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Civil procedure – Bonus payments – Summary judgements Saleem Khatri v Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Rix, Longmore, Jacob): 23 April 2010 ...
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Spike in mergers predicted in 2010
The year ahead is likely to see a spike in mergers and team hires among the top 100 law firms, with 20% looking to expand overseas, according to research published this week. Sweet & Maxwell’s annual survey of law firm finance directors reveals that 40% of ...
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Manchester's legal sector has rallied following recent market turbulence
It’s officially all smiles in Manchester: the city has the highest level of happiness in the country, according to the UK Competitiveness Index 2010. And, in terms of actual competitiveness, it is ranked 13th overall, and the third most competitive ‘large city’. After a difficult couple of years, the city’s ...
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Off with his head
Obiter understands how easy it is for fingers to slip while typing, so is naturally hesitant to highlight the typos of others. But a press release posted on the Bar Council’s website last week caused a moment of head scratching in Obiter Towers. ...
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(Bad) dream team
Sick as a parrot Des. We was robbed! So wailed tearful money laundering supremo (sic) Omar ‘pimp my manager’ Choudhury (below right) coach of the Law Society Academicals, following Chancery Lane’s (close) season-opener against City slickers White & Case.
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Ass you like it
‘Quite frankly, I don’t have all that many clients who call me sweetie.’ That was solicitor Frank Presland’s explanation of why he accepted the job as Sir Elton John’s business manager. It’s a sentiment with which Obiter can sympathise. But then there is much in Ronald Irving’s anthology of legal ...
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Thick as thieves
Obiter put out a request two weeks ago for amusing anecdotes about daft defendants – and it turns out there are plenty of them about.
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APIL urges government to increase access to compensation
The next government must provide injured workers with enhanced access to compensation, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) said as a government consultation, Accessing Compensation, closed today. APIL urged the incoming government to ensure that plans laid down by the Department for Work and Pensions ...
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The Law Society can help solicitors navigate cost issues and training
The law is a noble profession, where to succeed requires not only flair, but business acumen. This is as true for in-house solicitors (whether commerce or government-based) as it is for private practice. We all have to work within a budgetary framework and provide outputs and outcomes relative to cost. ...
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Equal treatment
I read in the Gazette of 22 April that the Co-operative Group is planning to promote its legal services and become an alternative business structure (see [2010] Gazette, 22 April, 4).
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‘Gold-plating’ of anti-bribery legislation threatens competitiveness of UK business
by Jason Mansella barrister at 7 Bedford Row Chambers, London, specialising in white-collar crime and Financial Services Authority litigation No one would argue that before 2010 the UK’s anti-corruption legislation was not archaic and inadequate. Piecemeal attempts to make the old law fit for purpose through ...
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The bar has ambitious plans for capitalising on changes
The bar has been criticised for being slow to respond to the opportunities presented by the Legal Services Act. Indeed, some solicitors may have been lulled into a false sense of security by its apparent inertia. Barristers have never been greatly renowned for their managerial or ...
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Partner promotions up at top City firms
Top City law firms have upped their partner promotions this year, in what appears to be a good round for City lawyers. As the Gazette went to press, only two City firms outside the magic circle, Norton Rose and Denton Wilde Sapte, and two within ...
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FTSE-100 group attacks ECJ ruling on Akzo Nobel appeal
The group that represents in-house counsel at FTSE 100 companies has attacked a preliminary ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on legal privilege rights for in-house lawyers as illogical and ‘flawed’. The GC100 said it was ‘very disappointed’ by advocate general Juliane Kokott’s opinion ...
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Chancery Lane condemns criticism of Chinese human rights lawyers
Two Chinese human rights lawyers face losing their licences to practise law following ‘absurd’ accusations by Beijing Municipal Judicial Bureau that they had behaved illegally in court. Chinese human rights lawyers Tang Jitian and Liu Wei, who represented a follower of the Falun Gong movement in ...
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Quinn Group considers selling insurance arm
Quinn Insurance, the Irish insurer currently in administration, looks destined to be sold following a statement from its parent company Quinn Group issued last week. Quinn Group said it had concluded that it ‘should consider selling Quinn Insurance’ in the interests of Quinn Insurance employees and ...
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Barristers could have right to sue solicitors for unpaid fees
Barristers would be able to sue solicitors for unpaid fees under proposals published by the Bar Council last week to put the relationship between the two professions on a more commercial footing. The consultation proposes the introduction of new legally binding contractual terms to govern the ...
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Employment Appeal Tribunal: ‘Job applications must be genuine’
A litigant who brought age discrimination claims against 20 recruitment agencies has lost an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) on the grounds that she had no genuine interest in the vacancies for which she had applied. The EAT said the judgment could serve as ...
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QualitySolicitors to launch personal injury claims management scheme
National law firm network QualitySolicitors is to launch a new personal injury claims management scheme designed to target claimants from higher socio-economic groups and drive down the cost of referrals, the Gazette can reveal. QualitySolicitors Personal Injury (QSPI) is a members-only claims management-style company which will ...
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Law Society survey reveals BME insurance divide
Law Society research into last year’s professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal process has revealed a growing divide in the market, with ethnic minority firms encountering greater problems than most of the rest of the profession. The Society said it would ‘explore urgently’ the reasons behind the ...