Last 3 months headlines – Page 1706
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Freedom of information
Requests to public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI) are becoming more challenging. Some authorities are even receiving requests about how they handle such requests.
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Family law
Civil procedure – Practice directions – Trial bundles – Sanctions for non-compliance – Identification of defaulters in open court Re X & Y (bundles): Fam Div (Mr Justice Munby): 22 August 2008
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Employment
Tax – Contracts of employment – Information technology – Provision of services through intermediary – IR35 Dragonfly Consultancy Ltd v Revenue & Customs Commissioners: Ch D (Mr Justice Henderson): 3 September 2008 ...
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Sentencing
Attempts – Kidnapping – Sentence length – Violent nature of offence R v Jason Matthew Eminson: CA (Crim Div) (Mr Justice Mitting, Mr Justice Tugendhat): 29 August 2008 The ...
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Legal profession
Negligence – Bankruptcy – Breach of contract – Causation – Conveyancing – Legal advice Sara Dayman (as trustee of the estate of Sandra Estelle Fielding, a former bankrupt) v Lawrence Graham (a firm): ChD (Judge Hodge QC): 28 August ...
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Criminal law
Environment – Unincorporated associations – Clubs – Criminal liability – Pollution R v (1) RL (2) JF: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Hughes, Mr Justice David Clarke, Mr Justice Blair): 28 August 2008 ...
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To Hellespont and back
Leander did it for love; Byron for glory. Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, London mental health and human rights specialist, and Law Society Council member, did it for the Howard League for Penal Reform. Swam the Hellespont, of course: 4.5 kilometres from shore to shore. At a steady ...
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Free for ale
With its pale, smooth straw colour born from marris otter, lager and crystal malts, malted wheats and citrus hops, Davenports IPA original bitter sounds like an ale-enthusiast’s dream. But those already diving out of the door and heading to the Dog and Duck should stay put, because Walsall firm Enoch ...
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Launching into orbiter
Obiter is used to being quizzed about which planet it inhabits, but it’s not often mistaken for a spacecraft. Until this week, when a letter arrived at Chancery Lane addressed to ‘Orbiter’. Even better, the letter was from a member of the profession ...
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Going green as the clouds gather
Environmental sustainability is no longer a luxury but rather a business-critical issue for law firms, argues Des Hudson. With the Met Office warning that this September could be the wettest ever, the urgent warnings of climate change scientists seem to be thrown into ever sharper relief. ...
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Training must top the agenda
Newly qualified solicitors should not use clients as guinea pigs to gain advocacy experience. I was pleased to read that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has backtracked over plans for automatic rights of audience for solicitors (see [2008] Gazette, 11 September, 2). ...
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When grammar 'gifts' us a lesson
Having read the latest letter about poor grammar, I could not resist raising my pet hate (see [2008] Gazette, 11 September, 9). When did ‘gift’ become a verb? Do non-lawyers talk about ‘gifting’ a house, as almost all private client practitioners now do? ...
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CDS Direct advice was appropriate
I do not agree with Matthew Coxall’s view of the advice provided by CDS Direct (see [2008] Gazette, 4 September, 9). In his letter, Mr Coxall questioned the advice provided by CDS Direct to his client. I have investigated the case concerned and I am ...
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High praise for a past president
What a refreshing, forthright article from Martin Mears (see [2008] Gazette, 11 September, 8). It reminds me why he is one of the few Law Society presidents who was actually elected by his fellow solicitors and why I voted for him. ...
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Racism: courage in the line of fire
I refer to Martin Mears’s trenchant dismissal of allegations of racism at the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Mr Mears treats the peddlers of these allegations and the powerful organisations at their back with more respect than they deserve. But it would be ...
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Firms face assigned risk pool threat
A far greater number of solicitors could end up in the assigned risks pool (ARP) and face paying up to half their fee income in solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII) premiums as the crisis in the market deepens. Industry sources have predicted that more small firms ...
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DLA Piper in the Middle East push
National firm DLA Piper has tripled its headcount in the Middle East as part of a huge push into the region and has plans for further expansion over the next two months, the Gazette can reveal. The firm, which had around 50 lawyers working in the ...
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Costs-capping power for courts
Courts will have formal powers to make costs-capping orders under changes proposed by the civil procedure rule committee. The courts have been developing their costs-capping jurisdiction, most notably in personal injury and defamation cases, and the consultation issued last week is largely an attempt to codify ...