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Figuring out CLAF
I was interested to read the article by Jon Robins regarding a contingency legal aid fund (CLAF). Robins quoted what former shadow justice minister Henry Bellingham said about the idea of a CLAF. I was in fact the person who put the idea to Bellingham - and the exact words ...
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Extra land in registered plan
I wonder if anyone has an answer to what seems to be a perverse finding of the Agricultural Land Tribunal (ever heard of it?). I had a classic 'Rylands and Fletcher' situation where adjoining land owned by a farming partnership flooded because of a failed drain. ...
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Fatal attraction
One of the saddest stories I ever heard about a lawyer in love was that of New Zealander Gary Alderdice - known as ‘Never Plead Guilty Gary’. After the collapse of his marriage in the 1990s, the Hong Kong-based Alderdice started making trips on the hydrofoil to neighbouring Macau (pictured). ...
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Fatal attraction
One of the saddest stories I ever heard about a lawyer in love was that of New Zealander Gary Alderdice - known as ‘Never Plead Guilty Gary’. After the collapse of his marriage in the 1990s, the Hong Kong-based Alderdice started making trips on the hydrofoil to neighbouring Macau (pictured). ...
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Fatal attraction
One of the saddest stories I ever heard about a lawyer in love was that of New Zealander Gary Alderdice - known as ‘Never Plead Guilty Gary’. After the collapse of his marriage in the 1990s, the Hong Kong-based Alderdice started making trips on the hydrofoil to neighbouring Macau (pictured). ...
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Intellectual property
European Union - Trademarks - Registration Chalk v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM): General Court of the European Union (First Chamber) (Judges Azizi (Rapporteur), President, Cremona and Frimodt Nielsen): 9 September 2011 ...
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Intellectual property
European Union - Trademarks - Registration Deutsche Bahn AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM): General Court of the European Union (First Chamber) (Judges Azizi, President, Cremona, and Frimodt Nielsen (Rapporteur)): 9 ...
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Solicitors should ‘get real’ over legal aid cuts, says Tory MP
An influential Tory MP yesterday condemned The Law Society’s claim that people will die as a result of legal aid cuts as 'irresponsible'. Ben Gummer, a member of the House of Commons committee scrutinising the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (LASPO), was speaking ...
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Chancery Lane launches action over committal fee reforms
The Law Society has launched a legal challenge against the government over criminal legal aid fees. Chancery Lane has sent a letter before action to the Ministry of Justice over its decision to abolish the committal fee in either way cases in publicly funded criminal ...
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Many law firms remain ‘reluctant’ to outsource
Outsourcing is ‘key’ to the survival of many UK law firms, but a lot of them are failing to act, according to a new survey. The poll of 169 firms showed that 77% believe outsourcing business processes would help them compete against big brands entering the ...
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Criminal justice system ‘wasteful’, says Law Society report
Better procedures and improved communication between prosecution and defence could reduce delays and waste in the criminal justice system, according to a Law Society report. The paper, published today, proposes various measures to improve efficiency in the criminal justice system, in particular through the use of ...
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Tap on the shoulder
We note with interest the article on judicial appointments, including the list of forthcoming vacancies and the statement by the chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission that his job is to make the process of selecting judges transparent and fair, so that the very best person is appointed to the ...
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A new type of client
I am sure the Legal Ombudsman has lots of statistics to support his recently reported statement: ‘People seem to be largely intimidated and in awe of their lawyers and are uncomfortable about challenging them about their legal expenses, which in some cases have increased for no good reason.’ ...
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Ireland set to embrace ‘Tesco Law’
The Republic of Ireland is planning to liberalise its legal services market, with the government there poised to publish a bill introducing Clementi-style reforms. The Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011, expected within the next week, will seek to establish independent regulation of the Irish legal professions; ...
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Djanogly hails court closure programme
Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has promised to forge ahead with the government’s court closure programme, after being encouraged by early results. Speaking to a Law Society fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference, Djanogly revealed that around a third of the 142 planned closures have already ...
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Tories get tough on criminals who refuse to meet victims
The Conservatives want to impose tougher sentences on criminals who refuse to meet their victims, even if the criminal has pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. Justice minister Crispin Blunt (pictured) told a fringe meeting at the Tory party conference in Manchester today that he wants ...