All Law Gazette articles in 22 July 2019
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News
City watchdog confirms in-house accountability exclusion
Heads of legal will not be included in senior managers regime after privilege concerns were raised.
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News
Mining company opens second front against SFO
ENRC claims the former prime minister of Kazakhstan leaked confidential and legally privileged information to the prosecuting authority.
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Supreme Court poised for verdict on access to documents
Justices will give their ruling on case where both sides have challenged Court of Appeal.
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Litigants can opt out of digital justice any time, says minister
Government sees off Labour’s proposed amendments to online courts legislation going through parliament.
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Scotland’s law firms suffer profit slump
‘Fierce competition’ blamed in a market which has transformed over the last decade.
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Frazer takes a step up at Ministry of Justice
Barrister takes on the prisons and probation portfolio following Robert Buckland's elevation to lord chancellor.
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Court rejects appeal against judgment delivered after 18 months
Trial judge found to have caused ‘regrettable’ delay, but no error in law.
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Solicitor targeted by ‘wicked’ fraudsters struck off
Stuart Anthony Kaufman facilitated dubious investment schemes and breached money laundering regulations.
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Opinion
Tackle dysfunction in our immigration system
Assumptions about where someone was born are having a damaging effect when it comes to the right to live and work in the UK.
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Gordon Dadds profits soar - but owners swallow £14m Ince acquisition hit
Financial results for fast-expanding listed business reveal sudden growth in 2019.
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MoJ accelerates work on 'pressing' criminal legal aid concerns
Evidence needed on issues such as unused material by end of September.
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Profits fall at Stewarts for second year in a row
Net profit has fallen by 13% and PEP is down 16%.
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SFO drops hefty proportion of cases
The prosecuting authority closed 14 investigations without charge this year, compared with three last year.
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Feature
Opening statement in police interviews is still an important strategy
The need for a defence lawyer to make an opening statement has been questioned, with some arguing its dangers.
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Opinion
Buckland is boring choice for justice - and that’s just fine
New lord chancellor brings experience and passion for the nitty-gritty issues.
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News
Buckland is lord chancellor and justice secretary
Barrister replaces David Gauke in Boris Johnson's cabinet.
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LSB seeks to settle independence issue with revised rules
Final internal governance rules are published following period of consultation.
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New-breed ABS Cubism Law goes into administration
Business goes under after 13 years and with debts stacking up.