All Law Gazette articles in 22 January 2018 – Page 3

  • Financial Conduct Authority
    News

    City watchdog consults on huge expansion of ombudsman scheme

    2018-01-22T12:37:00Z

    FCA wants to bring small businesses which can’t afford to go to court within Financial Services Ombudsman scheme - but calls for a formal tribunal are growing louder.

  • Harriet Wistrich, The Centre for Women's Justice
    News

    Law firm prepares to issue Worboys judicial review claim

    2018-01-22T12:15:00Z

    Birnberg Peirce has sent a letter before claim while the Centre for Women's Justice has raised over £54,000 to challenge the Parole Board's decision.

  • Mr Justice Teare
    News

    Deceitful claimant ordered to pay back £20k damages

    2018-01-22T11:02:00Z

    Facebook searches uncovered that ‘victim’ was friend of other driver in collision at centre of road traffic accident claim.

  • Sharmila Mehta
    News

    Tribunal judges criticise 'far too complex' immigration system

    2018-01-22T10:58:00Z

    Law Society committee chair Sharmila Mehta says Commons report is an opportunity to consider rule changes.

  • Data page
    Feature

    Data page – January 2018

    2018-01-22T09:51:00Z

    The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.

  • The Rajah of Putteealla
    News

    Office politics

    22 January 2018

    Newly appointed justice minister Rory Stewart, meanwhile, had a bit of a culture shock on moving to the Ministry of Justice’s building in Petty France.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Office politics

    22 January 2018

    The appointment of a lawyer lord chancellor is welcome, but we must not forget the fact that this high office was imperfectly abolished by Tony Blair, so that our colleague is entitled to wear the robes but has no office. Should this not revive the will of all lawyers (most ...

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Victor’s justice

    22 January 2018

    On referring to the ‘Nuremberg principles’ under which 12 leading Nazis were sentenced to death, your reviewer (The Internationalists And Their Plan to Outlaw War) failed to mention one glaring weakness: these principles were only applied by judges from the winning side against defendants from the losing side. Not only ...

  • Lord Keen
    News

    Personal injury? I’m not keen

    22 January 2018

    The personal injury sector seemed to suffer a social media meltdown following the appearance of Lord Keen of Elie before the Commons justice committee last week.

  • Clare Murray
    Feature

    How to set up in Ireland

    22 January 2018

    Since Britain’s vote to leave the EU, lawyers and other professional services have Ireland in their sights.

  • Irish Supreme Court
    Feature

    Green shoots

    22 January 2018

    Fuelled by technology, financial services and property, a resurgent Ireland is keeping lawyers busy – and eyeing a Brexit dividend. Barry O’Halloran reports.

  • Denis O'Brien
    Feature

    Out of step on third-party funding

    22 January 2018

    Third-party litigation funding remains illegal in Ireland.

  • Jane Austen
    News

    Stout fellow

    22 January 2018

    Obiter wants to hear from you about more firms with unusual premises.

  • Elizabeth Prochaska
    Opinion

    Doing our duty on Grenfell

    22 January 2018

    Human rights should be at the heart of the official response to Grenfell.

  • Joe Egan
    News

    Honouring lawyers in danger

    22 January 2018

    The Day of the Endangered Lawyer falls on Wednesday this week.

  • SRA cube
    News

    Proposed superexam is no cash cow, says SRA

    22 January 2018

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has denied that the new solicitors superexam will be a cash cow.

  • Joshua Rozenberg
    Opinion

    Conduct unbecoming

    22 January 2018

    Somebody needs to get a grip on regulating coroners.

  • Letters
    Opinion

    Overcharged clients

    22 January 2018

    Mark Carlisle defends the role of costs recovery firms.

  • Rachel Rothwell
    News

    ‘No choice but to engage’ over disclosure

    22 January 2018

    The group working on a complete overhaul of the rules on disclosure for the Business and Property Courts is calling for feedback from lawyers and clients.

  • Birmingham Law Society president Andrew Beedham
    Feature

    Second city’s two centuries

    22 January 2018

    Birmingham Law Society was established 200 years ago. President Andrew Beedham shares the organisation’s plans for its bicentenary and examines the legacy of one of the UK’s oldest law societies.