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Court clash
In the heart of legal London, the latest dispute in need of resolution appears to be between near-neighbours the Royal Courts of Justice and ancient lawyer watering hole the Seven Stars pub on Carey Street. Obiter recently spied ...
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High-flying lawyers
This Saturday, a team of 19 daredevil claimant lawyers from north London firms Bolt Burdon Kemp and Bolt Burdon will be jumping out of an aeroplane in a skydive event in aid of charity Headway, which supports those affected by brain injury. To donate visit ...
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Implications for foreseeability in claims for personal injury
The Court of Appeal has ruled that in order to recover damages for personal injury all a claimant for damages for anxiety and distress arising from the negligent conduct of building works needs to prove is that the injury was the foreseeable result of the intrusive works. All that was ...
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Personal injury
Damages - Pain, suffering and loss of amenities - Liability admitted - Assessment of damages Whiten (by his litigation friend, Nowell) v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust: QBD (Mr Justice Swift): 5 August 2011 ...
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Foreign currency
Interest - Court ordering award to claimant in US dollars - Judgments Act 1838 Standard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Hamblen): 1 August 2011 Pursuant ...
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Local authority
Accommodation - Duty to provide - Appellant failed asylum seeker SL v Westminster City Council: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Laws, Richards, Rimer): 10 August 2011 The appellant was an ...
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence R v Weaver: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Laws, Mr Justice Openshaw and Mr Justice Hickinbottom (judgment delivered extempore): 5 August 2011 ...
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Lawyers2you national franchise set for launch
A new solicitor-led national law firm franchise will launch next week, with ambitions to extend to continental Europe and the US, the Gazette can reveal. The Lawyers2you franchise has been set up by West Midlands firm Blakemores, spearheaded by its managing partner Guy Barnett (pictured). ...
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Sole practitioners sound ABS ethics alarm
The Sole Practitioners Group is to launch a public relations campaign aimed at warning the public that profit-driven commercial organisations providing legal services may not offer the same high standard of ethics as law firms. The SPG will spend £15,000 on a three-month campaign to address ...
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Expert witnesses elusive as pay falls
Reduced legal aid fees for expert witnesses are making it ‘almost impossible’ to find experts and in some cases leaving law firms out of pocket by thousands of pounds, a leading family lawyer has warned. Christina Blacklaws, Law Society Council member for child care, said the ...
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'Maturity' is key when sentencing young people
Courts should pay more attention to a young person’s ‘maturity’ and less to their age when making sentencing decisions, a report by two criminal justice groups has recommended. A research paper by the Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance and the Criminal Justice Alliance has called on ...
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Weak link between firms' growth and profits shown
Law firms with a turnover of more than £5m often struggle to turn further growth into greater profitability, according to benchmarking research seen by the ...
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Update to the Civil Procedure Rules
The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2011 (SI 2007/1979) are a feeble affair with just three provisions, only one of which will be regarded as important by practitioners. Part 36 (offers to settle) ...
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Firm denies claim of caste discrimination
A solicitor and her practice manager husband have brought the first employment tribunal case attempting to claim for wrongful dismissal on the grounds of caste discrimination. Amardeep Begraj, 33, and her husband Vijay, 32, who are of Indian descent, met while working at Coventry firm Heer ...
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Law Society to hold superinjunction debate
A Law Society debate will this month consider how superinjunctions can survive in an era of social media. The free discussion, entitled Privacy, Free Press and the Public Interest, will look at how anonymity orders can be enforced when information is so readily available through sites ...
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Irrelevant data
I agree with the comments of Messrs Cohen and Emmerson regarding the Legal Services Board and the Equality Act. The Legal Services Board is straying into politics and its analysis is wrong. The major barrier to becoming a lawyer is financial deprivation rather than sex or ethnicity.
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False economy
As a life-long family practitioner, I cannot praise District Judge Glover’s comments highly enough. Politically correct or not, he has hit the nail squarely on the head.