All Law Gazette articles in 23 March 2020
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NewsCoronavirus: MoJ lists lawyer ‘key worker’ categories
Duty solicitors and solicitors acting in connection with execution of wills on restricted list.
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News‘Virtual prosecco’: Law firms adjust to Covid-19 crisis
Remote working becomes commonplace overnight, and firms use platforms such as Skype and WhatsApp to stay in touch.
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OpinionLetters roundup - 23 March 2020
Forcing change on a reluctant judiciary In March 2018 David Lammy MP told the Gazette: ‘Find me an ethnic minority judge and I’ll buy you a beer.’ That came after the justice secretary David Lidington rejected Lammy’s recommendation (made in an independent review commissioned by David Cameron) that by ...
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NewsSolicitors cautiously welcome new abuse courts
Treasury says £5m allocated in budget will fund trial of specialist courts allowing criminal and family matters to be considered together.
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OpinionCopy that! Accessible guidance with a global reach
International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice (Fourth Edition) Paul Goldstein, P. Bernt Hugenholtz OUP, £94 ★★★★✩ International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice (Fourth Edition) This heavyweight academic work is a surprisingly easy read. Although it runs to 396 pages of type – ignoring copyright ...
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FeatureHow to avoid floods of tears from a water leak in your home
Torrential rainfall has left thousands of properties inundated across the country. But there are some simple things you can do to try to lessen the risk of a water leak in your home.
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ProfileMy legal life: Barry Ross, Crossland Employment Solicitors
Barry Ross, Crossland Employment Solicitors
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NewsLast chance saloon for silks
As the world went into lockdown, lawyers squeezed in a final bash last week.
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NewsNews focus: Courts move to remote control
In the face of an unprecedented pandemic, the civil courts are dispensing with face-to-face formalities as hearings move online. But is the technology robust enough to cope – and will justice suffer?
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NewsTwiss in the tale of criminal libel
In 1871 a Bedford Row solicitor began hounding the wife of an international lawyer.
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ProfileHostile environment
‘This is not Dominic Grieve and Ken Clarke we’re dealing with.’ Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti talks to Eduardo Reyes about her priorities in opposition, which include enhancing the rights of rape complainants and defending human rights from executive attack
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OpinionAn extradition treaty unfit for purpose
Across politics, people agree US-UK extradition is broken. The obvious example is Harry Dunn. He was allegedly killed in Britain by American Anne Sacoolas driving on the wrong side of the road.
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FeatureHome truths
Conveyancing is in need of an overhaul – but will vested interests thwart effective reforms? Marialuisa Taddia reports.
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OpinionNegligence in the raw
Until this book’s publication, legal practitioners might have been excused for believing that the doctrine enshrined in statute under the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 was relatively well understood in practice.
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NewsPoint of no return
One casualty of the sweeping reforms to electoral law proposed by the Law Commission may be the smug feeling that comes from being the only person watching election night to know why it’s the acting returning officer who stands up at the mic.
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NewsJury trials on hold until courts can be made safe
Lord chief justice's statement follows barrage of calls for trials to be stopped amid coronavirus crisis.
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OpinionCovid-19: Where is the SRA?
Regulator is already dangerously late in fulfilling its responsibilities to a profession reeling from a disaster.