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Drive to put lawyers on governing board of every school
International law firms will no longer be able to pump new lawyers into booming practice areas and expanding international offices, even after the recession ends, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest firms. ‘You will see less of the crazy, untamed growth ...
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The 2009 London Legal Sponsored Walk
The 2009 London Legal Sponsored Walk raised a record £380,000 to support law centres across the country. Among 4,000 walkers were 50 judges, 12 City firm senior partners, the lord chief justice, master of the rolls, attorney general and shadow attorney general, and the director of public prosecutions. Lord Justice ...
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Drive to put lawyers on governing board of every school
Lawyers could take a seat on every school governing board under a project aimed at encouraging children from a wider range of backgrounds to enter the legal profession. The Law Society-backed project, ALLIES, will help lawyers to apply to become governors, and bring together ...
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Law society calls for government to act on HIP fees
The Law Society has called on the government to regulate the home information pack (HIP) industry to protect home buyers from secret referral fees paid to estate agents. Following a claim by a Channel 4 News investigation that pack prices could be inflated by more than ...
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Universities ask City to plug gaps in law faculty funding
Top university law faculties have begun talks with City law firms asking for fresh injections of cash to plug funding gaps, the Gazette has learned. It is understood that law faculties are making special requests for donations beyond firms’ usual contributions.
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Bribery bill will involve no shock tactics, law commissioner says
British companies should not be subjected to ‘extreme’ rules when carrying out business overseas, a Law Commission commissioner told MPs and peers during a two-hour parliamentary hearing on the draft bribery bill. Professor Jeremy Horder told a joint committee charged with scrutinising the bill that ...
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Rock films, floating companies and treatment centres
Juke box Dury: City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse advised debt fund Aegis on financing Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, a film about the life of pop singer Ian Dury (pictured). Aegis intends to commit $50m (£33m) to film funding in total. Cheltenham firm Wiggin advised the film’s ...
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Why the world's favourite encyclopedia matters
Our article on the top 50 firms and their patchy use of the online resource Wikipedia was huge fun to research, and a little disturbing too.
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SRA rethinks compensation fund levy for 2009/10
The Solicitors Regulation Authority board has asked officials to rethink this year’s proposed compensation fund contributions. As the Gazette reports today, a paper considered by the board at its monthly public meeting, in Birmingham, recommended that solicitors holding client money contribute £470 in 2009/10, up ...
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Best value tendering – what is to be done?
No one present at the Criminal Law Solicitors Association conference last week could have been left in any doubt about the profession’s almost-universal opposition to price-competitive tendering for the commissioning of police station legal aid work.
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Profits fall at CMS Cameron McKenna
City firm CMS Cameron McKenna reported a 14% fall in profits as it became the first big commercial law firm to release its financial results this year. The decline in profits, from £84m in 2007/08 to £72m for the year to 30 April 2008/09, came as ...
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Turning strategy into tactics – simply carry out what you plan
A lot of time and effort goes into formulating a strategy. This might involve partners’ conferences, staff consultations and animated debate – and ultimately, agreement upon strategic objectives, how they will be achieved...
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Law Society looks to strengthen legal ties with Indian firms
Opportunities for Indian and UK firms to work together will increase as a result of the Indian elections, the Law Society has said ahead of it UK-India legal practice conference. The event, which takes place from 1-5 June, will link up visiting Indian law ...
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Hot under the collar over gender equality
The Fawcett Society’s claim that the criminal justice system is ‘institutionally sexist’ is a shocking soundbite, but for many it will not sound a discordant note.
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Why lunch with the partners is good for marketing
One of the firms I work closely with has a fairly rare management quirk for a firm of its size. It provides the partners (and finance director) with lunch each day.
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Law Society condemns best-value tendering pilot
Des Hudson, the Law Society’s chief executive, has added his voice to criticism of plans by the Legal Services Commission to award contracts for legal aid work in police stations by a process of best-value tendering (BVT). In a speech to the Criminal Law Solicitors ...
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Justice minister steps down pending expenses probe
Justice minister Shahid Malik stepped down today amid the furore over MPs’ expenses. This morning, The Daily Telegraph claimed that Malik paid discounted rent at his main home in Dewsbury – which he pays for himself – of less than £100 per week, while at the ...
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Solving sell-to-rent-back issues with proprietary estoppel
The doctrine of proprietary estoppel may help clients who sold their house in return for tenancy but have since been given notice to quit.
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Internet publication and freedom of expression
The long-standing principle of ‘publish and be damned’ is jealously guarded by the media. But when it comes to publications on the internet, a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) shows that those who publish there may find themselves being damned for ever and a day.
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Family law
Children – Discretion – Residence orders Re R (a child ) sub nom CP v (1) AR (2) CR (a child by his guardian): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Wall, Wilson): 29 April 2009 ...