All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1577
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Chinese firm enters London with co-operation plan
The first top-tier Chinese law firm to enter the London market says it is looking to co-operate - rather than merge - with UK firms. Zhong Lun has built a formidable base in China in less than 20 years, with 150 partners and more than ...
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Civil court system faces ‘meltdown’
The civil and family court system is facing the prospect of chaos as the government prepares to cut face-to-face counter services and problems persist at the Salford civil claims centre, lawyers have warned.
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A difficult combination: 'mis-sold' complex derivatives products
In private some commercial litigators marvel at the fact that more litigation has not emerged from the banking crisis and the UK’s prolonged period of recession and slow growth. But one source of potential claims against the UK’s four largest banks has been getting increasing attention this year - small ...
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Competitive instinct
It was gratifying to read about the final of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting’s annual mooting competition, held at the Law Society.
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Disputing costs
The suggestion by Laura Kelly that £400 to £500 after-the-event policies are responsible for the ‘mess’ in the civil legal costs system should be taken with a big pinch of salt.
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Proceeds of crime
Sentence - Confiscation order R v Bagnall and another: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Moses, Mrs Justice Macur and Mrs Justice Sharp): 18 April 2012 The Court of ...
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The Shulman defence
The story of the man who left his wife his collection of (valuable) Dinky toys took me back to a tale of nude photographs. Property dealer Clive Raphael apparently bequeathed his wife, the model Penny Brahms, a shilling and some revealing shots of her. It came ...
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Solicitors have ‘duty’ to disclose funding options
A leading US litigation funder has claimed lawyers have a ‘legal and ethical duty’ to tell clients about alternative funding options. Selvyn Seidel, co-founder and chairman of Fulbrook Management, told the Gazette that there is still a lack of information about the industry, despite most of ...
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Living life on the edge
I read with interest your feature ‘Time out’. As a solicitor who failed to achieve a work/life balance, I hope that my experience may be a lesson to others. I was a partner in a small firm for 23 years. For 21 of those years, I was a full-time working ...
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Employment
Age discrimination - Contract of service - Both parties appealing Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police: Supreme Court (Lords Hope DP, Brown, Mance and Kerr SCJJ, Lady Hale): 25 April 2012 ...
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Employment
Discrimination - Discrimination on the grounds of age - Employee partner in defendant solicitors’ firm Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes: SC (Justices of the Supreme Court Lords Hope (deputy president), Brown, Mance, Kerr, Lady Hale): 25 April 2012 ...
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Expert review
Solicitors who need to instruct a psychologist in a family matter may be wondering what to do after recent media coverage of the report from Professor Jane Ireland.
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So, farewell then
It is obvious to everyone in the road traffic accident claims business that in the last four to five years things have changed. The number of claims, whether false, exaggerated, or genuine but minor, has exploded.
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Tackling fraud
Kenneth Clarke is making the important problem of fraudulent whiplash claims unnecessarily complicated. The answer to the problem is not only staring the government in the face, it is positively jumping up and down and screaming.
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Home truth
Would I Lie to You?, Charles and Eddie (pictured) once asked. Well, if they’d been singing to solicitors, there’s every chance it wouldn’t have mattered. The University of Central Lancashire has revealed that 95% of solicitors think they are better at detecting deception than they really are.
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Human rights
Extradition - Inhuman or degrading treatment - Applicants being accused of terrorist offences by US government Ahmad and others v UK: ECtHR (Judges Garlicki (president), Björgvinsson, Bratza, Hirvelä, Nicolaou, Bianku, Vucinic and L Early (section registrar)): 10 April 2012 ...
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Judges will make QASA unworkable, says Kelcey
Judges will make the controversial quality assurance scheme for advocates ‘totally unworkable’ by refusing to engage with the assessment of candidates, a leading criminal solicitor-advocate has warned. Ian Kelcey, senior partner at Bristol firm Kelcey and Hall, told the Law Society’s criminal law conference last ...
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Marathon man
Some lawyers run marathons. Naz Gauri, associate at Chadbourne & Parke’s London office, has just run six. In seven days. Across the Sahara. He was taking part in the 246km Marathon des Sables (MdS) - a seven-day ultra-marathon which includes one extra-long day when the ...
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Out of pocket
I read with interest the comment from Peter Lewis, head of CJS Efficiency Programme. I am beginning to lose count of similar claims and ‘recommendations’ for us to sign up to this new system.