All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1157
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Court napping
I have just seen the most amazing document. It is a Central London County Court order, dated 11 November 1993, following an application dated 10 November 1993. Contrast this with recent experience. In the same court, an application for a consent order was filed ...
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Criminal law
By Anthony Edwards, TV Edwards, London Guidance on offences taken into consideration ...
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Criminal procedure
Conspiracy to defraud – defects – execution – powers of entry – search and seizure – search warrants – lawfulness of issue and execution – football clubs
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Marriage vetting plan criticised
British Muslim lawyers have criticised plans to vet marriages between UK nationals and overseas partners for signs of coercion as misguided and overly intrusive. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) claimed last week that more than 70% of marriages between UK citizens and nationals from the Asian sub-continent ...
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Report reveals Society job cuts
The Law Society shed the equivalent of 51 full-time posts last year in its quest to become a 'lean, fit organisation', chief executive Des Hudson revealed this week.
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Damn statistics?
Derek Hill, director of the Criminal Defence Service at the LSC, trumpets the rise in criminal legal aid contracts and offices as evidence that practitioners still believe publicly funded work is 'profitable' (see [2008] Gazette, 5 June, 4).
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Deals of the week
Underground deal: Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised accountants Ernst & Young on transferring the undertakings of Metronet, the London Underground maintenance company that went into administration in July last year, to Transport for London (TfL). Ernst & Young was acting as ...
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Deals of the week
Biotech: Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised biotechnology company Vernalis on the sale of Apokyn, a treatment for Parkinson’s disease – and the sale of Vernalis’s US commercial operations – to French company Ipsen for $17.5 million (£9 million). Ipsen, advised by ...
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The long and short of disclosure
Case management is key to the appropriate level of disclosure under the Civil Procedure Rules, says Julie Exton In Nichia ...
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Full disclosure
Lawyers are incidental beneficiaries of the protections afforded by limited liability partnership (LLP) status.
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Employment
Asbestos – contributions – estoppel – indemnities – liabilities – mesothelioma – railways – settlements – recovery of damages
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Work ethics
I was interested to read Nicola Prior's letter 'Men's Club' (see [2008] Gazette, June 5, 11), particularly her comment that she has 'more work than I know what to do with'. If this is the case then presumably the answer is a) turn work away ...
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Putting yourself first
The duty criminal defence lawyers owe to their clients is being overridden in the cause of better court administration, says Matthew Hickling
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Fittest for purpose
As a solicitor in the provinces, I have been interested to note a consistent theme emerging from various legal periodicals, to the effect that a significant number of high-street legal practices are - in the words of a famous army private - 'doomed' unless they change.
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Rub of the greenish
Property law firm Pemberton Greenish backed a winner at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, after funding designer Paul Hensey's entry, entitled the Pemberton Greenish Recess Garden. Hensey's creation - opened by former England cricketer Mark Ramprakash and his first for Chelsea - was awarded the silver-gilt medal in the ...
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Taking the initiative
The Law Society must be in the vanguard of campaigning for pay equality within the legal profession, argues Nwabueze Nwokolo.
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Insolvency
Investigations – misrepresentation – public interest – pyramid selling – undertakings – winding-up petitions – unlawful lotteries – just and equitable winding-upSecretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform v Amway (UK) Ltd: ChD (Mr Justice Norris): 14 May 2008 The petitioner secretary of state presented a petition for ...
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Insolvency
Investigations – misrepresentation – public interest – pyramid selling – undertakings – winding-up petitions – unlawful lotteries – just and equitable winding-up
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Knowledge is power
As expert witnesses feature in an increasing number of disputes, Polly Botsford assesses how their influence is growing as the volume of work expands