All Law Gazette articles in 4 December 2017 – Page 3
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Feature
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News
New appointment for Lucy Scott-Moncrieff
House of Lords Commissioner for Standards and former Law Society President, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff CBE, has been appointed to the members’ advisory board of mutual Wesleyan. The board was established in 2005 to ensure that the voices of Wesleyan’s members and its professional customers are represented at the highest level. ...
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News
Firm builds closer barrister links with pupillage scheme
Pepperells says clients increasingly like to have all services under one roof.
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News
New-build leaseholds to be outlawed
Government announces measures to end unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system.
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News
Names are revealed of five solicitors taking silk
Successful applicants among 119 new QC appointments announced today.
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News
CPS reveals reasons for dismissing 15 lawyers
MPs told of sickness absence, gross misconduct, negligence and criminal conviction.
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Opinion
End of the road for Yugoslav war crimes court
Indictees who died were the only ones to evade The Hague tribunal.
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News
False claims doctor ordered to pay back £183k
London medic had invoiced for physiotherapy sessions from individual who did not exist.
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News
Firm promotions: Bedell Cristin
Bedell Cristin bolsters its management team through two appointments.
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News
Society calls for disclosures of conveyancing referral fees
Timely sharing of information the key to improving the home buying process, Chancery Lane tells government.
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News
LASPO review should consider basic right to access to justice - MPs
Supreme Court judgment on employment tribunal fees may have moved the goalposts, says justice committee.
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News
Court rules ex-clients not entitled to copies of firm's documents
Former clients had wanted material to challenge a costs bill, offering to pay 15p per page.
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News
Solicitor jailed for 20 years for child sex abuse
Glen Bartlett, who practised in mental health in Essex, sentenced for 'vile' offences in 1970s and 1980s.
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News
Government rules out review of legal services regulation
Justice minister says profession can do more to reform itself without intervention.
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News
Firm loses appeal against loss of 'dishonest' fees
District judge had said conduct of solicitor was sufficiently egregious to disallow costs.
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News
Welsh tribunals get their own senior judge
Appointment of president of Welsh tribunals marks further step towards separate jurisdiction.
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News
Government has £31m left to refund after fees ruling
Refund process for employment tribunal claims was fully rolled out in November.