All Law Gazette articles in 13 March 2017
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Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: The Solicitor’s Handbook 2017
This book is written by two well-known experts and contains all the regulatory material we need to refer to.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: Social Mobility Ambassadors
Chancery Lane’s SMA project aims to inspire people from underprivileged backgrounds to embark upon a legal career.
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FeatureCivil procedure: discontinuing an arbitration claim
What happens if a party to arbitral proceedings decides to commence an arbitration claim in the High Court but subsequently files and serves a notice of discontinuance?
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News
Bolton law firm hit by wasted costs orders
Asons Solicitors has been embroiled in controversy since it emerged that it had received a £300,000 grant from Bolton Council.
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NewsSolicitors feel the pinch in spring budget
Meanwhile, chancellor Philip Hammond announced that he is pressing ahead with penalties for lawyers and accountants who advise on tax avoidance schemes subsequently disallowed by HM Revenue & Customs.
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ProfileJudicial review over solitary confinement
Laura Janes's Howard League for Penal Reform brought JR on behalf of a boy held in prolonged solitary confinement in a London prison.
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Thailand corruption probe: SFO keeps its own counsel
Authorities in Thailand opened an investigation into engineering giant Rolls-Royce after the company’s £671m deferred prosecution agreement with the SFO.
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OpinionLegal education: success by degrees
Don’t be misled – employers continue to set great store by a top law degree.
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Opinion
Divorced from reality
A judge has refused a wife her divorce on the ground of unreasonable behaviour – and strengthened the case for no-fault divorce.
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News
Women own more than a third of law firms
Figure well ahead of the 21% average for female ownership across small businesses as a whole.
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FeatureRoundtable: litigation funding
Litigation funding is increasingly lauded as a model for modern litigation. But its role in boosting ‘access to justice’ is less clear cut, the Gazette’s latest roundtable heard.
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NewsMemory lane
As in 1918 and 1919, when the police actually went on strike, so now also, when they are demanding the legal right to strike, discontent over their pay is the occasion, as much as the cause, of their threatened rebellion.
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NewsSpeaker loses patience with long-winded lawyers
‘Mr Squeaker’ appears to have another target in his sights: lawyers.
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Opinion
Wing and a prayer
I am sure that county court judges now would not treat young advocates so harshly.
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OpinionThird-party time
Influence of funders on the litigation landscape is only set to grow stronger.