Danish insurer enters PII market

Thursday, 02 September 2010 A Danish insurance company has entered the solicitors professional indemnity insurance (PII) market to provide cover to small and medium-sized law firms, as the 1 October renewals deadline approaches. Copenhagen-based Alpha Insurance A/S will issue PII policies for firms of between one and 25 partners, in conjunction with Giles Insurance Brokers...
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Changes to the law of homicide

Thursday, 02 September 2010 In relation to acts or omissions on or after 4 October 2010, critical changes to the law of homicide are made by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The issues are dealt with in part 2 chapter 1. The first set of changes deals with diminished responsibility. Section 2 of the Homicide Act 1957 is amended in relation to this defence, reducing murde... More In Practice...

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Ten tips on how best to survive in the managing partner hot seat

Thursday, 19 August 2010 I became managing partner of Birkett Long Solicitors on 1 June 2002, and handed over to my successor, Adrian Livesley, on 31 March 2010. During my time in the role, I saw many changes, both internal and external, laughed a lot, saw more than a few tears (mine and other people’s), and had the privilege of undertaking a most satisfying job. The... More In Business...

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Lloyds Banking Group axes 2,500 firms from conveyancing panel

Thursday, 02 September 2010 About 2,500 firms have been axed from Lloyds Banking Group’s conveyancing panel in its recent cull, the Law Society has estimated. Over...
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Defra lawyers face savage job cuts

Thursday, 02 September 2010 A government department is to make 42 lawyers redundant, the Gazette has learned, as solicitors warn of more job losses to come in ...
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New legal ombudsman Adam Sampson gives his first interview

Adam Sampson is the first to acknowledge that his new job as legal ombudsman is potentially a poisoned chalice. One of the main catalysts of the Legal Services Act (LSA), which brought his organisation into being, was (as he puts it) ‘the woeful record on complaints-handling [of] the Legal Complaints Service and predecessor bodies’. The former chief executive of homeless charity Shelter goes still further, using the word ‘scandal’ to describe the profession’s past inability to get its house in order.

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