All Law Gazette articles in 15 May 2017
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News
EU advocate general backs claim for retrospective holiday pay
Preliminary opinion on employment rights case brought by self-employed window salesman.
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News
Disgruntled clients offered live chats with ombudsman
’We’re here for them online as well as just a phone call or email away’ says legal watchdog.
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Opinion
Tories' land data body sounds excellent. But...
A cadastral agency is a very non-conservative - indeed Napoleonic - concept.
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Law Report
Real estate
The Supreme Court, in dismissing the appellant’s appeal against a finding that the local authority’s housing duty to her had been discharged, held that the reviewing officer had been entitled to find that there was no medical evidence that a property of its type would have the consequence that the ...
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News
New president for Warwickshire Law Society
New West Midlands law society president intends to grow membership and fight against costs.
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News
Promotions: Forbes Solicitors
100% female at partner level north-west firm has announced eight new promotions, six of which are women.
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News
Tory manifesto: May targets professional advisers
Conservatives promise closer regulation of tax and trusts advisers.
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Feature
Data page – May 2017
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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News
'Lamentable history of procrastination' should not deter reform - Munby
De-linking of divorce and money part of family division president's envisaged programme.
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Lib Dems pledge separate jurisdiction for Wales
Manifesto plans point to a bonfire of England and Wales legal institutions - from the Land Registry to the SRA.
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KitKat's four fingers crumble before Court of Appeal
In latest twist to long-running battle, judges uphold High Court ruling denying trade mark protection to shape of chocolate bar.
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News
Commercial judges will need expert assessors, says LCJ
Lord Thomas says London must learn from other jurisdictions' commercial courts to remain competitive.
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News
Firm hires: Payne Hicks Beach
London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach, is delighted to announce that it has expanded its privacy and media law department.
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News
'Don't surf the web', jurors to be told in new notice
Crown courts to pilot fresh approach to helping juries understand their legal obligations.
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News
Travers Smith reveals all-female partner promotions
Firm makes four lawyers partner in latest round of promotions.
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Russell Group elite tumble in top law school rankings
Queen Mary behind only Cambridge and Oxford as best place to study law in UK, according to Guardian.
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Claimant delight as court rejects repayment of £400 fixed costs
Lord Justice Briggs makes key ruling in favour of claimants in a case addressing entitlement to Stage 1 fixed costs.