All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1263
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Dive talking
A lot of solicitors may feel like jumping out of an aeroplane from time to time, but how many of them actually do it? Well, associate solicitor Ruth Magee (pictured) from Simpson Millar is about to do exactly that – not, we hasten to add, because of despair over the ...
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Legal executives seek litigation and probate rights
A scheme allowing legal executives to set up their own law firms offering litigation and probate services has been put to the government. The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) has applied for the power to grant members civil and family litigation and advocacy rights, as well ...
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Feeling peaky
It seems Yorkshire’s Three Peaks have been overrun with lawyers recently, with around 70 of them taking part in LawNet’s Three Peaks challenge, which has raised £20,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society. The speediest solicitors were from Overburys in Norwich, with their team racing round in just 8hrs 45mins, though it ...
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Small firms suffer as PI premiums soar
Solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII) premiums have shot up by 50% in a handful of cases as early reports suggest that the renewals season is already proving difficult for small law firms. PII brokers and experts said that some small firms seeking early renewals have already ...
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Law firms and Wikipedia, part two: learning the ways
It’s only fair and right, after castigating hordes of big law firms over their woeful Wikipedia entries back in May, to let the world know when law firms learn to get Wikipedia right. So step up, CMS Cameron McKenna.
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Nationwide signs up to probate protocol
The Law Society has this week published a new joint protocol with the Nationwide Building Society to assist in the winding up of estates. The protocol is the first such agreement to be reached with a building society, although similar arrangements are already in place with ...
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Nationwide signs up to probate protocol
The Law Society has this week published a new joint protocol with the Nationwide Building Society to assist in the winding up of estates. The protocol is the first such agreement to be reached with a building society, although similar arrangements are already in place with ...
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Peddling rumours
Tassells in Faversham, Kent, has informed us that it has an intrepid explorer in its midst. Partner Ann Matthews is about to cycle through Jordan from Amman to Aqaba, in aid of the Kent Multiple Sclerosis Society. Matthews’ cheeky colleagues have informed us that she has previously been ‘a little ...
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Real property
Civil procedure – Breach of undertaking – Conveyancing – Land charges (1) Adrian Paul Clark (2) Heather Jane Clark v Lucas Solicitors LLP: Ch D (Sarah Asplin QC): 31 July 2009 ...
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Virtual support
I read Nicola Laver’s article ‘Virtual firms thrive in the downturn’ (see [2009] Gazette, 23 July, 12) with interest. As a firm we have embraced a hybrid model, which combines physical locations with virtual working. This has helped us grow to be the largest specialist family firm in the country.
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Might the end of the long-serving six-minute unit be in sight?
For at least the past 30 years, chargeable time has been recorded in units of six minutes. Various justifications are made out for the six-minute unit but, whatever the reasons, it’s just been a convenient measure because hourly rates can be divided by 10 to calculate the value of a ...
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Intellectual property: How L’Oreal won the battle of the scents
In a major victory for the owners of well-known brands, the European Court of Justice may have crushed the market in ‘imitation’ products – and caused problems for any brand that might be similar to a well-known brand.
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Finding a lawyer in Lapland or Lampedusa
The business of finding a lawyer in another EU country, and hopefully a competent one with experience in the field you want, has recently come to the top of the agenda.
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Advice scheme launched for vulnerable young people
The Children’s Society has launched an innovative pilot internet and telephone service offering legal advice to young people in Lambeth and Camden in London, and in Colchester, Essex. While available to all, Lawyers for Young People is principally aimed at ensuring the most vulnerable get access ...
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Legal Sector Alliance of City law firms press G20 on climate change
A group of City firms committed to safeguarding the environment has written a communiqué to the leaders of the G20 nations calling on them to ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to climate change legislation, the Gazette can reveal. The Legal Sector Alliance (LSA) of 18 ...
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Interpreting part 6 of the CPR: service by fax
The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008, which came into force on 1 October 2008, brought about a number of significant amendments to the CPR, including changes to the rules governing the service of the claim form on defendants. The interpretation of some of these rules, in particular in relation to ...
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ABSs are a fait accompli - the bar should accept this
‘Many, many things must be done, but nothing should ever be done for the first time.’ This cynical bureaucratic maxim, uttered by fictional mandarin Sir Humphrey Appleby, was brought to mind by the Bar Standards Board’s latest pronouncement on alternative business structures. The BSB ...
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Bar regulator rapped by Legal Services Board over ABSs
The bar’s regulator has been accused of engaging in a ‘sterile debate’ over alternative business structures by oversight body the Legal Services Board. The LSB’s broadside came following the BSB’s decision to commission research by economic analysts on the potential effects on the market and consumers ...
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Multi-party opt-out litigation saves costs and provides access to justice
by Ben Patrick, a legal officer at the public service union UNISON Neil Rose’s news article on class actions in employment tribunal claims (see [2009] Gazette, 6 August, 2) highlighted an important problem that affects many thousands of claimants in equal pay tribunal claims.
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Comparing solicitors online by price will affect quality
Accountants, who are often ahead of solicitors, now have the ‘benefit’ of a ‘new and revolutionary’ website that compares their charges. It is claimed that by checking prices of accountancy services, the client consumer will be able to pick the cheapest. This, of course, may rely on the number ...