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Law Society looks to strengthen legal ties with Indian firms
Opportunities for Indian and UK firms to work together will increase as a result of the Indian elections, the Law Society has said ahead of it UK-India legal practice conference. The event, which takes place from 1-5 June, will link up visiting Indian law ...
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Hot under the collar over gender equality
The Fawcett Society’s claim that the criminal justice system is ‘institutionally sexist’ is a shocking soundbite, but for many it will not sound a discordant note.
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Why lunch with the partners is good for marketing
One of the firms I work closely with has a fairly rare management quirk for a firm of its size. It provides the partners (and finance director) with lunch each day.
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Law Society condemns best-value tendering pilot
Des Hudson, the Law Society’s chief executive, has added his voice to criticism of plans by the Legal Services Commission to award contracts for legal aid work in police stations by a process of best-value tendering (BVT). In a speech to the Criminal Law Solicitors ...
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Justice minister steps down pending expenses probe
Justice minister Shahid Malik stepped down today amid the furore over MPs’ expenses. This morning, The Daily Telegraph claimed that Malik paid discounted rent at his main home in Dewsbury – which he pays for himself – of less than £100 per week, while at the ...
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Solving sell-to-rent-back issues with proprietary estoppel
The doctrine of proprietary estoppel may help clients who sold their house in return for tenancy but have since been given notice to quit.
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Internet publication and freedom of expression
The long-standing principle of ‘publish and be damned’ is jealously guarded by the media. But when it comes to publications on the internet, a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) shows that those who publish there may find themselves being damned for ever and a day.
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Family law
Children – Discretion – Residence orders Re R (a child ) sub nom CP v (1) AR (2) CR (a child by his guardian): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Wall, Wilson): 29 April 2009 ...
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Sentencing
Causing death by dangerous driving – Mobile telephones – Mitigation – Undue leniency Attorney general’s reference (no 17 of 2009), sub nom R v Phillipa Curtis: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Mr Justice Lloyd-Jones, Mr Justice ...
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SharePoint can provide firms with high-end tech for low-end cash
There is a software company that owns solicitors’ desktops. It has the lion’s share of their company email too, and now it wants the rest of their IT business. Microsoft is a brand that needs little introduction, but it is making inroads into areas of law firm IT which were ...
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Brought to account
Obiter, who blushes to reclaim a receipted taxi fare, has watched with awed fascination the Daily Telegraph’s exposure of how MPs have worked parliament’s expenses regime. Justice ministers are among those in the spotlight. Justice secretary Jack Straw, ...
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Quick on the draw
Obiter has received two more entries for the coveted title of ‘fastest lawyer in the land’.
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Jumping ahead
Guy Barnett, managing partner of Midlands firm Blakemores, won the show jumping Welsh Masters Championship 2009 – despite being on his second string horse, a Danish Holsteiner called Aragon (pictured). Apparently his first choice, Joli Coeur, suffered an ‘unlucky rub’ in an earlier round. Barnett, appropriately, specialises in equine law.
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Floored strategy
One bright idea for helping the chancellor out of his little difficulty with public finances is for public bodies to share accommodation. With efficiency and cultural synergy in mind, what could be more logical than co-locating the police and Crown Prosecution Service? It turns out it is not as easy ...
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Doctor in profit
Derek Peedell casts light on a substantial issue in the governance of the NHS (see [2009] Gazette, 7 May, 11). GPs are publicly funded to meet the entire cost of the provision of GP services to their NHS patients.
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Direct criticism
John Sirodcar makes reference to my review of certain CDS Direct files (see [2009] Gazette, 7 May, 11). He attributes a quote to me which is not in fact entirely correct.
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Closing the gap
I write in response to the comments made by Desmond Browne QC, the chairman of the Bar Council, about the impact of fees on black and minority ethnic (BME) and female lawyers (see [2009] Gazette, 30 April, 3).
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Counting the costs
It is hard to know where to start with Lord Justice Jackson’s gargantuan preliminary report on civil litigation costs. If nothing else, it is as comprehensive a review of the current problems as one could hope to have.
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Collaborative regulation is required for the corporate sector
Regulation in the City of London has hardly been out of the headlines for some months – most notably in relation to financial regulation, but also in relation to the legal sector. One of the SRA’s key tasks over the next few months is to ensure that we have the ...
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Bar considers action on ‘threat’ posed by solicitor-advocates
The Bar Council has set up a working group to tackle what it calls unfair competition from solicitor-advocates for Crown Court work.