commits it to making "best reasonable efforts," the same language used in its deal with the European Union, which critics blamed for the bloc's faltering inoculation program.

Only a few weeks ago, Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca was being applauded for the speed with which it developed its Covid-19 vaccine.