All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1185
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Lord Hunt to head regulation review
A former cabinet minister, Lord Hunt of Wirral (the solicitor David Hunt), is to head the Law Society’s review of professional regulation. Lord Hunt, who was senior partner at Beachcroft between 1996 and 2005, is chairman of Beachcroft’s financial services division. Between 1979 and 1995 ...
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Redundancy help for lawyers
Solicitors faced with redundancy – together with the 700 already made jobless since the financial crisis began – are to receive urgent help from the Law Society. The Society has prepared guidance to help practitioners with advice on negotiating redundancy packages, working notice periods, continuing professional ...
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Personal injury
Clinical negligence – Consent to treatment – Neurological disorders – Duty of care Janet Birch v University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: QBD (Mr Justice Cranston): 29 September 2008 ...
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A matter of principles
The aim of the Law Society’s regulation review is to protect the public while also supporting the profession. Regulation sets the standards by which all solicitors are judged. At its best it offers clients a sense of security by assuring them that a professional is looking ...
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Victory for science
In your article ‘Down on the Farm’ (see [2008] Gazette, 25 September, 16) you quoted a Welsh firm of commercial solicitors stating that it was essentially fear of political fallout which motivated the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to call off the proposed badger cull in the ...
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Stalemate in Strasbourg
Why Russia holds the key to creating a streamlined European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights has become a victim of its own success. Applications are up by 23% compared with last year. There are some 95,000 cases pending. Last month, the ...
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Magic circle target $1bn Indian market
A number of magic circle, ‘top 50’ and specialist boutique firms are on the brink of signing deals to outsource legal work to India, according to legal process outsourcing (LPO) company CPA Global. Chris Veator, executive vice president at CPA North America, told the Gazette that the company plans to ...
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Tough training pays off at the O2
Solicitors just can’t stop running – perhaps it’s the best training for dealing with legal services reform and City meltdown. Angie Crush, Vanda James and Abigail Harding, of Warners Solicitors, braved torrential rain and gale-force winds to complete London’s ‘Run to the Beat’ half-marathon. The race started and finished at ...
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Criminal: trials in absence, youth crime, hearsay
Where a defendant fails to appear for trial and the judge is sure that he has deliberately absented himself, it is necessary to proceed in the defendant’s absence (R v Anthony Jones [2003] 1 AC1).
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'Conflicts' cost accident victims dear
Lax regulation and ‘systemic conflicts of interest’ have deprived motor accident victims of legal advice and encouraged them to accept reduced compensation from insurers, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) alleged this week. APIL’s chief executive Denise Kitchener described as ‘institutionalised’ the practice of third-party ...
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A hard act to follow
Lord Bingham was the perfect person to address the recent Conference of World City Bar Leaders.
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Thistle be the youngest advocate yet
They are getting younger. Since May 2008 Morgan Rees at West Midlands firm Bell Lax has been proud to bear the title of the youngest solicitor-advocate (see [2008] Gazette, 8 May, 8). He gained his higher rights aged 24 years and 297 days. However, his claim to fame has been ...
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Turnout looks to be low for Law Society's 'afiliate' ballot
Turnout for a Law Society ballot to create a new ‘affiliate’ category has been low, anecdotal evidence suggests. The postal ballot closes tomorrow. Affiliate status would be open to certain categories of non-solicitors working in the legal services market. Past President ...
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Arbitration guidelines
Simpler, cheaper, quicker – cross-border arbitrators are working with new guidelines from the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. The American Arbitration Association (AAA), through its international arm, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), issued new guidelines to arbitrators this year, effective from May 31. They ...
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Arbitration
Conflict of laws – Insolvency – Applicable law – Arbitration agreements – EC law (1) Josef Syska acting as the administrator of Elektrim SA (in bankruptcy) (2) Elektrim SA (in bankruptcy) v (1) Vivendi Universal SA (2) Vivendi ...
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Regulation: 'There are no "no-go" areas' - Lord Hunt
Lord Hunt of Wirral has stressed that he has a ‘completely open mind’ on the likely outcome of his profession-wide review of regulation. The former cabinet minister, solicitor David Hunt, said he had agreed his own terms of reference for the exercise, which was commissioned by the Law Society. ...
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Judge intervenes as VHCC barristers' row rocks trial
A judge has stepped in to try to prevent a trial being derailed by the row over barristers’ refusal to do very high cost criminal cases (VHCC). Several defendants in a case listed for trial at Oxford Crown Court early next year have been unable to ...
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Let the Hunt begin
Rare opportunity for grassroots lawyers to make their voices heard. Few subjects in the Gazette’s ambit generate such impassioned opinions as regulation. Every week our postbag is guaranteed to contain numerous missives from lawyers taking a swipe at the Solicitors Regulation Authority and/or Legal Complaints Service. ...
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The bigger they are - the harder they fall?
A Law Society review of solicitor regulation is both timely and welcome.
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Concern mounts over justice budget cuts
The Law Society has entered the row over revelations that the government may be planning swingeing budget cuts to the justice system. President Paul Marsh voiced fears over the future of the Courts Service and warned justice secretary Jack Straw that legal aid is ‘already ...