All Law Gazette articles in 13 October 2023 – Page 3
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OpinionPlaying it safe
Paul Rogerson We do not lack examples of entropy in the justice system that serve as a metaphor for the whole. This week, we’ve had at least two. First, a flea infestation at Hull Crown Court that required the mobilisation of pest controllers. Rats, yes – but ...
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NewsHouse keeping: Law Society’s property law conference
Climate change, upfront information and staff retention in residential conveyancing were among the hot topics at the Law Society’s flagship property law conference
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NewsBarrister jailed for NZ kidnap plot
In 1992, 46-year-old barrister John Burrett had not long opened chambers in Canterbury, Kent.
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsTop 50 firm makes redundancies in real estate team
Trowers & Hamlins says it is responding to reduced market demand.
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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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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 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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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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Feature'Back to basics'
New Law Society president Nick Emmerson tells Paul Rogerson what it means to be a solicitor.
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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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