All Law Gazette articles in 28 October 2013 – Page 2
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FeatureNeeds, wants and principles
The High Court recently offered a useful starter pack in both planning and administrative law.
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OpinionNuclear vision
With the pace of new build about to quicken, our nuclear law expertise is urgently in need of renewal.
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Opinion
QC? Why not?
I believe the open market should allow me to provide advice on anything I can get someone to pay me money for.
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NewsTrainee retention rate steady
City firm Travers Smith has topped this year’s ranking for trainee retention, offering placements to 22 trainees or 95.7% of its 2013 intake.
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Law Report
Criminal law
Defendant appealing against conviction – Whether insanely held delusion on part of defendant being attacked or threatened causing him to respond violently entitling him to acquittal on basis of reasonable self-defence
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Law Report
Prisoner voting
Claimants both convicted of murder – Claimants unable under UK law to vote owing to convictions – Whether European Union law recognising right to vote on which claimants able to rely
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OpinionGuideline rates: why solicitors must engage
It really is in the profession’s interests to make sure the new guideline hourly rates reflect commercial reality.
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NewsPI firms join forces to buy out sector refugees
A Manchester consortium of PI firms has been formed to capitalise on market consolidation.
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NewsScots warm to flexible working
A quarter of Scotland’s solicitors work away from the office at least once a week.
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NewsTroubled Midlands firm goes under
Administrators say Hacking Ashton is in liquidation following a creditors’ meeting on Friday.
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NewsRedundancy claims from Challinors’ collapse may reach 150
The number of former employees seeking redundancy payouts from Challinors could be three times higher than the original estimate.
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NewsNew partners at Maples Teesdale
Specialist real estate firm Maples Teesdale has announced the arrival of two new commercial real estate partners.
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NewsSix new faces join consumer watchdog
The Legal Services Board has named the latest members of the consumer panel.
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OpinionState your identity
The government’s approach to electronic proofs of identity will have implications for solicitors in the near future.
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NewsThe courts are secular, says top family judge
Judges are no longer the guardians of public morality, Sir James Munby tells a Law Society conference.
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NewsCrime victims to get right to address courts directly
From December, judges will take into account victims’s personal statements when determining sentences, the victims’ minister says
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FeatureData page – October 2013
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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NewsLooming PII deadline could sink 176 firms
Firms that have not secured insurance cover by the end of today must cease practising.
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OpinionLegal aid is still available - but don’t tell anyone
The message that legal aid remains for many areas of law is not being heard. A new poster campaign aims to address the problem.
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OpinionPII: exit plans
A proactive plan will allow firms that fail to find insurance cover to retain an asset with considerable potential value.
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