All Law Gazette articles in 15 July 2019
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News
Judge's emails automatically forwarded to malicious account
HM Courts & Tribunals Service reported five incidents to the Information Commissioner's Office.
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Feature
Why married farmers should consider legal protection
Divorce is never easy but with a farm involved, even the judiciary admit, finances can be ‘notoriously difficult to resolve’.
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News
HMCTS staff spent 30,000 hours dealing with court IT chaos
Ministry of Justice says the January outage was reputationally damaging.
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News
Whitehall ponders new identity verification scheme
Calls for evidence on system for proving identity ‘without the need for identity cards’.
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News
70 years, 70 cases: campaigners pay tribute to legal aid
Justice Alliance publishes booklet to commemorate Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949.
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Opinion
Blog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: tackling tiredness.
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News
Society updates best-practice guide for conveyancers
Chancery Lane chief says Conveyancing Protocol will provide consistency and improve efficiency.
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News
Society joins plea to UN over Turkey’s ‘chilling roll call of injustice’
Hundreds of lawyers have been convicted since attempted coup in 2016.
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News
'Whoever has the privilege': Gauke on the brink of departure
Lord chancellor prepares to bid farewell as he sends a message to his successor in a speech on reoffending.
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Opinion
Insurers, not Gauke, screwed up on the discount rate
Insurers are angry they didn’t get what they wanted. It was foolish to assume they had won the argument.
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Feature
Data page – July 2019
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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Law Report
Asylum seeker: detention of child
Guidance permitting refusal to accept boy’s assertion he was 18 was unlawful.
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News
Code aims to improve standard of private prosecutions
Prosecutors should remember their responsibilities as 'ministers of justice'.
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News
City firms' tax bill would cover legal aid 11 times over
New figures from lobby group show law and accountancy firms contributed £19.1bn to the exchequer last year.
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News
City salary stampede continues with 23% rise for NQs
New starters at global firm Baker McKenzie will get a £5,000 signing-on bonus.
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News
MoJ proposes guidance to understand Victims' Code obligations
Frontline staff unsure who needs to do what each stage of the criminal justice process.
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News
‘Overworked’ solicitor fined for claiming duplicate cab expenses
London lawyer said his own administration system ‘fell into disarray’.
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Opinion
We must do more to prevent women being ‘lost to the law’
Many more women than men quit their legal careers before they are able to reach their full potential.
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Opinion
Gaining experience after a break from the profession
I took time off from working at a law firm to have children. I am now a part-time legal archivist. How do I secure a training contract?
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News
Claimants win crucial costs appeal on proportionality and reasonableness
Judges rule that comparing the value of a claim and the premium paid is not a measure of reasonableness.