All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1170
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Media and entertainment
Administration of justice – Broadcasting – Contempt of court – Fines – Sub judice Attorney general v ITV Central Ltd (2008): DC (Lord Justice Pill, Mr Justice King): 15 July 2008 ...
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Who should safeguard equality?
Whose job is it to make sure that the legal profession is not institutionally racist or sexist? It is an awkward question, but one that needs to be addressed urgently. There are, undeniably, serious issues to be tackled, not least because the majority of new entrants ...
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Family law
Local government – Adoption – Expert reports - Placement orders – Children Re B (children) sub nom (1) MJ (mother) (2) LB (father) v (1) Local Authority (2) CB, AB, MB (by their guardian EE) (2008): CA (Civ ...
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US firm promotes lawyer
PRIVATE PRACTICE Partners Regional firm Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons hires employment specialist Jeremy Nixon from Bird & Bird. The firm also promotes Graeme Fearon in the ...
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Indian niche firms pique UK/US interest
Indian lawyers are leaving traditional family firms in increasing numbers to set up niche corporate operations – which are then being courted by UK and US firms, new research has shown. UK and US firms are keen to form ties ahead of the Indian legal market ...
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Football frenzy
It’s a global footballing bonanza this week, and to kick off we have some homegrown talent. Eighteen-year-old Junior Bilal (inset), who works in the business support unit at Cumberland Ellis, is in Manchester playing for England (above) in the INAS-FID European Championship 2008.
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Making light of hard work
The relationship between trainees and law firms is heavily biased in favour of the latter
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Immigration
Human rights – Asylum seekers – Proportionality - Remittal TG (Central African Republic) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2008): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Buxton, Keene):15 July 2008 ...
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Leeds: legal powerhouse
Leeds’ legal market is so strong, some even believe it has become overcrowded. What makes the city so attractive to law firms?
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Protecting a valuable species
The Court of Protection must address the ‘catastrophic impact’ of the Mental Capacity Act on visitors. Court of Protection (CoP) appointed deputies, managing the affairs of those who lack mental capacity, and receivers (pre-Mental Capacity Act 2005), benefited substantially over the years from the wisdom and ...
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Victory for firm over client account funds
Irwin Mitchell has won approval to claim funds paid on account even though the client’s finances were later subject to a restraint order. The national firm was acting for a client facing a Revenue & Customs investigation, who paid £5,000 on account of costs into its ...
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HIPs questionnaire 'biased against solicitors'
The proposed home information pack (HIP) questionnaire has been branded a ‘crude attempt’ to help non-solicitor pack providers and push solicitors out of the conveyancing market. A year after the introduction of the controversial packs, the government has launched a consultation to add an extra document ...
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Call to divide AG's dual role
Parliamentary support for the government’s decision not to split the Attorney General’s legal and political functions has attracted scathing criticism from experts. Last Thursday, the Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill published its report that, controversially, ignored the advice of the Justice Committee to ...
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Helpline to make appointments at law firms for legal aid clients
A pilot helpline enabling civil legal aid clients to book face-to-face appointments with solicitors could boost the numbers of people receiving publicly funded advice, the chairman of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) has told the Gazette. The Legal Services Commission (LSC) launched the trial Community ...
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Blast from the past
It does worry me when our own professional magazine still thinks that writs exist (‘Solicitor slaps writ on county court’, [2008] Gazette, 24 July, 3), when they were abolished (at least in terms of the issue of an originating action) in 1999 with the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules ...
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Blunt words from the sharp end
Why should executive directors at the LSC earn so much more than those at the sharp end of legal services? I see that the Legal Services Commission (LSC) is advertising for no less than three executive directors at salaries of up to £140K each, ‘possibly more ...
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Challenging times
The new President of the Law Society looks at what lies ahead for the profession The presidency of the Law Society of England and Wales is a great privilege, and I consider myself particularly fortunate in having Robert Heslett as Vice-President and Linda Lee as Deputy ...
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Chancel be a fine thing
The providers of chancel repair searches and insurance have displayed an enviable instinct for business, but some of their advertising is lamentably wide of the mark. ChancelCheck’s paperwork features the west front of Westminster Abbey, which is not a parish church and therefore (perhaps fortunately ...
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Courting controversy
The time has come for the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court to stand down Radovan Karadzic’s first appearance at the United Nations war crimes tribunal last week must have come as a welcome distraction for those working at ...