All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1509
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Straw’s bid to make referral fees a criminal offence fails
Conservative MPs have voted down Jack Straw’s attempt to make referral fees in personal injury cases a criminal offence. The former justice secretary tabled an amendment to the ban, included as part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, which was debated in ...
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Courts for the foreign rich, not the indigenous poor
As the bill slashing civil legal aid speeds through parliament, a leading academic has exposed the ‘doublethink’ of the government, which appears to have one set of rules for the rich and another set for the poor. Dean of Laws at University College London, Professor Dame ...
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Commentators point to an oversubscribed profession which has doubled in size in 20 years
‘Is £65,000 of debt worth it, when you have to fight for a job and your chances of being a partner/business owner are virtually nil with the introduction of ABSs?’ That was the bleak response of one web commenter to Gazette Online’s report last week of ...
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Legal aid cuts 'threat' to domestic violence victims
Cuts to legal aid will create a further barrier for women trying to leave violent relationships and could lead to more deaths, the Women’s Institute has warned. The institute published a report, Legal Aid is a Lifeline, this week as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment ...
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Scott Baker review lacks vital ingredient that would have served it best - humanity
As one of the ‘NatWest Three’, I have first-hand experience of the workings and impact of the Extradition Act, to which Joshua Rozenberg refers.
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Law firm wins ‘freedom’ battle over non-panel rates
A London law firm has won a High Court battle against three legal expenses insurers in a judgment that may have significant ramifications for claimant lawyers acting for clients with legal expenses insurance (LEI) when the firm is not on the insurer’s panel. Webster Dixon won ...
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Blacklaws joins Co-operative in family law coup
The Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) is to offer a family law service spearheaded by leading family lawyers from London firm TV Edwards in the first move by a high street brand into the sector, the Gazette can reveal. Christina Blacklaws, Law Society council member for child care and TV Edwards ...
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Interview: Christina Blacklaws
Catherine Baksi talks to Christina Blacklaws, who this week began her new role as a director of the Co-operative Legal Services - which aims to start offering family law services once it has been granted a licence to operate as an alternative business structure.
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BOOK REVIEW The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
Author: Albie Sachs From the opening words 'Oh Shit. Everything has gone abruptly dark' to the closing 'Life is good…', the second edition of this book written in 1989 grips you in its personal moving account of the attempted ...
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Defence lawyers should be praised for handling riot cases
by Julian Young, a solicitor-advocate and senior partner of Julian Young & Co in London In August we saw the worst outbreak of violence and civil disorder in London and other major cities for many years. It came as a surprise to everyone who had to ...
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Clarification
Two articles appeared in the 6 and 13 October 2011 editions of the Gazette, which contained a number of assertions concerning the arrangements employed by Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance plc (‘RSA’) for recovery of charges relating to repair of motor vehicles from other insurers.
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Company
Administration order - Administrator - Costs of administration Re Nortel GMBH (in administration) and other companies; Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) and other companies: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Laws, Lloyd and Rimer): 14 October ...
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The Co-operative to offer family law service
The Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) is to offer a family law service spearheaded by leading family lawyers from London firm TV Edwards in the first move by a high street brand into the sector. Christina Blacklaws (pictured), Law Society council member for child care and ...
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Court workers opposed to extended opening hours
The union representing court workers has voiced opposition to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke’s wish to extend opening hours. Clarke told the House of Commons home affairs committee last week that the government is considering more evening sittings, following the extension of court hours to deal ...
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Credit where it’s due
Down here in West Sussex they don’t do rioting, but if they did I am confident that the criminal defence fraternity would have stepped into the breach and ensured representation for all those who needed it. And not just because they did need it, but because that would be the ...
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‘Whole generation’ of lawyers could disappear post-LASPO
Government proposals to slash legal aid have passed through the Commons, amid suggestions the legislation will wipe out specialist lawyers. The bill will now move to the Lords, following a heated debate during which opposition MPs also rejected the suggestion that lawyers are only interested in self-preservation. ...