All Law Gazette articles in 4 December 2017
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News
Scottish firm's weekend service piles pressure on conveyancers
Gilson Gray says it will offer more than just someone at the end of a call.
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News
BLP borrows £25m as top-earner takes home £1.4m
City firm’s 2017 accounts reveal sharp rise in short-term borrowing.
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Opinion
Why we must root out client overcharging
PI solicitors who simply ignore the contractual terms and deduct 25% of damages come what may must be brought to account.
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News
Parole chief announces transparency consultation amid Worboys furore
Professor Nick Hardwick issues statement after three-member panel decided to release 'black cab rapist'.
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Feature
Reforming the law on wills
Luke Watson has four predictions about the outcome of the Law Commission’s review on wills.
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News
Accident claims company director fined for inventing crash
Miles Savory wanted to obtain contact details of owner of car registration plate he wanted to buy.
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News
Minority ethnic students lagging behind in LPC success
Figures published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority also reveal stark contrast between training providers.
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Opinion
Time to celebrate law's top earners
Law firm profits are earned not hustled - let’s celebrate that.
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News
Judicial reforms have had little impact on gender diversity
London School of Economics study analyses judicial appointments between 1996 and 2006.
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Law Report
Prisons
The appellant was a serving prisoner at a state-run prison. He was a non-smoker and suffered from a number of health problems, which were exacerbated by tobacco smoke, including hypertension and coronary heart disease.
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News
A selection of our top headlines from 2017
HEADLINE ‘Breathtakingly rude’: law firm under fire over insolvency threats Mishcon’s £1m ID fraud bill sounds alarm bells £24,000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test Prisons and Courts Bill scrapped ...
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News
Judge intervenes to stem 'flood' of costs challenges
Disclosure refusal by costs court attempts to address increasing number of disputes over historic bills.
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News
Government widens legal aid scope for prison law
Ministry of Justice says changes to three work categories will come into force next month.
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News
Junior lawyers quizzed over mental health
Survey to be sent to young lawyers to follow up previous exercise revealing levels of high stress.
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News
A&O's top-earner makes nearly £70,000 a week
Accounts show that partners enjoyed a six-figure boost to earnings from currency conversion.
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Opinion
Gender diversity hiring – How to make it work
Women shouldn’t be expected to change their communication style in job interviews in order to convince you of their value, argues Anja Skvortsova.
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Law Report
Personal injury
The claimant was injured and her husband killed while on an excursion in Egypt which they had booked through their hotel.
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News
PI firm collapses with loss of 24 jobs - but sector upbeat for 2018
Despite pending reforms and a lengthening casualty list, most personal injury firms are bullish about their business prospects for the coming year.