All Law Gazette articles in 2 March 2020 – Page 3
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News'Enhanced' domestic abuse bill returns to parliament
Measure will apply to all family proceedings where there is evidence of domestic abuse.
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NewsAI on the radar of top-100 financial directors
Pressure from clients leads list of perceived threats to profitability.
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NewsComedian shines spotlight on legal fees in IP row with fashion house
Joe Lycett changes name to Hugo Boss and criticises company for sending cease and desist letters.
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NewsGateley expands into Ireland with high profile media buy-up
Listed firm has bought the LLP owned by libel specialist Paul Tweed as it moves further into the Irish market.
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NewsBarrister sanctioned over ‘racially charged’ tweet fails on appeal
Martin John Carr Diggins was found to have diminished public trust after posting ‘seriously offensive’ tweet.
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NewsInsurers and claimant lawyers strike rare pact to stop PI reform
Groups join forces to argue against an increase in the small claims limit for non-RTA claims.
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NewsFirm hire: Employment team grows at Winckworth Sherwood
Andrea London joins the firm as partner.
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NewsWife awarded £400k for sacrificing her solicitor career
Mr Justice Moor says career of husband - also a solicitor - took precedence.
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NewsEx-client liable for £210,000 solicitor's costs after losing CFA appeal
Lord Justice Lewison says High Court was correct to interpret the words of a conditional fee agreement in broad terms.
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NewsCoronavirus: global property conference delayed until June
Organiser of MIPIM says ‘the well-being of our clients and staff is our priority’.
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NewsFears over unregulated interpreters following law firm rejection
National Register of Public Service Interpreters is concerned about lists held by privately owned agencies.
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NewsFunder’s claim over ‘pessimistic’ case prospects dismissed by High Court
Litigation funding agreement did not ‘expressly impose any obligations on the law firm’.
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FeatureMore tales of the unexpected
This article enlarges upon the piece on SDLT published on 27 January (‘Close the knowledge gap to avoid costly mistakes’). It gives six more examples of how complex, arbitrary and arguably unfair the stamp duty rules on residential property transactions can be. It also corrects facts in the ‘town house’ ...
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OpinionNot rocket science
In forensic science, as in so much else justice-related, the UK’s position of global pre-eminence has been compromised by funding cuts and falling standards.
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FeatureSeeing ‘Person A’
A record number of sexual harassment and assault cases came before the SDT in 2019, with more promised in 2020. Is this tribunal the proper forum for these cases and how is it coping in what is unfamiliar territory? Eduardo Reyes reports
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FeatureFollowing the footsteps of the first
106 years after the courts told would-be lawyer Gwyneth Bebb she was not a ‘person’, Catherine Baksi takes a walk with her granddaughter
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NewsEverybody needs good neighbours
Muckle LLP’s revamped Newcastle city centre offices include designated ‘neighbourhoods’ for teams.
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FeatureEnvironmental law: Mapping MEES
Section 1 of the Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA 2008), as amended by the Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019, requires that UK carbon levels are reduced by 100% (from 1990 levels), including greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) ...
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NewsDead ringers for diversity
Obiter can well remember a report from the Legal Services Board just over a year ago assessing the profession’s progress on diversity. The super-regulator essentially spent 30 pages outlining how some regulators weren’t doing well enough and that more work was needed to ensure the legal profession reflected the society ...
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FeatureCriminal law: a roundup
Police execution of duty Many practitioners will be faced with a potential argument that a police constable who makes physical contact with a defendant has acted beyond the execution of their duty. In Pegram v Director of Public Prosecutions [2019] EWHC 2673 QBD, the court provided a useful reminder that ...
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