All articles by Jonathan Rayner – Page 9
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ProfileCouncil sued over playground safety
Nicola Bailey-Gibbs acted for mother of child who fell from playground slide and fractured her skull.
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ProfileDamages for victimised Met police officer
Kiran Daurka acted for a black woman police officer after a tribunal found the officer had been treated in a ‘vindictive and spiteful’ manner.
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OpinionDealing with the incompetent
Did downsizing during the recession leave many firms short of competent lawyers?
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NewsSolicitor MEP backs amended money laundering regime
Timothy Kirkhope says the fourth directive is designed to allow member states more proportionality.
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FeatureEuropean mission
Jonathan Rayner meets the Law Society Brussels office, which lobbies hard for solicitors’ interests in Europe.
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ProfileRobert Hunter
HSF partner Robert Hunter, who is profoundly deaf, tells Jonathan Rayner how he carved out a career as a City fraudbuster.
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ProfileDrunk man boards empty plane
Tariq Khan acted for man who managed to board an empty plane at Birmingham airport via a baggage carousel.
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Victims of slavery left unprotected – Law Society
Society tells a parliamentary committee that a proposed bill to counter people trafficking lacks ’clarity, precision and simplicity’.
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OpinionWhat price a life shortened by abuse?
The ‘overarching inquiry’ into institutional child abuse will trigger memories of trauma.
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NewsCanada set to embrace new business models
Bar report recommends that lawyers should be free to practise ‘in any form they desire’.
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NewsCommission probes religion in the workplace
EHRC initiative will assess whether religious people are aware of their legal rights.
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NewsLandmark ruling on deprivation of liberty
Sir James Munby gives judgment in hearing to consider how to cope for a forecast 10-fold rise in cases.
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OpinionLawyers on the hippy trail?
Take better care of yourselves – even if 2014 isn’t the summer of love.
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NewsChancery Lane names its ‘brightest stars’
The Law Society has announced the shortlist for this year’s Excellence Awards.
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ProfileNoise nuisance claim costs soar
Richard Buxton acted for residents of a private house in a claim against the owners of a speedway and motor racing stadium.
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OpinionPulling punches on usual suspects
The National Theatre’s production Great Britain misses its target.
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ProfileTulisa drugs trial collapses over evidence doubt
Ben Rose acted for the singer in her trial over drugs allegations, a trial which could not continue.
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ProfileAndrew Caplen
The new Law Society president is using the challenges facing the profession as a chance to re-engage with solicitors.
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FeatureInternational Marketplace Conference
Lawyers face a multitude of challenges when doing business in volatile emerging economies, as we learnt from the International Marketplace Conference.