Last 3 months headlines – Page 1537
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Can advertising boost the solicitor brand?
The Law Society has dipped its toes in the water in terms of attempting to advertise the solicitor brand for some years. But last year it really took the plunge, investing £211,000 in the Help I need somebody campaign. And this time round it has doubled that amount.
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Physician heal thyself
They say rules are meant to be broken, and that certainly seems to be the approach adopted by one red-faced government department this week. The Department for Communities and Local Government, which has responsibility among other things for legislation that compels landlords to carry out proper fire risk assessments, was ...
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Chancery Lane hails costs cap coup
Controversial rules to cap the costs recovered by acquitted defendants were struck down as ‘unlawful’ by the High Court in a victory for the Law Society this week. The regulations, which are now invalid, were introduced in October 2009 and sought to ensure that acquitted defendants ...
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In the frame
Perusing this intriguing image, Obiter is reminded of the old saying that dog owners often look like their pets. Is there something similar in the facial expression of these two? The pic of rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio was taken at a modern art exhibition organised ...
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Immigration
Change of circumstances – Entry clearances – Visas – Immigration Act 1971 Secretary of State for the Home Department v DB: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Mummery, Thomas, Pitchford): 28 May 2010 ...
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Cracking time
A team of lawyers from CPS Bradford were glad not to be left with egg on their faces after challenging Britain’s brainiest quizzers on a BBC2 contest recently. They took part in Eggheads, which, for the uninitiated, is a teatime show in which teams pit their general knowledge skills against ...
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Intellectual property
Goodwill – Misrepresentation – Passing off – Vacuum cleaners Numatic International ltd v Qualtex UK Ltd: ChD (Patents Ct) (Mr Justice Floyd): 28 May 2010 The claimant company (N) ...
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Life's a beach
Has Baywatch returned to our screens once more? Not exactly. Although the plotline could be said to be equally implausible. Durham firm Swinburne Maddison entered two teams in the Castles Challenge Triathlon earlier this month: Team Old (Terry Lee, 45 [pictured, nearest runner], John Davison, 52, and Jonathan Moreland, 42) ...
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Ready for his closeup now...
It’s no secret that not all members of the Lords were desperately keen on upping sticks and moving to some new fangled Supreme Court. But former lord chief justice, Lord Phillips (pictured), was always in favour. He was conscious of the importance of a visible separation between the parliamentary chamber ...
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Court of Protection failing to meet targets, report reveals
The court that makes decisions on behalf of people lacking mental capacity has suffered ‘more than its fair share of setbacks’ and is still achieving only one of its six targets, over 30 months after its creation, a report revealed last week. The first report into ...
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Human rights key to fighting terrorism, Lord Phillips says
The Human Rights Act 1998 is ‘a vital part of the foundation of our fight against terrorism’, the president of the Supreme Court has declared in an outspoken defence of the act. Setting out a series of recent cases in which government anti-terrorism measures have ...
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Civil procedure
Health – Judicial review – Jurisdiction – Interested parties R (on the application of McVey & Ors) (claimant) v Secretary of State for Health (defendant) & (1) Jonathan Simms (2) Holly Mills (interested parties): QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Silber): ...
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PII complaints initiative to cut premiums
A City law firm and an insurance broker are offering to take on complaints-handling work for law firms with a service that they claim could cut firms’ professional indemnity insurance (PII) premiums. Davies Arnold Cooper will provide 10 hours of free legal advice on internal and ...
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Insolvencies in Merseyside on the rise
Solicitor bankruptcies in the Merseyside area have risen sharply, the official receiver said last week.Ian Thomson, official receiver for Liverpool, said that there have been ‘more than the usual’ number of solicitors going bust over the last six months. Thomson estimated that in a normal year, between four and five ...
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BSB chair: 'merge solicitors' and barristers' training courses'
The chair of the bar’s regulator has called for a radical overhaul of legal professional education by merging the solicitors’ and barristers’ courses, to give young people longer to decide which branch of the profession they want to join. Bar Standards Board chair Lady Deech ...
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Employment
Banking and finance – Contracts – Bonus payments – Summary judgments Parties Named in Schedule A v (1) Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd (2) Commerzbank AG; Fahmi Anar & Ors v (1) Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd (2) Commerzbank AG: QBD (Mr Justice ...
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Society repeats nationwide ad campaign to promote solicitors
The Law Society has launched a repeat of last year’s nationwide drive to promote solicitors in an advertising campaign that began this week. Adverts will run in more than 450 railway stations and on more than 40 buses, as well as in the national press and ...
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Fresh legal aid cuts not ruled out by MoJ
The new legal aid minister refused to rule out more legal aid cuts in his first press interview last week. Jonathan Djanogly (pictured) also said no decision had been made on whether the coalition would proceed with the Labour government’s plans to consolidate the criminal defence ...