All Law Gazette articles in 16 September 2019
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NewsFun and games down the aisle
Getting married is by no means a game but academics at the University of Glasgow have come up with an entertaining way to help lay people understand the legal implications.
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ProfileMy legal life: Michael Culver, Bolt Burdon Solicitors
Head of private client services, and chair of the board at Solicitors for the Elderly.
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OpinionBrexit places judges in uncomfortable territory
Unless the Supreme Court decides prorogation is nothing to do with them, we can expect more incendiary headlines.
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NewsNews focus: Why comparison sites can't seem to crack the legal sector
Competition watchdogs have bemoaned the dearth of comparison sites in the law. But is there a real appetite for ‘shopping’ among law firms and clients wedded to traditional consumer habits?
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NewsWinging it in the classroom
A conversation in a legal London hostelry the other night set Obiter thinking about how creative solicitors can get away with winging it (sic) in the new world of self-assessed continuing competence.
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OpinionRebellious Scots to crush
All hell broke loose when it was suggested Scottish judges might be politically biased.
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FeatureFive-step plan for taking a sabbatical
For lawyers, ‘taking a sabbatical’ can mean anything from six weeks out to settle young children into school, to six months spent solo, walking ancient pilgrim routes from Canterbury to Rome.
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NewsSitting on the offence
Readers will be aware of issues surrounding the right to be forgotten, which gives some of those with a blemish in their past the chance to erase it from Google searches.
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FeatureWars of the world
The International Criminal Court marked its 21st anniversary with two landmark cases. But concerns persist that the court is not living up to its potential, reports Grania Langdon-Down.
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NewsHong Kong abandons new constraints on foreign lawyers
Law Society of England and Wales welcomes the decision to scrap controversial practising rights proposals.
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FeatureFreelance solicitors: a threat to the direct access bar
Similarities between the freelance solicitor model and the existing direct access barrister model should be cause for concern.
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NewsRosenblatt spreads its wings with corporate finance acquisition
£22m acquisition as part of strategy to diversify beyond legal services.
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NewsParalegal’s contempt conviction found to be ‘manifestly unfair’
Family judge had imposed a suspended prison sentence for breach of procedural rules.
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NewsSociety urges long term approach to justice technology
Duplication of effort illustrates need for shared solutions to shared problem statements, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsBar delays 'anti-abuse' written contracts for pupils
Bar regulator says more time is needed to roll out the changes.
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NewsFirm hire: Devonshires welcomes development and regeneration specialist
Hannah Langford has been recruited to the real estate and projects team.
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NewsUnduly lenient sentence review scheme extended further
Victims can ask for tougher sentences for 14 additional offences, the Ministry of Justice announces.