Last 3 months headlines – Page 1714
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Immigration
Human rights – Asylum seekers – Proportionality - Remittal TG (Central African Republic) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2008): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Buxton, Keene):15 July 2008 ...
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Employment
Local government – Discrimination – Equal pay – Legitimate aim – Proportionality – Trade unions Allen & Ors v GMB (2008): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Tuckey, Smith, Maurice Kay): 16 July 2008 ...
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Family law
Local government – Adoption – Expert reports - Placement orders – Children Re B (children) sub nom (1) MJ (mother) (2) LB (father) v (1) Local Authority (2) CB, AB, MB (by their guardian EE) (2008): CA (Civ ...
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Defamation
Absolute privilege – Complaints – Police – Slander Richard Anders Westcott v Sarah Westcott (2008): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Ward, Sedley, Stanley Burnton): 15 July 2008 The appellant ...
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Football frenzy
It’s a global footballing bonanza this week, and to kick off we have some homegrown talent. Eighteen-year-old Junior Bilal (inset), who works in the business support unit at Cumberland Ellis, is in Manchester playing for England (above) in the INAS-FID European Championship 2008.
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Challenging times
As the saying goes: ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.’ And some people will go to extreme lengths to keep dullness at bay. Edward Hardy (pictured far right), a senior solicitor at the Nationwide Building Society, is a case in point. He and a team of ...
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Bolly good show
Word reaches Obiter of yet more Bollywood action in the legal world. Elizabeth Mitchell, 34-year-old partner at York firm Wood Sherwood Solicitors, is currently preparing for her second Bollywood role after appearing in the West Yorkshire Playhouse summer production of Bollywood Jane last year, see Obiter 24 May 2007. ...
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Setting Sail for Beijing
City firm Charles Russell gave paralympic sailor Helena Lucas a hearty send off on her way to the Beijing games last week. Lucas, a member of the Skandia Team GBR, will be racing in the 2.4m single-handed keelboat class. The firm has provided the sailor, tipped to bring home a ...
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Leeds: legal powerhouse
Leeds’ legal market is so strong, some even believe it has become overcrowded. What makes the city so attractive to law firms?
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Making light of hard work
The relationship between trainees and law firms is heavily biased in favour of the latter
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Anonymity balance
In his comment, Ian Kelcey, chairman of the CLSA, argues that witness anonymity could seriously damage a defendant’s right to a fair trial, and acknowledges that ‘there may be some cases where it is desirable to achieve a conviction [sic], but at what cost?’ (see [2008] Gazette, 17 July, 8). ...
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Searching for answers
We do not accept private searches on behalf of clients or their lenders and would insist on carrying out a proper local authority search, because the conditions of such searches contain a proviso that the information has been obtained by a personal inspection of public records and other legitimate sources ...
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A model campaign
Your last edition rightly concentrated on the government’s proposals to (mostly not) change the system for claims for personal injury, housing etcetera (see [2008] Gazette, 24 July, 1). You framed much of your coverage in terms of the winners and losers – the government, the unions, insurers – essentially asking ...
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Who should safeguard equality?
Whose job is it to make sure that the legal profession is not institutionally racist or sexist? It is an awkward question, but one that needs to be addressed urgently. There are, undeniably, serious issues to be tackled, not least because the majority of new entrants ...
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Protecting a valuable species
The Court of Protection must address the ‘catastrophic impact’ of the Mental Capacity Act on visitors. Court of Protection (CoP) appointed deputies, managing the affairs of those who lack mental capacity, and receivers (pre-Mental Capacity Act 2005), benefited substantially over the years from the wisdom and ...
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Barking eyes new legal markets
Local government will take a further step towards entering the open legal services market this week when the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham announces the reorganisation of its legal team along private sector lines. The council has lured three senior ‘partners’ from neighbouring authorities: ...
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Automatic higher rights plan 'threat to standards'
Proposals to give solicitors automatic rights of audience in all courts undermine consumer interest and will enable barristers to market themselves as superior advocates, the chairman of the Bar Council has told the Gazette. Tim Dutton QC said the proposals to end the current requirement for ...
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Indian niche firms pique UK/US interest
Indian lawyers are leaving traditional family firms in increasing numbers to set up niche corporate operations – which are then being courted by UK and US firms, new research has shown. UK and US firms are keen to form ties ahead of the Indian legal market ...
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Planning Bill under fire
Two key parts of the government’s planning reforms have come under attack from environmental law experts this week. Members of the UK Environmental Law Association’s (UKELA) planning and sustainable development working party described some provisions of the Planning Bill – which has been delayed in ...