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Property search chief quits after just six months
Mervyn Pilley has resigned as chief executive of the Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) after only six months in the post. The trade organisation for the property search industry said the resignation followed a series of discussions in the new year between Pilley and the ...
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Ormerod to head Law Commission
The Law Commission has appointed Mark Ormerod as its new chief executive. Ormerod, who is currently director of access to justice policy at the Ministry of Justice, will take up his new position on 2 March, replacing William Arnold, who has been acting chief executive ...
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LDPs to go live on 31 March
The ‘go live’ date for legal disciplinary practices (LDPs) has been put back a month, to 31 March, at the instigation of justice minister Bridget Prentice. In a statement today, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said it will be able to regulate the new business ...
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Land Registry asks private firms to build property chain matrix
The Land Registry has announced it will support commercial IT companies to develop ‘Chain Matrix’ systems to make conveyancing more transparent. The Registry shelved its own prototype system in 2007 after spending £15m in partnership with IBM. This announcement was the result ...
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Taxing problem for solicitors
Paying tax has been identified as the number one concern of solicitors hit by the credit crunch. Late incoming payments from third parties are making the problem worse, according to an online survey by the Law Society. Most firms said private clients were not paying their bills on time, which ...
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Watchdog wins appeal over ‘boiler room’ scam
The Financial Services Authority today (17 February) won an appeal against Leeds legal firm Fox Hayes over its failure to take reasonable steps to prevent a $21m (£14.7m) ‘boiler room’ fraud that hit 670 UK investors.
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How the Mortgage Arrears Protocol affects mortgage proceedings
With mortgage repossessions increasing, the government is stepping in with advice to mortgage lenders. As sources of mortgage finance dry up, families can find themselves facing higher mortgage costs, as well as other budgetary pressures. Their predicament has been exacerbated by the tough attitude of ...
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Human rights
Constitutional law - Aliens - Constitutional reform - EC law - Right to free elections - Sark R (on the application of Barclay & Ors) v Secretary of State for Justice & Ors: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Pill, ...
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Legal advice
Conditional fee agreements - Legal costs insurance - Solicitors’ powers Kier Tankard (appellant) v John Fredricks Plastics Ltd (respondent); (1) Fawcett Old Ltd (2) Michael Jane Hair & Beauty (appellants) v Yvonne Hibberd (respondent); Mark Jones (appellant) v Karl ...
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Legal profession
Barristers’ fees - Comparators - Funding arrangements Lord Chancellor v John Charles Rees & ors: QBD (Sir Charles Gray): 19 December 2008 The appellant Lord Chancellor appealed against the decision ...
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Legal advice
Breach of contract - Conditional fee arrangements - Costs - Retainers (1) Bray Walker Solicitors (a firm) (2) Bevans Bray Walkers Ltd (t/a Bevans) v Carlo Moise Silvera: QBD (Mr Justice Blake): 18 December 2008 ...
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Human rights
Sentencing - EC law - Foreign travel - Notification - Sex offenders R (on the application of F) v Secretary of State for Justice: R (on the application of Angus Aubrey Thompson) v Secretary of State for Justice: DC ...
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Local government
Planning - Human rights - Change of use - Mobile homes (1) Theo Langton (2) Ruth McGill v (1) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (2) West Dorset District Council: QBD (Admin) (Judge Gilbart QC): 7 January ...
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Human rights
Bicycles - Exemptions - Notification - Processions Kay v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: HL (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood): 26 November 2008 ...
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Criminal defence call centres may work, but are they justice?
At 9.37am on the Friday before Christmas, the display screen in the middle of the open-plan office indicates that 287 calls from police stations have so far been answered. It is the job of the Defence Solicitor Call Centre (DSCC) in Purley, Surrey (the DSCC’s other ...
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Promoting and enforcing contact
On 8 December 2008, the Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No 3) Order 2008 came into force.
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Human rights
Negligence - Duty of care - Health authorities - Nursing homes Trent Strategic Health Authority v Jain & anor: HL (Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury): 21 ...
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Human rights
Social welfare - Care workers - Listing system for protection of vulnerable adults R (on the application of Wright and others) v Secretary of State for Health: HL (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, ...
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Capital economics
Like many institutions, the Law Society – and indeed the Gazette – get occasional stick for being allegedly metro-centric. Unfairly, of course – here in Chancery Lane we are perfectly cognisant of the world of flat hats and whippets that begins 100 metres north of the M25. And, contrary to ...
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Easy rider
Obiter has learned to be wary of horses, whether it comes to going near them or putting money on them. Not everybody, however, shares this caution. Trainee solicitor Simon Latchford (pictured) is one of 3,000 amateur jockeys who applied to compete in the ...