All Law Gazette articles in 23 January 2017
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News
Clifford Chance promotes 24 to partner - but only four are women
Firm says improving gender balance is one of its ’key long-term priorities’.
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Heald summoned to explain Brexit effect on civil justice
Minister will appear before committee to outline how future cooperation with EU member states will work.
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More men calling lawyers’ helpline
Stress and depression among top concerns highlighted by callers to LawCare.
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EU regulations fuel demand for in-house lawyers
Recruitment report shows particular desire for data privacy specialists.
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Barristers warned over social media conduct
Independent observer cites ‘growing complaints’ about barristers’ conduct online.
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Opinion
The future for solicitor regulation
It is clear from the first few weeks of the year that familiar themes will dominate the discussion around regulation in 2017.
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Opinion
Discount rate saga drags on
The lord chancellor’s procrastination does not bode well. Insurers are stalling a long-overdue change.
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News
Judge condemns ‘self-defeating’ mass of evidence in Shell pollution claim
High Court rules that Netherlands-headquartered oil giant cannot be sued in London over pollution in Nigeria.
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Former solicitor judge and ex-lover jailed for six years for theft
Former judge Simon Kenny and Emma Coates sentenced at Southwark Crown Court today.
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Bar is male, pale and privately educated – and it will take women 50 years to catch up
The Bar Standards Board’s annual report on diversity concludes that some progress was made last year.
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Digital warning over tribunal reforms
Law Society urges government to learn from previous attempts to improve employment tribunal.
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Doctors’ regulator urges caution over release of patient records
Guidance attempts to set the regulations for when information can be shared with solicitors.
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Truss delays personal injury discount rate decision despite ABI defeat
Government says review of the 2.5% discount rate is taking longer than expected.
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Goldilocks and the solicitor-general
Solicitor-general was in Yorkshire teaching school children about the law and their basic civil and criminal rights.
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City solicitor required to register as sex offender
Alastair Main handed 12-month community order following boat club assault.
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Feature
Brexit judgment: oil and water don’t mix
Politics and the law were kept well apart in the Supreme Court’s adroit and erudite judgment in Miller.
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News
Solicitors from poorer backgrounds earn £6,800 less than ‘privileged’ colleagues
Social mobility research uncovers ‘class ceiling’ in traditional professions such as the law.
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Supreme Court asked to consider deprivation of liberty ‘confusion’
Solicitors say Court of Appeal decision has led to less clarity over meaning of deprivation of liberty.
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Bar Council: solicitors' agents could face prison term
Representative body updates guidelines for unregistered barristers appearing in court.
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Taxi case fuels self-employment law debate
Union pledges to expose ‘bogus employment practices’.