All Law Gazette articles in 13 October 2023
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NewsNew Law Society president vows to boost regions
Nick Emmerson has taken over from Lubna Shuja as president of the Law Society of England and Wales.
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NewsLaw Society mulls sale of president’s official residence
60 Carey Street was purchased by the Society nearly a century ago.
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NewsBurnett bows out with slew of solicitor judge appointments
Three women feature, including a rare solicitor CBE appointed to circuit bench.
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NewsI’m a gooner - judge confesses to Arsenal season ticket in insurance case
Mr Justice Jacobs is presiding in a £100m dispute over football club losses during pandemic.
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News‘Major milestone’: CAT to rule on collective action settlement
A £1.5m settlement is agreed in car delivery charges opt-out claim financed by a litigation funder.
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NewsTrader’s conviction for rate rigging could be overturned
Carlo Palombo’s case ‘not dissimilar’ to that of Tom Hayes, says Criminal Cases Review Commission.
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OpinionMother in Law: Year 6 - last year as a Big Fish
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
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Feature'Back to basics'
New Law Society president Nick Emmerson tells Paul Rogerson what it means to be a solicitor.
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FeatureSetting the bench mark
Three women who have reached the peak of their jurisdiction’s judiciary talk to Catherine Baksi about the challenges they have faced.
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NewsLabour party conference: The never spending story
The Labour party conference was not short of ideas on how to fix the broken justice system, but there is the issue of money.
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NewsStrong argument for joint regulation of solicitors and barristers, says LSB chief
Merger of Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board something to consider, says Legal Services Board CEO Matthew Hill.
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NewsLabour of love
This week’s Labour conference was so carefully stage-managed that sketch-writing was more difficult than finding a funded justice policy.
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NewsTop 50 firm makes redundancies in real estate team
Trowers & Hamlins says it is responding to reduced market demand.
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NewsCity firm’s facilities manager jailed over £1m fake invoice fraud
Fake invoices came to light following firm’s monitoring and oversight processes.
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NewsAI could widen access to justice in Wales, new LCJ suggests
AI should be explored to improve linguistic access to justice in Wales, Dame Sue Carr has said in her first official speech as Lady Chief Justice. Carr, who was sworn in as head of the judiciary on 4 October, told the Legal Wales Conference last Friday that linguistic access to ...
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NewsAML supervision: Law Society backs consolidation but rejects state regulator
Chancery Lane favours second of four options proposed by the Treasury: a legal sector supervisor but for England and Wales only.
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NewsPartners approve merger to create global super-firm A&O Shearman
Firm leader says merger is a ’transformational step for legal industry’.
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NewsGovernment opens independent review of fraud and disclosure offences
First independent review since 1986, chaired by a KC, will look at current disclosure practices with recommendations expected by next year.
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NewsArena gig for Yorkshire hordes
Last week’s Yorkshire Legal Awards at New Dock Hall in Leeds was predictably glam, though never gaudy.
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Cutlery etiquette baffles Inn interlopers
Treasury solicitor Susanna McGibbon and outgoing Law Society president Lubna Shuja chatted candidly about their careers at an event last Friday attended by more than 200 people. Turns out both had attended Inns of Court ‘dining sessions’ for would-be barristers – and neither knew why there were so many knives ...