Last 3 months headlines – Page 1322
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Interpreter problems ‘unacceptable’ says ministry
The Ministry of Justice has criticised the ‘unacceptable’ number of problems in the first weeks of a controversial new contract to run court interpreting services. It has emerged this week that a trial hearing at Leeds Crown Court had to be called off because no one ...
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SRA sets ‘final deadline’
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has added two extra days to the time allowed for renewing practising certificates - but stated this will be the last extension. The renewals process, due to finish the end of this month, will now close at 5pm on 2 March. The ...
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Firm in interpreter storm offers better deal
The firm at the centre of the row over courtroom interpreters says it has taken on more staff and offered cash incentives to improve the service offered under its Ministry of Justice contract. Gavin Wheeldon, chief executive of Applied Language Solutions (ALS), contacted staff members ...
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Personal injury
Carriage by air - Carriage of passengers - International carriage Stott v Thomas Cook Tour Operators Ltd; Hook (by his litigation friend Gillian Hook) v British Airways plc: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Maurice Kay, Sullivan and ...
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Looking again at the rules
It is embarrassing how far, despite all your efforts to suppress them, your teenage obsessions come back to haunt you. Not a problem if your adolescent self showed any semblance of cool. But nerdy classicist is not exactly the image I want to cultivate.
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Love thy neighbour
Mr and Mrs Ruth owned two two-storey houses in a terrace at 101 and 103 Lower Thrift Street, Nottingham, each of which they decided to convert into a three-storey house. Extensive work gutting No 103 was carried out, as well as the addition of an extra storey and other works ...
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Employment
Jurisdiction - Unfair dismissal Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd: Supreme Court (Lords Hope, Brown, Mance and Kerr, Lady Hale): 8 February 2012 The Supreme Court held, in dismissing ...
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Sometimes we need Europe-wide answers
This is a report from the European frontline. I read the same newspapers as you do and see the hysterical coverage about imminent EU collapse. But I also work in a European organisation - the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) - where we have members from ...
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Mental health
Mental capacity - Local authority - Supported accommodation - Family life K v A Local Authority and others: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Thorpe, Davis, Lady Justice Black): 8 February 2012 ...
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Courts martial
Royal Forces - Conduct to prejudice of good order and discipline - Mens rea - Judge holding no case to answer R v Armstrong: Courts Martial Appeal Court (Sir Anthony May (president), Griffith Williams, Mr Justice Coulson): 1 February ...
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‘Control’ of documents
In the recent case of North Shore Ventures Limited v Anstead Holdings Inc [2012] EWCA Civ 11 the Court of Appeal considered the concept of 'control' of documents under Civil Procedure Rules 71.2 and 31. The rules ...
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Politicians appreciate the value of investigative journalism
What future does investigative journalism have in an age when reporters face arrest and courts develop privacy laws? That was the question raised in a report published last week by the House of Lords communications committee. The select committee’s starting point was that ‘responsible investigative journalism ...
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Millions spent on empty court buildings
The government is spending £2.5m a year maintaining dozens of redundant courts across England and Wales, the Gazette can reveal. A reply to a freedom of information request shows 69 former court buildings remain vacant, with no imminent chance of them being sold. Justice minister Jonathan ...
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Troika bid to cut judicial holidays
The time-honoured tradition of two-month summer breaks for senior judges has become an unexpected frontline issue in international efforts to rescue troubled European economies, the Gazette has learned. The so-called troika, comprising the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European Commission, has set fiscal and ...
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‘Cordial’ talks on HSBC panel
Law Society chief executive Desmond Hudson has met senior representatives of HSBC a month after the bank caused consternation by announcing a conveyancing panel containing only 39 solicitor firms. Despite a ‘cordial’ meeting, Hudson described the outcomes as ‘disappointing’ and said he did not expect ‘any voluntary change of approach ...
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New capping regime must not cost the earth
Lord Justice Jackson’s suggestion of a fixed-cost regime is an improvement on the government’s proposals, but falls short of providing ‘copper-bottomed’ compliance with the Aarhus Convention.