All Law Gazette articles in 19 November 2018
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It's official: Royal Assent for whiplash reforms
Two pieces of legislation came into law today, transforming the personal injury sector.
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Richest barristers face steep PC fee hike as bar addresses earnings gulf
Top earners could pay up to 62% more each year.
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Claim restored after court rejects implied sanction for 'trivial' rule breach
Judge said mistakes represented a ‘flagrant disregard’ for the rules, but his decision to strike out claim was overturned.
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Court security guard who told female lawyer 'spread your legs' is suspended
Court service says officer used 'unintentionally inappropriate language' to female barrister.
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Lewis: Regulatory action 'inevitable' after tweets wishing death, tribunal hears
Second day of three-day hearing into misconduct allegations made against Mark Lewis.
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McFarlane on family justice system: Crisis, what crisis?
Family Division president says the word is no longer right because pressures in the system are being addressed.
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Revealed: law centre getting 60,000 calls a year was on brink of closure
A law centre which received over 60,000 calls for help and one million hits on its website last year was on the verge of closure for the second time in a decade, the Gazette has learned. South West London Law Centres faced potential insolvency and closure in 2008. In the ...
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Unorthodox diet helps solicitor progress again
Solicitor Sarah Ann Magson continues her quiet progress on BBC show The Apprentice.
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Kent Council ABS hails 'positive' half-year results
Invicta Law says its pre-tax profitabilty turnaround is encouraging.
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'Clean sweep' of old sentencing law could save £250m
Law Commission says the public far too often are not getting clear, transparent and fair judgments.
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Take That! Law Rocks unplugged again
At nearly 10 years old, Law Rocks! events are still delivering - last night offering a nineties' boyband encore at London's Water Rats.
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Ex-solicitor drew up fake contract to help fraudster directors
Contract allowed for ‘retention of title claim’ on the company’s stock that should have gone to repay creditors.
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Opinion
Criminal solicitors: heroes rarely applauded
When morale is at its lowest, it's nice to know you have fans in high places.
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'Good for video games, wrong for courts': online claims project hits trouble
Judge overseeing testing of new service says it has been under-resourced and is too complex for chosen development method.
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Lords condemn ‘abusive’ probate ‘death-tax’
Secondary Legislation Committee says charges have ’the appearance of a tax’.
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Opinion
Whiplash reform is done, but insurers have reason to fear
The claims industry is fleet-footed and adaptable - and the Civil Liability Bill is half-baked and flimsy.
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CCMS crisis: domestic violence victims advised to represent themselves
Legal Aid Agency says it is aware of 'issues around performance' as family solicitor highlights devastating consequences.
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'Enabler' prosecutions on the way, AML minister tells solicitors
Ben Wallace MP promises reform of suspicious activity reporting regime.
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'Locked in a glass cage': young defendants speak out about court experience
Justice thinktank continues push for procedural fairness with latest report.
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Eye-wateringly low compensation
Lord Justice Irwin reminds us that compensation caps are not a new idea.