All Law Gazette articles in 29 January 2018
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NewsOver the line advertising
Staying with a sporting theme, we note that while the introduction of video referees has received a mixed reaction in football, the ‘third eye’ is long-established in other sports.
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FeatureApplying for relief against forfeiture
Macmillan Cancer Support v Hayes [2017] EWHC 3110 (Ch)
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NewsEuropean backing for agreement to protect rights of lawyers
Council of Europe body approves recommendation to draft a convention.
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NewsWe’ll always have Dudley, darling
Brierley Hill, near Dudley, may be charming but it is no Love Island. Midlands firm Higgs & Sons may disagree, however.
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FeatureAmerican revolution
Leading City firms are feeling the heat as London’s US contingent vacuums up top talent and climbs the deal rankings. Marialuisa Taddia reports
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NewsLeasehold extension cost appeal quashed
Campaigners had hoped that legal challenge would slash costs of extending a lease.
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NewsChallenges over costs ‘not going to go away’
Claimant lawyers warned not to expect any let-up in litigation from former clients demanding to know why their damages have been reduced.
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FeatureInsight: Will Parliament draw a line under boundary disputes?
New bill could resolve expensive problem, says Stewart Title’s Robert Kelly
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ProfileYouTube star won revenge porn damages
Dr Ann Olivarius, McAllister Olivarius and AO Advocates
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OpinionEnd divorce marketing puff
I am a card-carrying member of the Co-op. Nevertheless, I cannot be the only one taken aback by its claim over launching its ‘new online divorce service’ (news, 16 January).
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OpinionNot good enough, LSB
Why does the super-regulator only care about a select few of its statutory objectives?
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NewsNews focus: Judicial power and the left
An acclaimed new film depicts the US Supreme Court reining in Richard Nixon. Here, the time may be right for a left-right consensus over whether judicial power has gone too far
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FeatureLitigation funding poised to go global
New and innovative products are establishing third-party funding as a staple of the UK claims market – other jurisdictions will follow
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FeatureRound the houses
Digitisation, liability for identity fraud and cybercrime are among urgent challenges facing residential conveyancers. Grania Langdon -Down reports
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OpinionRed-faced over new job offer
Your recent articles and letters about notifying trainees of whether they will be offered a post with the firm after completing their training contract brings back a memory which, at the time, made me want the earth to swallow me up whole.
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OpinionTime to resurrect Justice
After the government reshuffled its ‘middle-ranking’ justice secretary, David Gauke should act now to restore the role of lord chancellor
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NewsWhite Knight
Richard Burgon, solicitor and MP for East Leeds, took time out from haranguing the government over prisons privatisation last week to attend to a much more important constituency matter.