All Law Gazette articles in 12 February 2018
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NewsLauri Love wins extradition appeal in landmark forum bar test
Lord Burnett and Mr Justice Ouseley say Crown Prosecution Service 'must now bend its endeavours' to prosecution in England.
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NewsBerwin Leighton Paisner could agree US merger in weeks
City firm has been in discussion with US-based Bryan Cave to create 1,500-lawyer firm.
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NewsAshurst latest to agree links with Chinese firm
Joint operation office will enable Ashurst to practise local law in China.
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OpinionHidden abuse of power
With bullying rife at the highest level, the partnership structure needs an overhaul; until then the profession is unfit for purpose
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FeatureAccountants: Counter strike
Accountancy’s billion-dollar quartet and smaller networks are intent on grabbing a bigger slice of legal services. How much of a threat do they pose? Lawrie Holmes reports
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NewsAdvice vacuum looms on special educational needs
Families with special educational needs may struggle to access state-funded specialist legal advice after the government cancelled procurement of education and discrimination services through its telephone helpline.
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ProfileAI: Breaking the codes
Law firms are keen to trumpet the use of AI, but the views of clients are less well aired. The latest Gazette roundtable gave corporate counsel a chance to discuss their agenda. Joanna Goodman reports
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OpinionAiming at the wrong target
Instead of seeking to deny redress to victims of NHS blunders, politicians ought to focus on how medics can be helped to make fewer mistakes
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NewsAsset freeze power to hit domestic ‘Mr Bigs’
Unexplained wealth orders (UWO) came into force this month.
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OpinionWhen bail plea stalled
I noticed with interest a Gazette piece on the perils of deploying humour in court. I once represented a somewhat obnoxious client in the local magistrates’ court.
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NewsBenefit overpayments recovery revamp
The government department responsible for recovering benefit overpayments from a deceased person’s estate has introduced new measures to improve the system, following complaints that wills and probate solicitors were being ‘overburdened’ by unrealistic requests.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Family lifeline
It has been a while since family lawyers had this kind of publication to hand. The one I remember was published so long ago that CD-ROMs, like the one accompanying this book, had probably not even been invented.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Teaching the fundamentals
Understanding Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Legal Theory (fifth edition) Raymond Wacks £31.99, OUP Sadly, this book was published several years after my university days. It would have been of immense use, bringing together the disparate strands of a highly complex field of study: the nature of law and ...
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NewsNews focus: Breaking protocol on client capture
Edmondson v Haven has shaken to the core a tripartite arrangement between client, solicitor and insurer. Practitioners anxiously await a Supreme Court decision.
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FeatureHair strand testing in care proceedings
The case H (A Child: Hair Strand Testing) 2017 EWFC 64 concerned care proceedings to determine whether H, an eight-month-old removed at birth and then returned to the mother under supervision, should remain in her mother’s care, given a history of drug abuse and the presentation of a positive drug ...
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OpinionLove changes everything?
Protection afforded to British nationals by the forum bar remains largely illusory.
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FeatureDealing with online reviews
The ‘tripadvisorisation’ of the legal profession raises important regulatory considerations.