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Clarke urged to save cash-strapped immigration advice provider
Charities, faith leaders and human rights experts are calling on new justice secretary Kenneth Clarke (pictured) to save the UK’s largest immigration advice provider, which is facing closure because of delays in receiving legal aid payments. In an open letter to Clarke and home secretary ...
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Where will the spending axe fall next?
The new justice secretary’s in-tray is bulging. He has already found his department fighting judicial review proceedings; dealing with a drafting error that has rendered new defence costs rules...
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A day in the life of an international legal conference attendee
The flowering season for that most exotically located of plants, the international legal conference, has begun. It runs from May to October. It does not mean that there are no legal conferences outside those months...
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HIPs and consumer protection
Now that the home information pack regulations have been effectively scrapped, the unintended consequence is the loss of any consumer protection for the supply of CON29O and R and CON29DW standards searches. HIPs set out, for the first time, clear standards for the conditions upon which searches should be provided, ...
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Stop bleating
What a clever juxtaposition of letters (see [2010] Gazette, 27 May, 9) – 'Hurt in the pocket' and 'A Serious Fee'– where the question of low wages for conveyancers is posed, then answered.
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Tender trauma
I agree with the article 'LSC tender unfair' [link]. It is wholly unfair for the Legal Services Commission to favour those firms that have a Children Panel member or an Advanced Family Panel member over those that simply have a Family Panel member.The notification concerning domestic violence was not flagged ...
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Is outrage over anonymity for defendants in rape cases justified?
Lawyers representing rape victims have been up in arms over the coalition government’s recent commitment to introduce anonymity for defendants in rape cases, up until the point where they are convicted.
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Is outrage over anonymity for defendants in rape cases justified?
Lawyers representing rape victims have been up in arms over the coalition government’s recent commitment to introduce anonymity for defendants...
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Law Society action on panels
I was disappointed to read Melanie Carroll's call for the Law Society to stand up to lenders [see [2010] Gazette, 20 May] . We might all wish for a simple world where such problems could be dismissed so easily. It may help to note the enormous amount of work we ...
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Freedom of information: rights of access and endangerment
Section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 exempts public authority information from the general right of access if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, endanger the physical or mental health of any individual and/or the safety of any individual. The term ‘endanger’ is the same as ...
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Chancery Lane welcomes Queen’s speech proposals
The Law Society has responded to the coalition government’s proposals contained in today’s Queen’s speech. The Society said it is ‘delighted’ with the government’s proposals to: bring forward plans to introduce a Freedom (Great Repeal) Bill; bring ...
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Royal command
Obiter was royally impressed to learn this week that solicitors at Leeds firm Richardson & Co have been hobnobbing with no less a personage than HRH the Prince of Wales. Apparently HRH met senior partner Danny Richardson (centre) and Stephen Oldroyd (left) after ...
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Sinking HIPs
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have both proclaimed that their coalition government signals the start of a new era in which politics will be done differently. Obiter had a taste of just how differently at a media briefing last week. The press had been called ...
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Data page for May 2010
The data page is the financial rates and data compiled for the Law Society Gazette by MoneyFacts group, the UK's largest supplier of savings and mortgage data. Downloads Download the ...
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Consumer watchdog backs retention of referral fees
The Legal Services Consumer Panel has called for action to tackle problems surrounding referral fees, but stressed that such fees ought to be retained if its proposals are implemented. The panel has called for more disclosure of fees paid and better regulation following its own review of the current system. ...
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Insolvency
Administration – Creditors – Debtors In the matter of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd (In Administration): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Mummery, Hughes, Etherton): 11 May 2010 The appellant joint ...
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Civil procedure
Civil evidence – Family law – Maintenance Child Support Agency v Forrest: DC (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Keith): 14 May 2010 The appellant Department for Work and Pensions ...
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Negligence
Contacts – Damages – Legal profession (1) Levicom International Holdings BV (2) Levicom Investments Curacao NV v Linklaters (a firm): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Jacob, Lloyd, Stanley Burnton): 11 May 2010 ...
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When duty calls: solicitor Gordon Turner recounts his experience as a juror
When I received my jury summons last December, I thought there had been a mistake. Aren’t lawyers exempt? I protested and tried to get out of it on compassionate – or any – grounds. I had a new business to run, and my staff needed me (although as it turned ...
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Finding solutions in dispute resolution
The master of the rolls’ call for mediation to become part of every lawyer’s training (see [2010] Gazette, 13 May, 3) is a much welcome endorsement by a member of the senior judicial establishment of the need for a fundamental rebuild of every lawyer’s toolkit.