All Law Gazette articles in 3 April 2017
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NewsAssisted dying judicial review fails
A ‘right to die’ case, similar to that brought by the late Tony Nicklinson, has failed in the High Court. A second high profile case continues.
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NewsUnion announces new ‘gig economy’ employment action
Case against UK Express will be on behalf of drivers who make deliveries for web giant Amazon.
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NewsFirms stash away £94k for a rainy day
Annual research also finds profits per equity partner increasing due to extra volumes of work.
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NewsCoffin Mew and Charles Lucas & Marshall agree merger
Deal will create £15m firm with offices in eight locations in southern England.
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NewsClifford Chance: businesses will face pressure to remedy human rights abuses
Large companies will come under increased pressure during 2017 to provide effective ‘remedies’ to victims of business-related human rights abuses.
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NewsSolicitors' anger over late night court pilot
Solicitors claim the plans could restrict access to justice
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NewsA&O targets tech collaboration
Magic circle firm hoping to work with technology companies at its London HQ.
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FeatureRisk and compliance conference: Brexit ‘plan B’ vital, Blacklaws tells firms
Law firms whose bottom line may be affected by Brexit must have a ‘plan B’ to reassure regulators they are preparing for the fallout.
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ProfileDiscount rate boosts schoolgirl’s damages
Leonie Millard acted for the first recipient of higher damages for a personal injury settlement
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NewsIn-house lawyers braced for a Byzantine Brexit
Law Society In-House Division looked at implications of leaving EU
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NewsNews focus: Loose circuit in judicial drive
Many City firms purport to be pleased when they discover a partner has applied for the bench, but the reality is that their aspiring judge risks being frozen out
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FeatureRisk and compliance conference: ‘Get your millennials involved in media strategies’
Millennials for whom the use of technology is almost an unconscious reflex must be in the sights of firms drawing up and revising social media and marketing policies.
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FeatureRisk and compliance conference: Don’t leave ethics to compliance officers, leading risk expert warns
Francis Dingwall warned 300 fellow solicitors gathered for this year’s Law Society Risk and Compliance conference not to ‘contract out’ ethical issues to compliance officers acting in isolation.
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Opinion
Sitting pretty in court
John Miller’s letter (13 March) reminds me of my own first day in court.
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FeatureDeveloping picture
Solicitors no longer have to count their CPD hours. Grania Langdon-Down reports on how this is affecting training and shaping the market for providers
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NewsSix weeks to plead on PI discount rate
Lord chancellor offered comfort to claimant lawyers by saying victims should be paid damages that compensate them ‘fully’.
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NewsFairground distraction
Experts may not be all they seem. In Hooten v Mississippi (1986) the defence called Marie B. Hill – who said she had given evidence in around 300 cases in Mississippi – as an expert witness, to show crucial handwriting was not that of Hooten.