All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1155
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Mind the pay gap
I read last week's letter 'cheap labour' with interest (see [2008] Gazette, 29 May, 11). There is undoubtedly an issue with regard to employees within the same organisation being paid differently to staff in similar roles. I do not think that it is contentious to say that this problem is ...
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Local government law
By Nicholas Dobson, Pinsent Masons, Leeds Pleasing the people: legitimate expectation ...
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Law reports
MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT Human rights - celebrities - children - photographs David Murray (by his litigation friends (1) Neil Murray (2) Joanne Murray) v Big Pictures ...
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Leeds leads
Your article on the growing legal scene in Manchester was entitled 'second city?' (see [2008] Gazette, 22 May, 18), but it did not substantiate that headline. Rather, you factually reported the undoubted strengths of the Manchester region.
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Luxury lifestyles
I have just read last week's front page article, 'City litigators dismiss "liability crisis" claim'. It brought to mind the recent case of Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National PLC and others. In that one case, where the various financial institutions effectively sang from the ...
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Shining a light
Ministers need guidance on anti-terror legislation, but can judges properly give it to them?
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No logo
Why does the Law Society need to spend £450,000 on a national advertising campaign? Surely all we need to do is follow the example of our colleagues in the surveyor's profession and utilise the logo of our representative body. We all like the Law Society's logo. Your correspondents repeatedly lament ...
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Which way next?
If Which? is to move from being an independent critic of legal services to set up its own law firm (see [2008] Gazette, 29 May, 1), then it can hardly claim to be 'the brand that conveys... credibility'. Perhaps it should change its name from 'Which?' to 'Us'. ...
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Test story for Obiter
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Salary survey reveals
By Anita Rice Black and minority ethnic (BME) solicitors earn 17% less than white solicitors, while women solicitors earn 7.6% ...
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Firms face £10,000 fine for unregistered foreign staff
EMPLOYMENT: only one legal practice signed up with agency
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Magic circle firm Linklaters promotes 28 to the partnership
PRIVATE PRACTICE Partners Kicking off in London, US firm McDermott Will & Emery recruits John P Cogan Jr as partner and head of global projects and infrastructure, based in ...
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Accidents happen – but what can be published?
Media law update: PCC privacy adjudication, Paul Kirkland and Wiltshire Gazette & Herald
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Lawyers attack accounting exemption for foreign LLPs
TRADING: 'obvious unfairness' on financial statements Leading lawyers have criticised the government's decision not to force overseas limited liability ...
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Unregistered solicitors risk Data Protection Act breach
Solicitors who are not registered under the Data Protection Act will be presumed to be in breach of the act, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) warned this week. The ICO revealed that recent prosecutions of London solicitors are part of a blanket crackdown on solicitors and ...
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Call for advice centre evaluation
REPORT: fears raised over independence of CLACs as government announces six more The Advice Services Alliance (ASA) has warned that the new community legal advice centres (CLACs) might not be sufficiently independent of funding bodies to avoid conflicts of interest, as the government unveils plans for six new ...
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Wealth adviser targets law
LEGAL SERVICES ACT: expenses insurer DAS names Bristol quarry A leading wealth and talent management company has signalled its intention ...
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Appeals procedures
I do not agree with John Ford's claim that legal aid costs appeals are being unfairly undertaken (see [2008] Gazette, 5 June, 12). I would like to reassure Mr Ford that the Legal Services Commission's (LSC) South Tyneside (formerly Newcastle) office deals with each request ...