All Law Gazette articles in 7 January 2022
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ProfileMy legal life: Saadiya Ahmad, UEL Legal Advice Centre
Director of the University of East London’s Legal Advice Centre, senior lecturer in law and senior solicitor at Dexter Henry Solicitors.
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NewsNews focus: 'Dr Bitcoin' lawyers up for courtroom jamboree
A torrent of litigation relating to Bitcoin appears to have scotched the crypto-visionary dream of technology rendering lawyers redundant.
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OpinionMuch more than just a funny book
Nothing Like the Truth: The Trials and Tribulations of a Criminal Judge | Nigel Lithman QC
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FeatureLaw at Cambridge – why bother?
Eduardo Reyes hears from the masters of two Cambridge colleges as they make their case.
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NewsNews focus: Yorkshire law firm bucks trend and branches out
As tumbleweed blows through solicitors’ offices across the land, one firm keeps opening more of them. Launching a new branch ‘feels like a good news story’, says Ison Harrison
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OpinionCriminal defence: dead in a decade?
Criminal Bar Association figures show that 22% of juniors and 46% of QCs have left the criminal bar during the last five years.
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FeatureLeft hanging
Imprisonment for public protection swiftly became a policy without supporters. Abolished in 2012, why are so many prisoners still caught in its clutches? Catherine Baksi reports
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OpinionRaab’s resonant rights reformation
How serious is Dominic Raab about strengthening the credibility of human rights?
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OpinionRoom service
With hybrid working set to become the default, it is refreshing to report on a law firm that is bucking the trend.
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FeatureHer master's voice
Arriving as students in 1980s Cambridge was ‘daunting’, but now two former solicitors use skills gained in law to lead two of the university’s oldest colleges. Eduardo Reyes talks to Pippa Rogerson and Loretta Minghella
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NewsFiduciary duty breaches do not need to go to High Court, costs judge rules
‘An argument that a contract should be set aside [does not] of itself’ mean the case ought to be dealt with by the High Court.
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NewsIncrease in judicial retirement age could help diversity, MPs told
Raising the mandatory limit would present ‘a huge opportunity’ for women and late starters, former lord chancellor says.
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OpinionRole models are key to improving diversity in the profession
As a first-generation lawyer from a minority ethnic background, I stepped into a career that seemed daunting and challenging, writes Shaheen Mamun.
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NewsJoint practitioner group mooted to fight legal aid cuts
Edward Henry QC says Criminal Practitioner Association could wield the 'hard stick' during government negotiations.
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NewsCounsel’s fee stripped back for claim settled two weeks before trial
Claimant had argued for small reduction on basis of ‘lost opportunity’ to take on other work.
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NewsUse of secondary legislation ‘dangerous for democracy’, peers warn
A lack of legislative scrutiny is ‘turning parliament into a graveyard of democracy’, the House of Lords hears.
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NewsGrowing Yorkshire firm hands ownership over to employee trust
Ison Harrison eschews other merger options to offer staff chance to buy stake in the business.
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