All Law Gazette articles in 6 December 2021 – Page 4
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News
Solicitor used estate money to clear overdraft while client was in prison
Practitioner failed to secure monies intended for vulnerable client from his dead mother’s estate.
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News
Shifting shadows
On the subject of career trajectories, does Obiter detect a hint of mischief-making in Sir Keir Starmer’s opposition front-bench reshuffle?
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Feature
We can work it out
Commercial mediation is on the rise and being pushed hard to keep cases out of our congested courtrooms.
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Opinion
Plugged in to the network
It was an interesting moment when Bim Afolami MP used his keynote slot at a City forum to tell attendees they were wrong on diversity.
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News
Local heroes
What do HG Wells, David Bowie, Julie Andrews, Dina Asher-Smith and Emma Raducanu have in common?
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Opinion
Raab shows his hand on rights revision
We can revise the Human Rights Act ‘in a smarter way’ without touching on core fundamental rights, Dominic Raab promised MPs last week.
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Opinion
A difficult match – marriage and the law
Religion and Marriage Law: The Need for Reform | Russell Sandberg
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News
No, really, delighted to be here
Given how much he had reportedly resisted a move from the Foreign Office to the Ministry of Justice, lord chancellor Dominic Raab probably hoped that his appearance before the justice committee might suffer the sort of delays he has inherited in the court system.
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Feature
SDT decisions and interventions
Decisions filed recently with the Law Society (which may be subject to appeal).
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Opinion
Commodifying an element
Fresh Water in International Law (2nd edition) | Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
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News
City firms to fund social welfare lawyers
Elite law firms respond to legal advice crisis with £10,000 contributions to new training scheme.
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News
Tribunal slashes costs awards to SRA
SDT granted regulator £3.9m in costs following prosecution in past two years, compared with £6m costs awarded in previous two years.
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News focus: Pre-charge anonymity - a presumption of privacy
Sir Cliff Richard’s legal battle with the BBC fuelled debate about pre-charge anonymity. Now high-profile cases ZXC and Sicri have highlighted that courts will no longer tolerate invasions of privacy.