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Dare to adapt, innovate and be inspired
As layoffs continue to sweep through Wall Street I got to thinking about our legal world and the movie Indecent Proposal. There’s a thought-provoking and inspiring line spoken by Demi Moore at the very start of the film. She is reflecting on her (film) husband’s ...
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Pro-bono project takes foothold in India
Former UK attorney general Lord Goldsmith has moderated a roundtable for eleven of India’s leading law firms to discuss how to develop a pro bono culture. The roundtable, the first of its kind in India, was co-hosted by UK-based i-Probono, a non-profit organisation that connects ...
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Barristers seek to extend public access rights
Public access barristers could be allowed to accept direct instructions from clients eligible for legal aid, under proposals being considered by the Bar Standards Board. Currently Rule 3(1) of the Public Access Rules prohibits barristers from accepting direct instructions from a lay client who may be eligible for public funding ...
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No let up in anti-money laundering developments
The summer months have seen a quickening of pace in news relating to lawyer involvement in anti-money laundering procedures. Although there have been times in the past when the work of our CCBE anti-money laundering committee has lessened, its agenda is now overflowing.
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Record number of care cases puts courts under strain
Record numbers of care cases are putting ‘intense’ pressure on the family justice system, according to the head of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). Figures from HM Courts and Tribunals Service show that the number of care and supervision cases before ...
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Eviction of rioters
Question: What’s the difference between having a child who is a mass murderer and a child who is a rioter? Answer: A roof over your head. That’s because sharing a home with a mass murderer won’t get you and the rest of ...
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500th law firm secures Conveyancing Quality Scheme status
Five hundred law firms have now secured accreditation to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), the Society said today. Essex firm Todmans SRE was the latest to receive the CQS mark of excellence in residential conveyancing practice. Since CQS launched ...
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Bankruptcy petition filed against Solicitors from Hell owner
A solicitor who won libel damages from the owner of the Solicitors from Hell website has filed a bankruptcy petition against him after he failed to pay damages ordered by the court. The solicitor, from London firm Hickman & Rose, is seeking £31,105.44 from website owner ...
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Subrogation
Circumstances in which doctrine applicable - Loan used to pay off existing debt to third party Ibrahim and Barclays Bank plc and another: Chancery Division (Mr Justice Vos): 21 July 2011 ...
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Immigration
Deportation - Bail - National Security R (on the application of BB) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission: Queen's Bench Division, Divisional Court (Sir Anthony May, Mr Justice Maddison): 2 August 2011 ...
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Arbitration
Appointment - Arbitrators required by arbitration clause in agreement between parties to be members of Ismaili community Jivraj v Hashwani: Supreme Court (Lords Phillips P, Walker, Mance, Clarke, Dyson): 27 July 2011 ...
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The definition of reserved legal activities should be extended
The imminent liberalisation of the legal services market has resulted in issues relating to reserved legal activities receiving close scrutiny. Organisations that provide legal services are only regulated under the Legal Services Act if they undertake one or more reserved activities (litigation and advocacy, probate services and conveyancing). ...
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Sun exposure
Every office has one. The dedicated, workaholic employee who is so committed to their duties that they refuse to join their more carefree colleagues in abandoning their desks, boarding a flight to warmer climes and spending two weeks lying on a beach towel with their nose in a crime thriller. ...
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Expert witnesses
In parallel with the current debate about whether the law of privacy should be developed by the courts or by parliament, seven justices of the Supreme Court have been divided on a similar issue relating to the creation of an exception to the general rule that grants immunity from suit ...