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All Law Gazette articles in 1 November 2021
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NewsWellbeing is a two-way street, judge tells 'wildly optimistic' lawyers
Recorder Alexander Chandler says inadequate time estimates are often given for interim applications.
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NewsFirm owner who used client account as a ‘piggy bank’ is struck off
Investigators found withdrawals coming to £22,782 from the client account over the course of 18 months.
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NewsExperts too often ‘descend into the arena’, says master of the rolls
Sir Geoffrey Vos tells expert witness conference that proceedings 'have, in general terms, become too lengthy, too costly and too elaborate’.
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NewsFirm hire: Series of litigation appointments at Berkeley Rowe
Law firm adds senior associate Daniel Roberts, associate Jonathan Bennett, two litigation paralegals and two trainees to its team.
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NewsA sweet deal for coming back to the office
Shoosmiths’ new office in London is encouraging people to come into town.
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NewsSupreme Court sending ‘mood music’ on social and economic rights JRs
Professor Conor Gearty says the two-child limit case marked 'quite a change' in approach.
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NewsGLD wants to increase diversity target at senior levels
Deputy director says 26.8% of department have declared themselves to be from an ethnic minority background.
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NewsLawyers will be ‘more in demand than ever’ with online courts, says Vos
Master of the rolls insists the legal profession will not be made redundant by the digitisation of civil disputes.
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NewsEthnic minority barristers face ‘systemic obstacles’ to rewarding careers
Bar Council’s Race Working Group recommends chambers set targets for recruitment and retention.
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OpinionMother in law: Stop the clocks
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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FeatureGiving everyone a fair attempt at the SQE
Ahead of the first ever Solicitors Qualifying Examination, Julie Brannan discusses accessibility, reasonable adjustments and early applications.
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NewsCharity’s private prosecution ‘perverting the course of public justice’
Judge rules case was pursued 'with no evidential basis' and 'for wholly improper reasons'.
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NewsFirm announces it will pay NQs almost £150,000 a year
Continuing recruitment battle in the City takes salary levels to new highs.
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News'Too little focus on the value [of] the rule of law' - lord chief justice
The justice system is 'not a service like any other' and future funding must 'take into account the vital part that the courts play'.
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NewsOverseas use 'puts future of English law at risk'
Thinktank calls for 'internationally focused efforts' to protect and promote the English legal system.
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OpinionHow lawyers can work together to help those in need
At its best, the justice system can work to protect the vulnerable and give them a voice in the face of overwhelming opposition or persecution.
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NewsFirm hire: Property litigator joins Realty Law
Darren Clegg will lead the Birmingham-based law firm's commercial property debt collection practice.
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NewsDefenders of judicial review plead their case to MPs
Law Society says reforms will remove basic requirement of an effective justice system.
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News‘Overworked’ Slater and Gordon solicitor used client payout on other cases
Gareth Evans accepts he should be struck off after admitting he did not speak up about pressure of work.