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Lawyers concerned over ABS impact, survey suggests
Solicitors expect a high number of law firm closures as a result of alternative business structures, research has suggested. A survey of 150 law firms by referral service Contact Law found that 36% thought one in five high street law firms will go out of business ...
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New provider enters PII market
A new provider has entered the professional indemnity insurance market with less than a month to go until the renewal deadline. Lloyd’s of London broker Bar Professions has secured a new insurer that will look to cover firms of between one and 25 partners of any ...
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Cloud computing: an ethical challenge for lawyers
The European Commission is consulting widely on cloud computing. In brief, for newcomers to the topic, cloud computing is the storage of data on servers outside your personal ownership. There are mega-providers out there who will store your data for a fee which is cheaper ...
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SRA has '50 in-depth discussions’ with potential ABS applicants
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has had 'in-depth discussions’ with 50 firms and businesses looking at becoming alternative business structures, its chief executive Anthony Townsend told the Gazette last week. He also confirmed that the SRA hopes to be able to license ABSs 'at the turn of ...
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Labour tables amendments to legal aid and costs reforms
Opponents to government strategy for civil litigation and legal aid reform have launched a multi-pronged ‘victim-centric’ attack on the proposals. Labour MPs have tabled a series of amendments to the coalition government’s planned changes under the umbrella of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders ...
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Sky News: riot sentences strengthen case for cameras in court
The head of Sky News has made a renewed appeal for court proceedings to be televised in the light of the August riots. John Ryley has written to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke calling for an end to the ban on television cameras entering the courtroom.
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Solicitors voice concerns over reduction in LSC helpline hours
The reduced operating hours of the Legal Services Commission’s telephone helpline is hampering cases, the Gazette has been told. Lawyers from around the country have contacted the Gazette reporting that the LSC’s decision to cut the operation of its telephone helpline to four hours a day ...
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Society will fight slander claim brought by site owner
The Law Society will seek to strike out a claim for slander being sought against chief executive Desmond Hudson by the owner of the Solicitors from Hell website, it said today. Site owner Rick Kordowski has filed a claim in the High Court in relation to ...
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Abbey Protection to exploit Legal Services Act
Insurance firm Abbey Protection has indicated it will take full advantage of the future deregulation of legal services. The firm, which announced its financial results this week, saw post-tax profits increase by 10% to £3.8m in the first half of 2011 – of which £1.2m was ...
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Arbitration
Stay of proceedings - Defendant purporting to invoke arbitration clause in consultancy agreement Wilky Property Holdings PLC v London & Surrey Investments Limited: Chancery Division: (Richard Snowden QC): 17 August 2011 ...
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Conflict of laws
Foreign judgment - Enforcement or recognition - Jurisdiction of foreign court Re New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (in liquidation): Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Mummery, Lloyd, Mr Justice McFarlane): 9 August 2011 ...
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Immigration
Asylum seeker - Removal from United Kingdom to state of which person not national or citizen R (on the application of Elayathamby): Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) (Mr Justice Sales): 11 August 2011 ...
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Immigration
Leave to enter – Entry clearance – Spouses of British nationals – Claimant foreign nationals married to British nationals R (on the application of Kotecha) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application Das) v ...
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Employment
Contract of service - Breach of contract - Inducing breach of contract BGC Capital Markets (Switzerland) LLC v Rees and others: Queen's Bench Division (Sir Raymond Jack sitting as a judge of the High Court): 27 July 2011 ...