All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1252
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Graduated fee scheme will ‘better reflect complexity’
Caroline Little claims that membership of the Law Society Children Panel is in jeopardy owing to proposed family legal aid reforms (see [2009] Gazette, 25 June, 9).
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Clients ‘bled dry’
The research into employment lawyers by Cardiff Law School is partly corroborated by our own clients’ experiences of the practices of other law firms (see [2009] Gazette, 2 July, 3). Many clients are bled dry early on in the litigation process by hourly rate solicitors. They approach us to take ...
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International property blow
A firm with 30 years’ experience of international property law is to shut it doors this week as the recession takes its toll on the sector. The International Law Partnership, which provides specialist advice through offices in London and Leeds, has seen its income plummet ...
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Doctors ‘put police station detainees at risk’, says BMA
Inadequately trained doctors are putting the safety of police station detainees at risk and could undermine criminal trials, the British Medical Association has warned. At its annual conference last week, the BMA said the Metropolitan Police lacked the competence to deliver the clinical governance required for ...
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Cold calling leaves solicitors at risk of conduct breach
A growing number of claims management companies are putting solicitors at risk of breaching conduct rules by hiring call centres to cold call potential claimants, the Gazette has learned. The Ministry of Justice has identified a ‘shift’ towards the use of call centres in India and ...
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No more ‘fat cats’
While clearing out my rather dated and messy office today, I came across the Green Book from October 2000. Still being at university then and labouring under the misconception that my path was to be paved with gold, I flicked through it curious to know what fixed costs were allowable ...
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More power for FSA’s chief enforcer
The Financial Services Authority’s chief enforcer is to be given greater power to fine individuals and companies as she moves to head an enhanced enforcement division at the City watchdog. The FSA wants to treble some fines for mis-selling and market abusers after it merges its ...
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Why the UK is ‘no place for a child’
There’s only one country in the EU that detains children indefinitely – and that’s the UK. We lock up around 2,000 kids a year in removal centres while the UK Border Agency processes their parents’ asylum applications.
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Justice committee warns of family lawyer ‘exodus’
The Legal Services Commission’s reform of family legal aid is causing ‘an exodus of senior practitioners from publicly-funded family law’, the House of Commons’ Justice Committee concluded today. A report on family legal aid said the LSC’s proposals for reform were based on a ‘flawed consultation’ ...
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Registry rule puts conveyancing solicitors ‘at risk’
Conveyancing solicitors could be at risk of being in breach of their obligations, due to a policy change being introduced by the Land Registry. From 3 August, the Registry will introduce a new ‘early completion’ policy that is intended to make the registration process more efficient ...
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Hacking into voicemails: when is a crime not a crime?
There's been a great deal of press coverage about the News of the World and alleged interception of phone messages among the country's celebs and public figures, but a huge amount of it is missing the point.
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LCS frustrated by Raleys delay
The Legal Complaints Service has offered to continue investigating complaints against Yorkshire law firm Raleys concerning compensation payments to miners, after previously rejecting the advice of its watchdog and refusing to do so. However, the LCS, which suspended investigations in March, stressed that it ...
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Pay gap points to discrimination
Women solicitors earn 29% less than their male colleagues, the Gazette can reveal this week. The Law Society’s latest salary survey showed only a slight narrowing of the pay gap between the sexes compared with the previous year’s figure of 32%. ...
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Questioning the gender divide
So women solicitors are still earning nearly a third less than men, according to Law Society research. Shocking, yes. Surprising, no – we know there is a long way to go. After all, women tend to be newer entrants to the profession with fewer years’ ...
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‘US in stronger position than UK’ to weather downturn
Top US law firms are better placed to weather the downturn than the biggest UK firms, and will be in a better position when the demand for legal services picks up, the head of the world’s biggest firm claimed this week. Eric Friedman (pictured), executive partner ...
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Gazette goes on Facebook
Following our recent extension into the professional social network, LinkedIn and the news snippet service Twitter, the Gazette has now also set up a Facebook page to better connect with the younger profession.
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Family law
Ancillary relief – Consent orders – Foreseeability – Share valuation Martin Robert Walkden v Kim Hazel Walkden: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Thorpe, Wall, Elias): 25 June 2009 The appellant ...
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Whitehall fee regulation ‘political’
Government plans to crack down on the use of contingency fees in employment and other tribunals are politically motivated, it has been alleged. The Ministry of Justice last week published a consultation paper on regulating contingency fees, having inserted a provision in the Coroners and Justice ...