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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 ...
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Hive talking
Staff at City firms Olswang and Mishcon de Reya will have noticed a buzz in the air this week, after their central London offices took delivery of beehives and several thousand bees. The firms are taking part in a pilot scheme testing the impact of ...
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Terminal verbosity
Obiter was amused by a discussion posted on the Gazette’s LinkedIn group by solicitor David Lewis, entitled ‘What annoys me about other lawyers’. Lewis bemoans his peers’ verbosity, writing ‘pursuant to’ or ‘under the provisions of’ instead of ‘under’, and ‘in respect of’ instead of ‘for’. ...
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Court clash
In the heart of legal London, the latest dispute in need of resolution appears to be between near-neighbours the Royal Courts of Justice and ancient lawyer watering hole the Seven Stars pub on Carey Street. Obiter recently spied ...