All Law Gazette articles in 24 September 2018
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News
Magic circle solicitor gets High Court nod
Sarah Falk is one of only three solicitors appointed directly from private practice - and the first woman.
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Opinion
Lesson from Kavanaugh hearing: thank goodness for our system
We don’t know the politics of our Supreme Court justices and we don’t need to know.
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Legal aid: Low income defendants 'forced into poverty'
Law Society warns that defendants who have to pay a proportion of legal costs are struggling to maintain a decent standard of living.
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Opinion
Magistrates' courts: a legal sausage factory
Magistrates' numbers are falling, the listings system is chaotic and morale is low.
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News
Give shoppers instant price estimate, conveyancers told
Licensed conveyancers will have to publish cost and service information on their websites from December.
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Firms join university's legal tech initiative
Manchester consortium aims to look at impact of technology on the legal sector.
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Out-of-time appeals allowed after judgments sent to wrong addresses
Claimants had missed the 42-day deadline to make a challenge, but courts opts to exercise its discretion.
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Punish guilty barristers more quickly, says bar regulator
Some tribunal cases are taking two years or more to conclude, BSB says.
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'Beset by austerity': Ryder condemns justice underfunding
Senior president of tribunals echoes stinging remarks from a Supreme Court judge.
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Firm hire: Kidd joins family team
Derbyshire firm Banner Jones has expanded its Family Law team with the appointment of solicitor Adam Kidd to its Chesterfield office. Adam Kidd and Kelly Parks Adam Kidd and Kelly Parks, Banner Jones Kidd joins the team having completed his LPC at the University of Law in ...
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Turkey: Professional bodies submit concerns to UN
Dire position deteriorating as threats to lawyers are incorporated into law.
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SFO director rings changes with management shake-up
Lisa Osofsky announces two new roles will be created as well a secondee joining from US firm.
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London firm latest to line up trucks cartel claim
Edwin Coe says it has agreed a ‘no win, no fee’ deal with litigation funder.
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Dadds-Ince merger to create largest listed firm
Acquisition would create £114m turnover business with 14 offices.
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Firm hire: DWF appoints new catastrophic injury lawyer partner
Partner Owen Rees has been appointed to DWF’s Catastrophic Injury Team where he will join the Practice Group board to lead organic growth within the business’s Leeds office and nationally.
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Top-200 firm in Hertfordshire merger
Taylor Rose TTKW announces combination with Hertfordshire based Breeze & Wyles Solicitors.
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Opinion
Food for thought for new SFO chief
Two court rulings will give Lisa Osofsky plenty to think about as she continues her SFO baptism.
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Labour conference: civil servants should not be deciding people's liberty
Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti says judicial functions should be delegated only to staff with a minimum level of qualifications.
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City lawyers offer help to avoid Brexit data impasse
Protection of free movement of data first priority for City of London Law Society group.
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Firm hire: Wollen lures Lorimer back to Devon
Ellie Lorimer Ellie Lorimer (centre) with David Kendall, partner and Rebecca Procter, partner and head of family department, Wollen Michelmore Family solicitor Ellie Lorimer London solicitor has joined South Devon firm Wollen Michelmore after five years in London. She will be the family lead in the ...