All Law Gazette articles in 29 November 2021 – Page 2
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NewsEx-barrister who harassed former lover has life sentence quashed
Sentence was 'manifestly excessive and wrong in principle' Court of Appeal rules.
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ProfileBlueprint for family court monitoring mechanism unveiled
Pilot to commence next spring as domestic abuse and victims commissioners reveal details.
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News‘We’re freezing!’ Lawyers grumble as courts heating packs up
Solicitors and court staff are having to wear coats and gloves indoors as temperatures plunge.
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NewsRegulators and younger investors shift City priorities
Annual culture and conduct forum hears of shift from ’greed is good’.
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NewsLabour picks non-lawyer as shadow justice secretary
Steve Reed steps in to the shoes of David Lammy, promoted to the foreign secretary.
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News'Experienced' LiP refused adjournment for pro bono counsel's unavailability
Judge said absence of barrister in £5m professional negligence claim is significant but not overwhelming.
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OpinionNationality and Borders Bill will punish the people it purports to protect
Bill amounts to another nail in the coffin of the UK’s reputation as a country with respect for the rule of law.
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NewsOne third of big firms 'actively considering IPO'
Interest suggests demand is growing for external capital to fund expansion plans.
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NewsArbitration Act comes under the Law Commission’s microscope
Reform ‘may be required’ in face of competition from overseas jurisdictions.
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NewsLandmark privacy case begins at Supreme Court
Five justices consider whether someone under criminal investigation can have a reasonable expectation of privacy before they are charged.
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NewsCosts bill not valid because solicitor’s signature was illegible
High Court grants permission to appeal an order that the bill in a clinical negligence case was validly served.
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NewsConveyancers 'failed' in their leasehold duty, MPs told
Solicitors criticised during parliamentary debate on measure to abolish onerous ground rents.
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NewsEastern promise as growing firm swallows up local rival
Ashtons Legal now boasts a headcount of more than 400 across six offices in East Anglia.
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NewsContempt case against Russian oligarch revived by CoA
Applicants are not ‘under a duty to act wholly impartially or as if they had no legitimate private interest in the outcome’, Court of Appeal says.
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NewsIT crash firm says only a 'small proportion' of clients have moved
Simplify Group is continuing to restore systems three weeks after 'security incident'.
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NewsRaab invites ‘drastic and bold’ ideas to keep family matters out of court
Lord chancellor says as many as half of cases should be settled through ADR or mediation.
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NewsConveyancers face 'unjustified' negligence claims over stamp duty
HM Revenue & Customs unveils plans to end abuse of tax rules for mixed property and multiple dwellings.
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NewsSupreme Court allows DWP’s appeal over universal credit
The UK’s highest court held that a recent CJEU ruling has ‘binding force in its entirety on and in the United Kingdom’.
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NewsHarassment arrest breached journalist's human rights, ECtHR rules
Strasbourg court finds that police and courts failed to carry out a balancing exercise on article 8 and 10 rights.
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NewsLandmark privacy ruling not ‘novel, radical or surprising’, Supreme Court hears
A decision that a person under a criminal investigation has a reasonable expectation of privacy pre-charge is under appeal.
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