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All Law Gazette articles in 21 October 2019
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NewsFirm hire: Wright Hassall welcomes trust and tax executive
Jordan Hamilton-Cox has been appointed to the Leamington-based firm’s private wealth and tax team.
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NewsFirm promotion: Imagination group appoints new GC
Head of commercial legal services Henry Kennedy becomes general counsel at global experience agency.
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NewsDistrict judge ‘sarcastic and shaking with rage’ in flawed family hearing
Family Court rules that serious procedural irregularities impaired a care proceedings hearing.
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NewsMishcon delegates power as it considers IPO
The ‘next generation of leaders’ will have more responsibility from next year, with the prospect of an initial public offering still on the table.
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NewsHallett urges 'zero tolerance' on sexual harassment
Senior judge says organsations should provide a mentor who employees can turn to.
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NewsSolicitor’s £150k costs plea ‘nothing more than a cri de coeur’
Interim costs request was included as part of one paragraph of witness statement.
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NewsBarrister suspended over offensive social media posts
Richard Miles acted in a way which was likely to diminish public trust, a disciplinary tribunal found.
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NewsLegal aid officially widened for separated migrant children
Transitional arrangements introduced for application process due to uncertainty over parliamentary timetable.
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OpinionThinking on your feet: practical guidance on advocacy
A guide to the type of hearings a junior advocate is likely to come across in civil litigation, such as general civil cases, personal injury, landlord and tenant, commercial and employment law.
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NewsFake law firm boss disqualified for a second time
Tashia Joseph claimed to have no idea what company was doing or how many staff were employed.
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OpinionEnding unwanted online trips down memory lane
The Right to be Forgotten, sometimes known as Personal Takedown and Forgetting, has developed in various international court cases and is incorporated in the GDPR.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: managing emails.
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NewsElite civil servants could drive Wales legal reform
Former lord chief justice dismisses claim that wholesale devolution would come with a £14m bill.
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OpinionThe solicitor stereotype continues to change
As the profession alters fast, we need to amend our view of what a solicitor is and does.
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NewsGovernment warned Civil Liability Act leaves injured children stranded
Personal injury reforms create loophole where children cannot access either the old or the new system.
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NewsTop gongs for solicitors who go above and beyond
Law Society’s annual awards recognise achievements of professionals and firms.
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NewsSpending nears £40m in mammoth Post Office case
Parties in the group litigation have spent £36.3m on the proceedings so far, the High Court heard yesterday.
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NewsWales must take full control of justice, urges landmark review
Commission on Justice in Wales demands that ’justice be determined and delivered in Wales’ through wholesale devolution.
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NewsCapsticks' baby death inquiry failings ‘clearly unsatisfactory’, finds review
Report finds mistakes were made with the process and speed with which national firm completed investigation.
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NewsCall for regulator with teeth to tackle outsourcing fiascoes
Thinktank says scrutiny activity has soared since Carillion collapse - but with little effect.