Big Picture – Page 6
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NewsVenezuela ‘respect’ plea from lawyers
Lawyers protested after police blocked them from lobbying the country’s attorney-general, Luisa Ortega, over what they say are unconstitutional measures introduced by the president.
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NewsPakistan lawyers charged over ‘blasphemy’
The arrests came a week after the murder of Rashid Rehman, who was acting for a university lecturer accused of blasphemy, which carries the death penalty in Pakistan.
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NewsLawyers set for mammoth festival
The International Festival for Business will run for six weeks in Liverpool in June and July.
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NewsGreen light for access
The mayor of Islington opens Green Roots, a social enterprise company set up by Islington Law Centre.
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NewsCourt in the glare of publicity
The Supreme Court building in Parliament Square is set to become a public entertainment venue – for one night, at least.
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NewsArt in action boosts charity
Reed Smith teams up with Create to run arts programmes for women in Tower Hamlets.
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NewsNorth Korea condemned
A hard-hitting report from the UN’s Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) catalogued widespread and systematic abuses, including a lack of due process in the entire criminal justice system. ‘Suspects… are regularly held incommunicado,’ the report said. ‘In the eyes of ...
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NewsUp before the beak
Efforts to control the ruddy duck will receive new legal force under Law Commission proposals.
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NewsFlood misery hits law firms
Some members of staff took three hours to get into work instead of 20 minutes.
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NewsTSol signs up to diversity
TSol, the UK’s largest in-house legal department, is the 400th signatory to the charter and the first government department on the list.
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NewsAlumnus Fluck opens legal clinic
Law Society president Nicholas Fluck officially opened a free legal advice clinic staffed by students at the University of Huddersfield.
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NewsStarmer honoured
Keir Starmer QC, the former director of public prosecutions, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of East London’s School of Law.
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NewsBaku to the future
A wealth of opportunities awaits UK investors in Azerbaijan, Law Society president Nicholas Fluck said.
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NewsMilburn urges law firms to scale up use of apprenticeships
Government’s mobility tsar also claims benchmarking socioeconomic backgrounds will help firms open up the profession.
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NewsLaw Society lands key A&O figure to head City team
Stephen Denyer to join the Society with a brief to improve engagement with larger firms.
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NewsBlack History Month: against all odds
The Law Society hosted the annual Black History Month Inspiration evening on 11 October, bringing together an impressive line up of high-profile, high-achieving minority lawyers. The event, themed ‘Against all Odds’, featured speakers who reflected on their personal experiences of the law and their professional journey. Also featuring in this ...
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NewsAlbright start in Boston
IBA 2013 was opened by former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright.
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NewsWoolf elected Lord Mayor
Fiona Woolf will be the second woman to hold the position in the City of London Corporation’s 800-year history
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NewsRule of Law accolade
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, was one of three recipients of the inaugural LexisNexis Rule of Law Awards at an event in New York City last week.
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NewsHong Kong looks at ABS
Proposals to introduce an alternative business structure in Hong Kong could provide significant opportunities for UK ABS firms.