9 April 2018
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Will the bashful barrister bare all?
Why the anonymity of the legal blogger who has become an indispensable source with new book?
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Smooth as Silk? Not quite...
The old dictum ‘You may have your choice of counsel but not the counsel of your choice’ seems to have cropped up recently in the Northern Ireland case over whether a defendant had to have a silk represent him. The question whether a good junior is better than a poor ...
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News focus: gender pay expectations gap
Excluding equity partners effectively allows many firms to constrict their gender pay gap. But the tide has turned and more realistic figures have come in — what do they tell us?
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First digital mortgage signed
HM Land Registry annouced the first digital mortgage deed has been entered into the Land Register.
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Alarm at mass jailing of Turkish lawyers
Five professional associations, including the Law Society, have stepped up international pressure over what they say is the arbitrary arrest, detention and wrongful prosecution of lawyers in Turkey. In an open letter to the Turkish president, they call attention to reports that at least 580 lawyers have been arrested, 1,539 ...
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Feature
SDT: Nicholas John Carr, Stephen John Benson, Paul Andrew Brown, Mark Adrian Gibson, Jeremy Mark Green and Richard Mark Dean Webb
The SDT was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the respondents’ admissions had been properly made.
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SDT: Nicholas John Carr, Stephen John Benson, Paul Andrew Brown, Mark Adrian Gibson, Jeremy Mark Green, Richard Mark Dean Webb, James Michael Boyd and Stephen Thornton
The SDT ordered that the eighth respondent should pay a fine of £2,500.
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SDT: Nicholas John Carr, Stephen John Benson, Paul Andrew Brown, Mark Adrian Gibson, Jeremy Mark Green, Richard Mark Dean Webb, James Michael Boyd and Stephen Thornton
The seventh respondent was ordered to pay costs of £10,000.
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World service
In its 96th year, the International Court of Arbitration is striving to maintain an edge over rival forums.