All Law Gazette articles in 26 August 2019
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NewsSolicitor fined for ‘puerile’ social media posts
Harmal Singh Paul posted 130 messages over the space of 10 months.
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NewsSlater and Gordon faces £63m counterclaim in Quindell fallout
Watchstone Group, formerly known as Quindell, brings its own proceedings ahead of showdown October trial.
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NewsLaw centres prepare to protest over flexible operating hours
Six-month pilots at Brentford and Manchester courts will begin on Monday.
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NewsFreshfields settles for €50m in German tax advice dispute
The magic circle firm was sued in April over advice it gave on controversial 'cum-ex' trades.
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NewsInternational firm acts for former PM in prorogation challenge
Herbert Smith Freehills has been instructed to help Sir John Major in intervention.
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Law ReportFood and drugs: food unfit for human consumption
Court refers questions to CJEU in dispute concerning available means of challenging a decision that a slaughtered carcass was unfit for human consumption.
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OpinionBlog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: the importance of a lunch break.
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NewsHMCTS fails to meet online plea satisfaction benchmark
Public Accounts Committee told that Single Justice Procedure target one of four milestones 'not met'.
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NewsMiscarriage of justice fears over call centre 'meltdown'
Criminal defence practitioners fear detainees are going into police station interviews alone.
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OpinionLet the public have a good sniff around court
Open days are a great way to help people understand the justice system. We need to arrange more.
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NewsBaker McKenzie toasts rising profits
International firm reports a 2% rise in net income and a 3% rise in partner profit.
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NewsGina Miller instructs Article 50 team to challenge Johnson
Former Supreme Court justice says PM's decision to prorogue parliament is politically shocking but lawful.
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NewsPwC hails upturn in trainee diversity
Nearly half of the firm’s new legal trainees are from minority or disadvantaged backgrounds.
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NewsSenior judges neglecting barristers' wellbeing says CBA chair
Chris Henley QC says criminal courts are ‘needlessly hostile to diversity and family life’.
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NewsA phoney fraud epidemic: when stats don’t speak for themselves
Detected fraud is through the roof, in all but reality.
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NewsTechnology and medical ethics experts appointed law commissioners
Professors Sarah Green and Penney Lewis will join the Law Commission in January.
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NewsHogan Lovells partner rebuked after nanny discrimination ruling
Sylvain Dhennin was ordered last September to pay more than £17,000 to former employee.
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NewsParliament shut-down puts justice bills under threat
Boris Johnson’s intention to prorogue parliament could lead to a halt on divorce, court and domestic abuse reform.
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NewsSolicitor advocates attack SRA standards review
The Solicitors’ Association of Higher Courts Advocates accuses the regulator of favouring barristers and relying on flimsy evidence.
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OpinionHow a Clifford-Turner partner was first to fall
Eighty years ago today, City solicitor John Noel Isaac became the first Briton to die in active service in the second world war.