All Law Gazette articles in 17 September 2018
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News
£320m public sector panel begins to take shape
Law firm duo secures another Crown Commercial Service appointment.
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News
Police officer resigns after reports of interview room misconduct with solicitor
South Wales force confirms it will hold a misconduct hearing into the alleged incident.
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News
Employee sent tenants fake letters posing as law firm
Colin Duck barred from working in the profession after being found to have acted dishonestly.
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News
MoJ's £15m legal aid fees offer 'doesn't appear to add up'
Law Society says the total amount is different depending on what year's 'case mix' data is used.
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Feature
Data page – September 2018
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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News
Fixed costs regime floated for leaseholders
Law Commission says the enfranchisement system is complex, slow and expensive.
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News
Corruption perception a threat to rule of law, says Grieve
Former attorney general warns key concepts of certainty and predictability are at risk - and floats a codified constitution.
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Opinion
Propaganda on courts upgrade insults our intelligence
Nobody expects the testing of new technology to run smoothly - so why pretend it did?
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News
Oligarch loses bid to keep freezing order secret
High Court ruling is latest development in dispute over Russian fishing company being heard in London.
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Law Report
19 September
This week’s law reports include the landmark European court judgment in the long-running Snowden case that mass surveillance by GCHQ violated European law; and a High Court ruling that the Electoral Commission misinterpreted EU referendum spending laws.
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News
Ireland told to stop blocking extraditions to UK
Mere notification of intention to withdraw from the EU not an ‘exeptional circumstance’, Court of Justice rules.
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Opinion
Solicitors and drink driving
What does the SRA do in cases where behaviour is criminal but not deliberate?
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News
'Don't swell the ranks with solicitors' - bar fights training reforms
Future Bar Training proposals would 'unacceptably dilute the high standards rightly required of practising barristers', Bar Council warns.
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News
Open court statement may not be anonymous - Warby
High Court rules against claimant who successfully sued DWP over data breach.
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News
A third of solicitors are victims of violence or threats
Law Society of Scotland survey paints similar picture to the one that has emerged south of the border.
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Opinion
No-deal advice: take action now
A torrent of technical papers from DExEU deserves close attention.
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News
Rosenblatt sets up litigation funder as it posts first profits as plc
Listed City law firm annnounces maiden interim results following float in May.
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News
Poland suspended from judicial council
'Very sad day' as European body rules institutions no longer meet requirement to be independent.