All Law Gazette articles in 25 September 2017
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NewsBach calls for human right to legal aid
Former justice minister’s report argues individuals are no longer guaranteed reasonable legal assistance as a result of legal aid cuts.
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NewsNews focus: Bach to square one?
With the rule of law under sustained attack, the Bach Commission wants higher spending and a replacement for the much-maligned Legal Aid Agency. Will the government listen?
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News160 all out for SJ
Obiter is saddened to hear of the demise of Solicitors Journal, the oldest (and for many years the only) publication aimed at our branch of the profession. The final edition appears tomorrow. From its first number in January 1857, the Journal took a broad view of legal interests, for instance ...
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ProfileActed for cyclist after pedestrian died
Who? Dale Beeson, solicitor-advocate at DPP Law, Romford. Why is he in the news? Represented cyclist Charlie Alliston, who was sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders institution last week after knocking over a woman in London last year. Kim Briggs died of her injuries a week later. Alliston ...
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NewsAI will severely disrupt legal services, says futurologist
Artificial intelligence is neither artificial nor intelligent – but it will severely disrupt the legal services world, according to the keynote speaker at this week’s Law Society conference ‘Legal services in a data-driven world’. Futurologist Dave Coplin says that essential skills for the digital society will be ‘creativity, empathy and ...
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NewsEscape from Alcatraz
We do not often celebrate a solicitor’s escape from jail, but here is an exception. Jonathan Throp (pictured centre), a partner at Pearson Hards Solicitors in New Malden, Surrey, has survived the notorious two-kilometre swim from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco. Throp says: ‘It is challenging partly due to the ...
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NewsLegal Wales: LCJ highlights devolution ambiguity
The outgoing lord chief justice devoted his final speech in the role to outlining major themes shaping the future of the justice sector – most notably the ‘huge retrenchment’ in what the state is willing to pay for. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd also alluded to the lack of a defined ...
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NewsDeath becomes her at Old Bailey
Florence Earengey sat in on the Beatrice Pace murder trial when her husband was junior counsel to Norman Birkett, but the first woman to lead in a murder case at the Old Bailey was Venetia Stephenson. She defended William Holmyard, charged with the December 1928 murder of his 72-year-old grandfather. ...
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NewsLegal Wales: ‘Second-rate talent’ fear over Brexit
Professor warns offering migrants short working periods will discourage them from coming to Wales to begin with.
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Green cost caps ruling
Environmental groups and the Ministry of Justice both claimed victory following a ruling on cost caps on environmental challenges. In The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Others v the Secretary of State for Justice and the Lord Chancellor, Mr Justice Dove ruled that cost-cap hearings should be ...
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OpinionCardiff: Our launch pad for expansion
Wales has established itself as a centre of opportunity for advisers.
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OpinionLeave Russia in the cold
Council of Europe must stand firm on Russia or it might as well shut down.
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FeatureEducation and training: Testing times
With three years to go until implementation of the new ‘super-exam’, concerns remain about what this controversial revamp will mean for the profession.
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FeatureEmerging Welsh law and procedure
In the first of a regular update, Richard Owen reports on legislative and legal policy developments that apply solely to Wales.
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OpinionTime to go?
Knowing when to call it a day is difficult. But work – however rewarding – is a prelude to all the possibilities available in retirement.
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