All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1253
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PC fee increase ‘looks likely’
Solicitors could face an increase in the practising certificate (PC) fee, which is to be discussed later this month, the Gazette understands. Following inquiries from the Gazette, the Law Society confirmed that an increase ‘looks likely’. However, chief executive Des Hudson stressed that any increase ...
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Join the Gazette on Twitter
This week the Gazette launches two new online services on the professional social networking site LinkedIn and news-snippet service Twitter. All the Gazette’s latest news, blogs and In Business content can now be followed on Twitter under the handle @lawsocgazette. Twitter is ...
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Whistleblowing plans to safeguard public interest issues
Government proposals on whistleblowing will ensure that public interest issues are not lost in drawn-out employment tribunal cases, a leading charity said today. Under plans set out by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, information about claims made under whistleblowing legislation which comes to light ...
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Memory lane
The Law Society’s Gazette, 12 July 1989 Project 1992 – doing nothing could prove costlySolicitors are getting the message that 1992 [the year the single European market becomes ...
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Stockholm on my mind
The Queen has been reigning since before I was born (I know it doesn’t look like that from my photo), but here in Brussels we chant ‘the president is dead! Long live the president!’ every six months. We have just seen the end of the unmourned Czech presidency of the ...
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Mobile prone
It’s fair to say that lawyers are not known for their love of technology. While most (but possibly not all) have moved on from quill and parchment, some may say they are still several decades behind the more trendy sectors when it comes to technological advances. The humble mobile phone ...
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Real property
Excavation – Nuisance – Party walls – Surveyors Christine Reeves v Beatrice Blake: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Mummery, Moses, Etherton): 24 June 2009 The appellant (R) appealed against ...
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Residence and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm
The above practice direction, originally issued on 9 May 2008, was reissued on 14 January 2009 to reflect the decision of the House of Lords in Re B (Children) [2008] UKHL 35.
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Tribunals Service reports 40% rise in claims
The Tribunals Service saw a 40% rise in claims this financial year, far greater than it had anticipated. However, the service still managed to reduce its costs by £9m, through greater efficiency. The Tribunal Service’s annual report showed that it disposed of ...
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The Hunting Act - is it pick and choose legislation?
The conclusion of a year-long High Court action between a West Sussex hunt and a group of animal rights activists brings to mind the ‘visceral’ extremes of emotion aroused by the introduction of the Hunting Act 2004, which prohibited the hunting of wild mammals – including foxes and stags – ...
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A third of all prosecution advocates ‘lacklustre’ or poor, inspection says
A third of all prosecution advocates are ‘lacklustre’ or ‘less than competent’ according to a review carried out by the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate published today. The inspectors found advocates, both in-house and external counsel, were fully competent in two thirds of cases, but a quarter ...
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Legal aid Live Aid
We know times are hard for lawyers, but it comes to something when they have to turn to busking to make a living. Two tuneful solicitors, Denis Cameron and Basil Preuveneers, plan to do just that this autumn – not because they are actually strapped ...
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Government response to damages consultation dubbed ‘anti-climax’ by lawyers
Solicitors dubbed the government’s response to the Law on Damages consultation an anti-climax this week, two years after its original deadline. John McQuater, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, said: ‘In all my years of practice, I can rarely remember waiting so long for ...
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Anti-money laundering rules should be relaxed for solicitors
The anti-money laundering (AML) reporting regime should be relaxed for solicitors and others in the private sector, a House of Lords committee concluded today. Failure to report a suspicious transaction which is based on a minor criminal offence should not be prosecuted, according to the House ...
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LSB appoints chairwoman of consumer panel
The Legal Services Board has appointed Dr Dianne Hayter as chairwoman of its independent consumer panel. The panel, set up by the Legal Services Act 2007, will advise the LSB on the interests of all legal services users, including individual and business consumers. LSB chairman David Edmonds said: ‘The panel’s ...
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Tailored approach
I write with reference to the letters from Charlotte Collier and Graeme Hydari (see [2009] Gazette, 2 July, 9).
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu praises ‘vital role’ of volunteer lawyers
Lawyers who volunteer for development projects have ‘demolished the stereotype of lawyers being money-grabbing’, Archbishop Desmond Tutu (pictured, left, with attorney general Baroness Scotland, right) said this week. Speaking at an event organised by legal charity Advocates for International Development, he praised the legal profession’s work in providing free assistance ...
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Professional negligence claims soar as solicitors redeployed to new areas
Professional negligence claims against solicitors are soaring, with one City firm reporting a 158% surge in cases over the past 12 months. And experts are warning that worse may be to come in the downturn, as solicitors are moved to areas with which they are unfamiliar.
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Conveyancers asked to sign up to combined Santander panel
Conveyancing firms on the former Abbey and Alliance & Leicester (A&L) panels are being asked to sign up to a combined Santander UK panel with new terms and conditions. Following negotiations with the Law Society, a letter is being sent initially to all solicitors on the ...