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Legal Walk raises £500,000 for advice centres
Legal workers came out in force across the country yesterday for this year’s Legal Walk. More than 5,000 people joined in the event on Monday evening to raise £500,000 for free legal advice centres in London. The Gazette acted as media ...
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One more step towards a European contract law
Depending on the time of day at which you are reading this, you will need to take care not to spill either your cornflakes or cocktail. I am dealing with one of the topics which raises the blood pressure of any true patriot: European contract ...
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Court upholds right to bring judicial reviews ‘in the public interest’
A civil liberties campaigner has won a judicial review of the government’s attempt to remove legal aid for cases brought ‘in the public interest’. Maya Evans, represented by Birmingham firm Public Interest Lawyers, challenged amendments made to the Legal Services Commission’s funding code that meant ...
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Better several months too soon for tax returns
It’s never too early to start thinking about the 2010/11 tax year and the 31 January deadline for tax returns that seems to creep up on us faster and faster each year. Last month the government extended the penalty regime for late filing of ...
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Concessions expected in legal aid bill due next month
The bill to implement the government’s legal aid reforms is to be published next month, and is likely to contain some key concessions, the Gazette has been told. Sources within Parliament have indicated that the rules for funding in private family cases, where there is an ...
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Sky News launches live Supreme Court coverage
Sky News has today launched live coverage of proceedings in the UK’s Supreme Court. The court’s hearings and judgments can now be ...
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Onside Law advises on Ryder Cup
Sport specialist firm Onside Law has taken a major role in the destination of one of golf’s biggest tournaments. The firm advised on all aspects of the bid process to host the 2018 Ryder Cup, with a decision expected to be announced tomorrow. ...
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Hogan Lovells facilitates deal to save fashion group
City firm Hogan Lovells has helped to facilitate a deal to save fashion chain All Saints and secure hundreds of jobs. The firm has advised Lloyds TSB on its ongoing financing of the company, which was this week bought by private equity investors Lion Capital and ...
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Where is the evidence of a need for employment law changes?
Those nice folk who gave us the ‘bonfire of the quangos’, not to mention swingeing cuts to legal aid, social care and arts funding, are now turning their gimlet eyes to employment law. The coalition government announced on Tuesday that there is to be a ‘review ...
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Law firms and disreputable private investigators
The legal profession is probably the most prolific source of work for private investigators, or enquiry agents, as they are more commonly known in the profession. But have you ever stopped to ask to ask yourself 'Who really is the enquiry agent that I ...
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Families bereaved through crime face £37,000 costs
Families bereaved through serious criminal acts face average costs of £37,000 in the wake of their loss, according to figures released this week. The commissioner for victims and witnesses, Louise Casey, published the results of a survey of 36 families who had been bereaved through murder, ...
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Professional negligence litigation rise down to the unscrupulous few
Economically speaking, the law is generally thought to be a counter-cyclical profession. An increase in litigation is usually a side-effect of recession. Often, this litigation is against professionals, an obvious example being the glut of cases during the 1990s against ...
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Civil procedure
Administration of justice - Delay - Judgments and orders Grahame Henry Bond v (1) Dunster Properties Ltd (2) Dunster Holdings Ltd (3) Grahame Miles James Bond: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Longmore): ...
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Personal injury
Asbestos - Duty of care - Proximity David Brian Chandler v Cape Plc: QBD (Mr Justice Wyn Williams): 14 April 2011 The court was required to determine whether a duty ...
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Insolvency
Jurisdiction - Liquidation - Remuneration On the matter of Eurodis Electron Plc (in administration): in the matter of Eurodis Electronics Plc (in administration): in the matter of Eurodis Electronics UK Ltd (in administration): in the matter of Eurodis Electron ...
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Case management
The decision in R (Firth) v Epping Magistrates’ Court [2011] EWHC 388 (Admin) will, in a number of cases, make it difficult for solicitors to assist the court in case management following a ‘not guilty’ plea. Ms Firth was arrested for common assault and entered ...
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Make Registry records strictly confidential
It seems that every other piece of paper I read these days warns me of the increasing incidence of identity theft. According to a CPD conveyancing course I attended last month, mortgage and other frauds involving the Land Registry are running at record levels. ...
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Claim caveat
Due to the imminent closure of our local court, claims sent there for issuing are forwarded to Salford Business Centre for processing. I do not have a problem with this, as the case file stays with the local court. It is merely the issuing of ...
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Parent residence orders and relocation
One of the most difficult decisions a family judge can be called on to make is whether to grant permission to a parent with a residence order to relocate outside the jurisdiction of England and Wales. Cheap air travel, emails, mobile phones, Facebook and Skype ...