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Immigration
Penology and criminology - Absconding - Category D prisoners - Classification R (on the application of Gregory Omoregbee) (Claimant) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice (2) Governor of Hewell Prison (Defendants) and UK Border Agency (Interested Party): CA ...
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Human rights
Freezing orders - Lists - Right to a fair trial - Terrorists Secretary of State for the Foreign Office and Commonwealth Affairs v (1) E Maftah (2) A Khaled: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Judge LCJ, Lord Justice Sedley, Lady ...
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Administrative law
Licensing - Local government - Irrationality - Legitimate expectation Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences (Appellant) v Albert Court Residents Association and Ors (Respondents) and Westminster City Council (Additional Party): Westminster City Council (Appellant) v Albert Court ...
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Team GB: world police?
It is said that it is far better to give than to receive. That may be so, but under the Bribery Act 2010 both may be an offence, so ‘receiving’ may now have the edge. After a false start or two, the act will finally come ...
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Personal injury
Health and safety at work - Codes of practice - Employers’ liability - Noise Stephanie Baker (Respondent) v (1) Quantum Clothing Group (2) Pretty Polly Ltd (3) Meridian Ltd (Appellants): SC (Justices of the Supreme Court: Lords Mance, Kerr, ...
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Local government
Human rights - Social welfare - Child protection - Disclosure (1) H (2) L v A City Council: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Pill, Hooper, Munby): 14 April 2011 The ...
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Comparing lawyers with doctors proves maturity of profession
by Jonathan Goldsmith, secretary general of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe There was fuss and nonsense in the press recently about the growing number of solicitors.
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Equality Act will pressure authorities to listen
Passed in the final days of the last government, the Equality Act 2010 (EA) is largely a consolidating measure. It updates private law remedies that challenge discrimination in the workplace, in the education system, or when someone buys, receives, or is denied a service on ...
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Complaints pour in on lenders' panel advice
Law firms are suffering financial loss because lenders are incorrectly advising clients that they cannot use their own solicitor for conveyancing and mortgage work, the Law Society has warned. Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson said Chancery Lane had received a stack of complaints from firms ...
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Juror ‘contempt’ over Facebook contact
A juror who allegedly contacted a defendant through Facebook during a trial could face jail for contempt of court. Attorney general Dominic Grieve QC has applied to the High Court for permission to pursue contempt proceedings against juror Joanne Maria Fraill, who is alleged to have ...
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Human rights LinkedIn launch
The Gazette has launched a human rights LinkedIn group for solicitors interested in civil liberties and human rights issues in the UK and internationally. The group, launched jointly with the Law Society’s international human rights team, will become a leading discussion forum for topics ranging ...
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Solicitor set to pay for wasted costs
A London solicitor at the centre of a dispute over alleged illegal file sharing could face a huge costs bill after a judge ruled that he had breached the code of conduct and ‘brought the legal profession into disrepute’. Judge Birss, sitting in the Patent County ...
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EU takes UK to court over environmental law 'failings'
The European Commission has referred the UK government to the European Court of Justice (pictured) over its failure to provide an affordable procedure for mounting legal challenges to development plans that might damage the environment. The ECJ has the power to impose fines of up to ...
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Law Society will intervene over LPP extension
The Law Society will seek to intervene to prevent legal professional privilege (LPP) being extended to accountants if the matter comes before the Supreme Court, Chancery Lane said last week. Financial services company Prudential was granted leave to appeal a previous Court of Appeal decision ...
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Decision to support SRA structures regulation shows leadership
As announced in the Gazette, the Law Society has voted to support the Solicitors Regulation Authority's (SRA) application to the Legal Services Board for approval as a licensor of alternative business structures. In doing so the Law Society demonstrated an element of the leadership that ...
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MoJ ends training subsidy for Chinese lawyers
The Ministry of Justice has put an end to a £370,000 annual subsidy paid out for the last 20 years to help train Chinese lawyers. The Lord Chancellor’s Training Scheme was aimed at engaging with young Chinese lawyers to improve their understanding of the English legal ...
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From law suits to ties
Obiter had to check the calendar last week on receiving an email announcing the launch of a ‘revolutionary’ new product created by Scottish solicitor Chris Gibson: the ‘SuperTie’. The ‘guaranteed perfect necktie’ combines ‘the innovation of a zipper mechanism’ with ‘Scottish values of high quality’. ...
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Out of la mêlée
Just in, this match report from a gruelling international rugby encounter between the Cardiff Lawyers XV and their Parisian counterparts, Rugby Club du Palais de Justice de Paris. Mark Rostron, partner at Hunt & Morgan, informs Obiter that it was a physical encounter with hard hits going in from both ...
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Legal flicks
Killing time on Twitter last week, Obiter was amused by a thread of tweets under the hash tag ‘solicitormovies’. Twits, twitterers, the legal twitteratti, or whatever the appropriate term is, have posted film titles incorporating the names of law firms. ...