All Law Gazette articles in Archive – Page 1618
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Learning curve
Lucinda Moule called for more selection in state education to improve social mobility. She is wrong.
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Law firms 'cut out' of LPO market
The annual global market in outsourcing legal processes has passed the psychologically important billion-dollar (£630m) mark, a market survey claims this week. The 2012 Global LPO Market Study, published by New York-based consultancy The LPO Program, says legal process outsourcing (LPO) employs some 9,000 people. ...
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Law Society warning over 'monopoly' interpreting deals
The Law Society has warned of the ‘inherent risk’ in granting a monopoly contract to a single provider of courtroom interpreting, but said it lacks sufficient evidence to judge whether the contract awarded to Applied Language Solutions caused a ‘major structural problem’. Responding to the justice ...
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Delays in the family justice system
How often has it been said that delay is the cancer which eats away at our system of justice? The Civil Procedure Rules were brought in on a tide of enthusiasm to reduce delay. The latest Family Procedure Rules adopt much of the style, form and content of their civil ...
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A drain on the public purse
Two items in your 5 July issue have prompted me to do what I have never done in the 41 years since I was admitted – write to the Gazette. On page 12 you printed a letter applauding the Supreme Court for applying article 8 of the European Convention on ...
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Legislative presumption of shared parenting ‘flawed’
Government plans to introduce a legislative presumption of shared parenting could undermine child welfare and increase the volume of litigation, according to the Law Society. Responding to a Ministry of Justice consultation which closed this week, the Society said the government’s proposal to promote co-operative parenting ...
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Help is at hand
Returning after a short period away from the office, I found the inbox filled with invitations to attend courses and join subscription groups offering support to compliance officers for legal practice (COLPs). Timely and worthwhile, no doubt.
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International law
Foreign sovereign state - Immunity from suit - Applicant company obtaining foreign judgment against one of Iraq’s government ministries Bank and others: SC (Justices of the Supreme Court, Lords Phillips (president), Clarke, Sumption, Reed, Lady Hale): 17 August 2012 ...
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Memory lane
Law Society’s Gazette, 6 September 1972 New courts – cost relevance In an address to the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association in May, the Lord Chancellor said that ‘deplorable from the point of view of the public interest’ though the increase in ...
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Men in tights
As a history scholar, our new lord chancellor, Christopher Grayling MP, is no doubt looking forward to trying out his costume of wig, robes and tights. However, thanks to the flexibilities of the English constitution, the office of lord chancellor, established in 1066, has been more susceptible to change than ...
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Without prejudice
I read Joshua Rozenberg’s 30 August article ‘In good faith’ with interest. The issue of whose rights prevail in the case of conflict is complex. I disagree with his viewpoint though.
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Nicklinson widow launches article 8 appeal
The widow of locked-in syndrome victim Tony Nicklinson is to pursue the appeal that her late husband would have brought if he was still alive, it emerged today. Nicklinson failed to convince the High Court in mid-August that friends and doctors should be allowed to help ...
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All-round roasting for family justice reforms
MPs, judges and expert practitioners yesterday condemned the government’s planned legal aid cuts and family justice reforms, warning that the fiscal imperative driving them will harm children. Plaid Cymru MP and barrister Elfyn Llwyd said the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, which from ...
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The legal services reform catechism of cliché
My attention has been drawn to a recent tendency to slackness among innovators in the supply and regulation of legal services. I refer of course to the failure to include every possible cliché in emailed announcements concerning the said innovations. As a corrective, the Gazette offers ...
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Managing the risk of IP theft
Intellectual property theft is often linked to cases of redundancies or team moves, where an employee leaves the company, taking with them sensitive documents such as business plans, customer information, or financial results. The employee will then offer a next employer this IP or will use it to start a ...
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A vote against culture wars
Two legal items were reported on the same day last week, which led me to fear that the UK is moving towards the culture wars that disfigure debate in the US.
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Client money focus as SRA reviews mortgage fraud strategy
Cutting the need for solicitors to hold client money in conveyancing transactions is among measures being looked at by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as part of a review of its strategy to help firms reduce the risk of mortgage fraud. The SRA announced today that it ...
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‘Litigious climate’ harming public services, says thinktank
The ‘destructive consequences’ of health and education-related litigation have been attacked by influential conservative thinktank the Centre for Policy Studies. Co-authored by social commentator Frank Furedi, ...