Last 3 months headlines – Page 1709
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Law firms eye up Syrian market
Law firms, financial services providers and insurance companies are sizing up the Syrian business market as the government makes moves to open up to foreign investment, the Gazette has learned.
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Fujitsu starts £700m claim against NHS
Formal moves have begun in the largest single claim for compensation ever made against the NHS, a computer contractor revealed last week. Fujitsu Services said it had issued a procedure initiation notice to the IT agency NHS Connecting for Health following the termination of a ...
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Sports
London firm Couchman Harrington Associates advised AIM-listed sports services group Essentially on its £325,000 acquisition of Arundel Promotions, set up by ex-England cricketer Alec Stewart and football manager Alan Smith. Arundel was advised by London firm Gregory Rowcliffe Milners. ...
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Why do women solicitors earn less than men?
When Fiona Fitzgerald, chair of the Association of Women Solicitors, was preparing to launch the joint campaign with the Law Society on equal pay, she first checked her own firm’s record.
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Ed Foss moves to CMS Cameron McKenna
PRIVATE PRACTICE PartnersStarting in the City, Nabarro appoints former Allen & Overy partner Julie Quinn to its employment group. Ed Foss, group legal ...
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Clearing up confiscations & protecting the public
The House of Lords and Court of Appeal have recently handed down important judgments on the issue of confiscation. In R v May [2008] UKHL 28, Jennings v CPS [2008] UKHL 29, and R v Green [2008] UKHL 30, the House carried out a basic analysis of the law and ...
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Personal injury
Football – Future loss – Loss of chance – Loss of earnings – Sportspersons – Wages Benjamin Collett v (1) Gary Smith (2) Middlesbrough Football and Athletics Company (1986) Ltd: QBD (Manchester) (Mrs Justice Swift): 11 August 2008 ...
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Intellectual property
Contracts – Artistic works – Copyright – Film industry – Foreign copyright protection (1) Lucasfilm Ltd (2) Star Wars Productions Ltd (3) Lucasfilm Entertainment Co Ltd v (1) Andrew Ainsworth (2) Shepperton Design Studios Ltd (2008): Ch D (Mr ...
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Arbitration
Agreements – France – International Chamber of Commerce – Non-parties – Pakistan – Seat of arbitration Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Co v Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan: QBD (Comm) (Mr Justice Aikens): 1 August 2008 ...
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Mental health
Bias – Detention – Hearings – High-security psychiatric hospitals – Mental health review tribunals R (on the application Brown) v South Region Mental Health Review Tribunal: QBD (Admin) (Mrs Justice Dobbs): 13 August 2008 ...
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Human rights
Conditions – Control orders – Freedom of thought, conscience and religion – Deprivation of liberty Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Keith): 12 August 2008 The court was required to determine ...
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Sitting pretty in pink
The vexed issue of how judges should be attired remains the subject of a colourful debate. So it’s pink! That’s the colour to be worn in court by High Court masters, Family Division district judges, bankruptcy registrars and costs judges when they don their new robes ...
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Outrageous fortunes
The public need to be convinced that solicitors often offer a cheaper service than other providers. Over the last couple of years, I have become increasingly concerned about the level of fees charged by some new entrants into the legal market.
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Training need?
I noted with interest the report of ‘shoddy’ phone advice given to bail defendants (see [2008] Gazette, 31 July, 2). I thought the Gazette might like to hear of a case I had recently. A youth client had been arrested for breach of pre-charge bail conditions, ...
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Six-week wait
I have been following the Gazette’s coverage of court delays. You may be interested to hear of a letter sent to solicitors on 14 August by Northampton County Court concerning arrears, which are now said to be 31 working days in some areas of work.
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Frontline cuts
I am sure every litigator has experienced horrors similar to those outlined in the recent series of letters describing inefficiencies in the court system. Do we have any reason to believe they are caused by anything other than budget cuts? My ‘favourite’ recent experience was ...
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Lasting benefit
I am writing in respect of new public guardian Martin John’s announcement of a review of the lasting power of attorney form (see [2008] Gazette, 7 August, 3). Key stakeholder organisations are already working together in preparation for this review and the wider review of the Mental Capacity Act. ...
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Battle of the sexes
Staff at Merseyside personal injury specialists Halsalls revealed comic alter egos for a local It’s a Knockout competition. The ‘boys’ went as Dennis the Menace the ‘girls’ as his Beano co-star Minnie the Minx. And rather well they did, too – no doubt inspired by the goal of raising £3,000 ...
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Broken bones
Obiter admires stiff-upper-lip stoicism, particularly when exhibited by members of the profession. Serena Brotherton, for instance, shrugged off the fractured pelvis she suffered when her horse fell and rolled on her. ‘It was the first time I’d broken anything in 16 years of ...