All Courts business articles – Page 147
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OpinionMoney laundering: thank you, Canada
If only Europe would share Canada’s view that money laundering obligations are inconsistent with efforts to maintain lawyer-client confidentiality.
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NewsLegal aid challenge for inquests succeeds
High Court says current government guidance provides ‘materially misleading impression’ of the law.
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Law ReportIntellectual property
G-Star brought proceedings against the defendants, alleging that they had been involved in alleged infringement in the UK unregistered design rights in the design of a pair of jeans.
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NewsBlow to legal aid as High Court dismisses judicial review
Law Society and practitioner groups brought challenges over crime duty tender process.
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NewsPioneering family court to go national
Department for Education providing £2.5m to extend drug and alcohol court across England.
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NewsAnonymity breakthrough in personal injury claims
Court of Appeal rules claimants in PI and medical injury approval hearings should be anonymous unless there is good reason for identifying them.
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NewsChallenge to domestic violence legal aid ruling
Rights of Women charity appealing High Court decision on Law Society-backed challenge.
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NewsCriminal legal aid judgment tomorrow
Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard last month.
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NewsMusic dominates copyright disputes
City firm RPC analysed High Court cases in the year ended 30 June 2014.
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NewsMinisters ‘avoiding’ litigants in person question – Khan
Shadow justice secretary asked about growth of litigants in person in court four months ago – but says he has yet to receive an answer.
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OpinionWarning witnesses: the risks
Providing witnesses with the level of detail suggested risks tipping trials in favour of the prosecution.
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NewsOnline courts will cut need for lawyers – IT guru
Master of the rolls agrees with online court report author that fewer lawyers will be involved in lower-value cases in future.
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Wales asbestos costs ruling muddies waters
Recovery of costs bill was referred to the Supreme Court by the counsel general for Wales.
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FeatureCosts-shifting and the Year of the Sheep
How qualified one-way costs shifting will prompt more costs orders against solicitors.
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OpinionLessons in judicial courtesy
Applying procedural fairness in the courts can improve compliance.
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NewsSupreme Court agrees to hear QASA challenge
Decisions open another chapter in a long-running fight between regulators and advocates.
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NewsCFA regime ‘vital after legal aid abolition’
Law Society and Ministry of Justice both argue against defendant’s claim of human rights violation in Coventry case.
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NewsBury St Edmunds to take London divorces
HM Courts & Tribunals Service has begun process of centralising divorce applications.
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NewsIntervention papers may be destroyed, court rules
High Court decision clears way for immediate destruction of 1.5 million seized files.
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NewsDefendants slam ‘grotesque’ costs regime
Long-awaited case begins with defendant arguing recoverability of insurance and fees was unlawful.