All Law Gazette articles in 3 February 2020
View all stories from this issue.
-
OpinionLetters roundup - 3 February 2020
Criminally unbalanced justice and a mediation pitfall: your letters to the editor.
-
-
OpinionAn insider’s account of the ‘Brenda agenda’
What stopped Lady Hale becoming president of the UK Supreme Court in 2012? If she had succeeded Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (pictured, right), Hale would have had a good seven years in the top job instead of little more than two.
-
NewsLand Registry to make announcement on fees
Deputy chief executive says HM Land Registry is open to considering fee rise.
-
OpinionClear and concise guide to a complex area
Child Care and Protection: Law and Practice (6th Edition) | Safda Mahmood and Julie Doughty
-
-
-
-
-
ProfileLawyer in the news: Jim Varley, Devonshires
Who? Jim Varley, partner, Devonshires, London. Why is he in the news? Represented liquidator Stephen Hunt in a landmark case concerning which directors’ duties survive the insolvency of a company. In Systems Building Services Group Limited [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch), the court ruled that a director cannot expect to be ...
-
NewsTime for diversity targets?
As a new report berates the lack of diversity in key ‘feeder’ roles of recorder and deputy High Court judge, efforts to propel more solicitors on to the bench are set to gain fresh momentum
-
OpinionElephants in the room
Huge numbers of poorer people who are eligible for legal aid just aren’t aware.
-
-
ProfileFirst past the post
In-house Solicitor of the Year Chris Fox runs a team of deal-enablers who ‘don’t sit in an ivory tower’, hears Jonathan Rayner.
-
FeatureForum shopping
Arbitration centres are intensifying cross-border competition for ‘footloose’ disputes, reports Marialuisa Taddia. So which jurisdictions are getting ahead in the race?
-
NewsSteady Freddie
Solicitor Baldwin instructed Jeremy Hutchinson QC to defend Christine Keeler on a perjury charge.
-
FeatureLegal needs: Seeking professional help
Last week saw publication of the biggest ever survey of legal needs in England and Wales, commissioned by the Law Society and umbrella regulator the Legal Services Board.
-
-
NewsProbate sub-registries close their doors across England and Wales
Chief executive of HMCTS says further closures will not delay the arrival of grants of probate.
-
NewsBecome more like management consultants, City partner advises colleagues
The emergence of systems that predict the outcomes of cases has prompted ‘a change of mind set’ among lawyers.