All Law Gazette articles in 30 October 2017
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News
New look Junior Lawyers Division revealed
Committee will be tasked with keeping an eye on issues affecting young lawyers, including the SQE.
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News
Rogue companies suffer £1m loss from MedCo clampdown
Annual report says scheme had to spend disproportionate amount on policing medics and solicitors.
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News
Bar Conference: New five-year plan for appointing judges
The Judicial Appointments Commission is to publish an unprecedented forward programme for appointing judges in a bid to boost the appeal of the bench to candidates from all backgrounds. The five-year plan, running from 2017-2022, will enable aspiring judges to identify ‘clear pathways’ to office and help candidates decide which ...
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Bar Conference: Chambers 'price war' and 'collusion' fears over fee transparency
Barristers and solicitors should be forced to publish prices online, conference hears.
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Bar Conference: We don't accept your constraints, chair tells government
Andrew Langdon QC says treatment of profession ’borders on contempt’.
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Look to Scotland for community sentencing benefits - thinktank
Centre for Justice Innovation says reoffending rates are at an 18-year low across the border.
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Concern for detained Egyptian lawyer
Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy remains in detention after arrest on way to address United Nations - about unlawful detentions.
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Firm hire: Mackrell Turner Garrett
Mackrell Turner Garrett expands its corporate and commercial expertise with new appointment.
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Firm hire: Keoghs
Expansion continues for Keoghs with launch of Marine, Ports and Offshore team.
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News
'Conveyancing factories' with inexperienced juniors can delay transactions
Law firm chief executive calls for greater transparency to improve home buying process.
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News
Regulators can be taken to employment tribunals, Supreme Court rules
Solicitors Regulation Authority supported the General Medical Council in case.
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News
Deprivation of liberty safeguards scheme 'increasingly unsustainable'
Government's interim response appears to support Law Commission's call to replace 'carousel-like process'.
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Opinion
Whistleblowing: Harder but more crucial than ever
A culture of hostility towards whistleblowing and self-accountability will create a system with no public trust and confidence.
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New rules to tackle 'monster' of civil disclosure
Not all cases justify a Rolls-Royce approach, working group behind proposals says.
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Analysis
I could have qualified over two years ago but my firm refused to sign off my log-book as there was no role for me
Firm stalling on executive uplift.
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News
Interim statute bills must contain disbursements, court rules
Appeal supports decision that clients must be given adequate information to challenge a law firm’s bill.
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MoJ to fix prisoner voting rights 'anomaly'
Lord chancellor says changes address points raised in 2005 Hirst judgment against total ban.
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Law Report
Gambling
Supreme Court held dishonesty was not an additional legal element of cheating at gambling.