All Law Gazette articles in 22 May 2017 – Page 6
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NewsEnd DWP delays now, solicitor urges
Review into DWP’s Recovery from Estates section began last year.
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NewsFury over £5.48 immigration email charge
UK Visas and Immigration announces changes under new contract, which comes into force tomorrow.
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NewsCompensation fund payments to cover solicitor failings drop 42%
SRA reveals that replacing misappropriated legacies is biggest drain on fund.
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NewsSRA refuses to budge over private board meetings
'We are not hiding anything away', chief executive tells journalists.
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NewsPromotions: Harbottle & Lewis
Harbottle & Lewis announce partner appointments and senior associate promotions
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NewsMedCo disciplines dozens of doctors for late reports
Delays in uploading data has been the subject of solicitors’ complaints.
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NewsWomble Bond Dickinson is latest transatlantic tie-up
Deal will create top-20 firm with revenue of more than £340 million.
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Law ReportInsurance
The Supreme Court upheld the original Court of Appeal decision that that a casualty had been caused by an ‘abnormal occurrence’ with the result that no breach of the safe port warranty had occurred.
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NewsRefuse work if it's uneconomical, Society tells legal aid firms
Rejecting instructions on the basis that the work is not properly remunerated is in line with code of conduct, practice note states.
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NewsJAC figures highlight solicitors' struggle to make the bench
Judicial Appointments Commission figures show 14 solicitors recommended in latest recruitment exercises.
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Firm hire: PCB Litigation LLP
PCB Litigation is delighted to announce that Jon Felce has joined the partnership on 1 June. Since joining the team in 2014 from a leading international firm, Jon has obtained a number of extremely successful results for his clients including a series of ground-breaking orders. Jon has significant experience in ...
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AnalysisTrucker appeals jail sentence for causing death by dangerous driving
32-month prison sentence appealed: Joseph Smith was jailed in February for causing death by dangerous driving.
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NewsBar urges all lawyers to resist extended-hours courts
Barristers’ representative body says no court should sit before 10am or beyond 4.30pm.
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FeatureMiddle East challenges to dispute resolution professionals
Despite new arbitration and enforcement laws in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and even Dubai, remain difficult jurisdictions for the enforcement of judgments and international arbitral awards.
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Opinion
Climate Trumpery is not the end of the world
Lawyers have a role in combatting the harm done by climate change, but perhaps not the one you think.
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News'We're not like other local authority ABSs', Kent chief declares
Geoff Wild says Invicta Law is a freestanding, wholly independent company.
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NewsInsurer claims to have key to persuading lawyers to use DBAs
New funding arrangement sees law firms limiting their risk exposure when offering damages based agreements.