All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1251
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Memory lane
The Law Society’s Gazette, 7 July 1999 City warning over information billObtaining information from public bodies could become more difficult and expensive when the Freedom of Information Bill ...
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Legacies at risk
I read with interest the comments of Peter Steer, from Wilsons Solicitors, in your feature about charities (see [2009] Gazette, 25 June, 10).
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Veale Wasbrough poised to merge with Vizards Tweedie
Veale Wasbrough and Vizards Tweedie today announced that they are engaged in advanced merger talks. The combined firm would have about 330 members of staff and 46 partners, operating from offices in central Bristol and Fetter Lane in London and generating a combined turnover of £22m. ...
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Nerd watching
Not satisfied with the daily dramas of the law, members of Blackpool firm Blackhursts Budd have for the past 10 years supported their local amateur dramatic company, Poulton Drama. The group has three solicitors, a district judge and two former solicitors among its members. Blackhursts Budd (formed recently by the ...
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No way to treat a client – especially if you are the client
Can you imagine this scenario in your firm? Client: Please could you change the way in which you write letters of claim on my behalf? You send them to me for approval and I have to keep changing the ...
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Bird & Bird revenues up 30%
City firm Bird & Bird today reported a 30% jump in revenues, buoyed by the firm's recent expansion and the strength of the euro. The firm's revenues grew from £144m in 2007/08 to £186m for the year ended 30 April 2009. However, profit per partner fell ...
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LSC to abandon peer review
The Legal Services Commission has announced it is to drop peer review as a method of quality assurance for firms seeking to bid for most publicly funded work. From April 2010 peer review will only be used on a risk-based and random-sampling basis, rather than being ...
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More denied access to civil legal aid
More people are being denied access to civil legal aid despite a huge increase in demand fuelled by the recession, Citizens Advice has warned. A report published today, No time to retire – legal aid at 60, shows fewer people are qualifying for civil legal aid, ...
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Head of family division calls for ‘urgent action’ over guardians
Hundreds of children are currently at risk of being taken into care without a guardian to represent them, a leading children’s lawyer said this week. The warning came as the president of the family division, Sir Mark Potter (pictured), announced an interim ‘stop-gap’ scheme to deal ...
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In-house interview: James Ormrod, legal affairs director for HP
The Gazette begins a series of interviews with top in-house counsel by talking to James Ormrod, legal affairs director for HP UK, Ireland, Middle East, the Med and Africa.
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Local government law: age discrimination
How LIFO (last in, first out on redundancy) fares under ageism laws is a subject with far-reaching impact for local government lawyers.
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Allen & Overy reports fall in profitability
Allen & Overy today reported a slight fall in profitability on top of a rise in turnover, as it became the last magic circle firm to release its financial results. Revenues at the firm rose 7% from £1.02bn in 2007/08 to £1.09bn for the year ending ...
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All’s hair in love and war
It’s been a tough day at work. The phone has been ringing off the hook, you’ve just hung up on your number-one client mid-sentence, and your new e-billing system has just exploded. A colleague suggests a quick drink to unwind before going home. Stop! Do you have children? Are you ...
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Anger management
I write to draw the attention of professionals in the Yorkshire area to the invaluable service I have been receiving from an organisation called S.T.O.P.
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US eyes Bahrain project, shampoo maker listing, and Plymouth Argyle Football Club stake
Powerful project: US firm Shearman & Sterling advised more than 20 lenders, including the US Government, on arranging $2.1bn (£1.3bn) of financing for Bahrain’s Al Dur water and power production project, which is expected to yield 1,230 megawatts of energy. A mix of ...
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Aspiring sole practitioners need to understand their responsibilities
One of the most persistent myths in the legal profession is that sole practitioner numbers are declining. In fact, there was an increase from just under 3,000 in 1987 to 4,130 at the end of 2008. And, despite the difficult trading conditions of 2009, the number of sole practitioners has ...
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Commercial attorney threat
Lawyers in England and Wales could soon face competition from commercial attorneys, a group of legal representatives operating mainly in the field of construction law whose origins lie in Scotland. The Association of Commercial Attorneys recently won a near 20-year battle for rights of audience ...
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Bar at ‘rock bottom’, declares Browne
The morale of the publicly funded bar is at ‘rock bottom’ and careers advisers are telling would-be barristers to steer clear of legal aid, according to the bar’s chief. Speaking at a debate on legal aid, Desmond Browne QC said barristers around the country are ‘totally ...
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Time for the bar to move with the times
With legal aid rates squeezed and the ‘threat’ of increased competition from the CPS and solicitor higher court advocates, the bar might reasonably be expected to be looking keenly at survival strategies.
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Plinth becomes king
Readers may recall Mark Fitch (pictured), the profession’s answer to The King, who graced these pages in January as lead singer of Elvis tribute band the Blue Sueders. Any fans who were deterred by the thought of travelling to Norfolk to see this white-suited wonder – Fitch is a litigation ...