Last 3 months headlines – Page 1385
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Two steps forward, one step back
Let us have a party about two pieces of good news. There is not a lot of that around at present, for the legal profession or anyone else. And then we will give a loud boo to the bad news.
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This is our final OFR
Paul Rogerson talks to SRA chief executive Antony Townsend about the implementation of outcomes-focused regulation in a rapidly changing legal services market.
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Family crisis
The government’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will reach committee stage on the 11th October 2011. Following the consultation on legal aid earlier this year the government received over 5,000 responses in relation to plans to remove legal aid from large areas of the law.
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Dublin assures Law Society on Quinn collapse
The Irish government has assured the Law Society that solicitors will not be affected by the transfer of some of the business of Quinn Insurance. More than 500 solicitors have run-off professional indemnity insurance cover with the Irish firm, which went into administration last year. ...
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Firms call off Anglo-Scottish merger
An Anglo-Scottish merger between firms Bircham Dyson Bell and Dundas & Wilson has been ruled out. In a joint statement today, the firms said exploratory discussions to create a practice with combined revenues of £100m had not been successful. Donald Shaw, ...
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CPS to go paperless by April, says Starmer
The Director of Public Prosecutions has committed to making the Crown Prosecution Service entirely digital by April 2012. Keir Starmer QC told a Law Society seminar that the criminal justice system needs to move away from a paper-based system and transform the way criminal cases are ...
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Advocacy assurance scheme put on hold for a month
The launch of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) has been delayed and the consultation on its design extended, the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG) announced today. The JAG, set up with representatives of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and ILEX Professional Services ...
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Clarke to consult on competitive tendering
The justice secretary has confirmed that the government will publish a consultation on the introduction of competitive tendering for criminal defence services this year. In a letter to the Bar Council chair Peter Lodder QC, Kenneth Clarke sets out the government’s intention to press ahead with ...
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Immigration
Leave to remain - Appeal - Right to respect for private and family life AJ v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Pill, Etherton, Sir Mark Potter): 21 September 2011 ...
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm R v James: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Keith, Mr Justice Nicol): 22 September 2011 ...
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Hudson: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 21 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...
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Sentencing
Custodial sentence - Sexual assault R v Borrill: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 21 September 2011
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Davies: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 20 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...
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The politics of judicial independence
Did magistrates and judges help bring an end to the riots that ravaged English city centres in August? I suspect the prime minister’s decision to put additional police on the streets made more of an impact, but it seems reasonable to suppose that some unexpectedly tough sentences, reviewed by the ...