All Law Gazette articles in 1 November 2021 – Page 2
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NewsSleaze row: Paterson vote ‘completely undermines trust’, says ex-government legal chief
Sir Jonathan Jones QC slams 'dysfunctional' system for regulating MPs, while ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer berates law officer 'stooges'.
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OpinionThe drive for net zero
Climate change is no longer just the preserve of environmental lawyers.
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News‘You use it, you pay for it’: Conveyancers change how they fund ombudsman
Two practices subject to most complaints set to pay an extra £28,000 between them.
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NewsCPS fails in Supreme Court bid to recover confiscated £1.5m
Confiscation orders do not give the CPS 'any form of priority over any other claims to those assets', Lord Stephens rules.
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NewsJR bill ‘not terribly dangerous’, says Labour ex-home secretary
Lord Blunkett said there were occasions of ‘slight overstepping’ by the judiciary in judicial reviews.
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NewsFifteenth time lucky: advice clinic's legal aid struggle revealed
Solicitor tells Pro Bono Week event that free advice relies on fully funded legal aid sector.
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NewsSolicitor who assaulted own mother suspended
Practitioner had been found guilty of common battery in 2018.
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OpinionPride is over, but we can still have pride
Some firms have excellent LGBT+ networks, but cultural change across the legal sector is moving at a glacial pace.
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NewsLAA ordered to apologise to law centre for 'unreasonable delays'
Parliamentary ombudsman says agency's failure to address unfairness was maladministration.
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NewsRegulators will have veto over foreign qualifications, government promises
Amendment to Professional Qualifications Bill will give regulators freedom to reject overseas qualifications.
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News‘Grossly unhelpful’ expert ordered to pay £50k wasted costs
Recorder finds dentist showed ‘flagrant disregard’ for his duty to the court in negligence claim.
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NewsHow the Grinch stole the Xmas party
Obiter detects signs of a new puritanism in Allen & Overy's annual bash.
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NewsLand registration charge to soar from January
Increase is the first since 2009 and will help fund digital ambitions, HMLR says.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for blue badge parking deception
Sussex practitioner had been described as ‘lazy and idle’ by sentencing judge.
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NewsHundreds hunt for new jobs as another claims firm goes under
Administrators move in to handle affairs of Pure Business Group Limited, Pure Legal Limited and seven other entities.
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NewsJudge warns LiP over ‘hopeless mess’ pleadings
Mr Justice Martin Spencer tells a litigant in person to seek help to present his case ‘in a coherent fashion’.
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OpinionPro bono matters
More and more individuals need help to deal with all manner of legal issues - from denial of benefits claims to immigration applications and private disputes.
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NewsSolicitor loses latest bid for financial support from parents
Faiz Siddiqui previously lost a claim against Oxford University for missing out on a first.
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NewsLondon judges hear Trinidad death penalty appeal
Mandatory death penalty for murder is unconstitutional, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was told today.
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NewsMidlands firm embraces employee ownership
Former chief executive will sell her stake in the firm to a trust owned by staff.
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