Last 3 months headlines – Page 1575
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It’s time to stop taking liberties with human rights
Adolf Hitler wouldn’t have known a human right if he had found one nibbling on his breakfast pumpernickel. We’re all agreed on that. The British people, on the other hand, are upstanding citizens who champion the weak and whose love of cricket embodies our profound devotion to fair play.
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Ghosts of Christmas past and future: client data
Here is an easy measure of how well your firm might face up to the increasing competition in the legal services market: did your firm send out personalised Christmas cards this year?
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Human rights committee warning on civil litigation funding curbs
The government must consider evidence that civil court costs rules and funding limitations are preventing people who have suffered human rights abuses at the hands of UK companies from seeking redress, the Joint Committee on Human Rights said today. In its report on business and human ...
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Commons committee renews call for statutory lobbying register
The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) has renewed its call for a statutory register of parliamentary lobbyists, while also criticising the government for its slow progress in bringing about effective self-regulation of the lobbying industry. PASC published a lengthy report on lobbying in January, to which ...
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It’s time to stop taking liberties with human rights
Adolf Hitler wouldn’t have known a human right if he had found one nibbling on his breakfast pumpernickel. We’re all agreed on that. The British people, on the other hand, are upstanding citizens who champion the weak and whose love of cricket embodies our profound devotion to fair play.
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Staff shortage stops Burma probe into international law firms
An investigation into international law firms’ dealings in Burma has been called off because of a staff shortage at the organisation planning the probe. Pressure group Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) said this week that it will not be publishing its annual ‘dirty list’, a list of ...
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Lovells agrees merger with Hogan & Hartson
City firm Lovells and US firm Hogan & Hartson will unite to form Hogan Lovells on 1 May next year after partners gave the green light to a merger. Hogan Lovells will have combined revenues of around $1.8bn (£1.1bn) and 2,500 lawyers in more than 40 ...
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How others see us: ‘Anglo-Saxon’ values
I attended a round-table discussion this week, put on by one of the Belgian bars, on the topic: ‘What do we expect from a lawyer today?’ The participants came from the media, academia and various parts of the legal profession.
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Law Society to launch legal challenge on legal aid
The Law Society is set to launch a judicial review of the government’s move to drastically reduce the legal costs that defendants can reclaim if they are acquitted of a criminal offence.
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Government to review use of cautions
The justice secretary launched a review today to examine the way cautions and on-the-spot fines are used by the police and Crown Prosecution Service. It follows reports that they have been inappropriately used to punish more serious offences which should be dealt with by the courts. ...
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New guidelines for lawyers on assessing mental capacity
New guidelines to help solicitors, doctors and other professionals assess mental capacity have been jointly issued by the Law Society and the British Medical Association. The guidelines, Assessment of Mental Capacity, set out best practice for dealing with people lacking capacity to make important decisions, ...
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Cross selling: the rainmaker’s not-so-secret weapon
Continuing our investigation into the attributes of a good rainmaker, we turn to the area of ’cross-selling', having previously considered the amount of time spent and a targeted approach. A little while ago, I was attending an event with a matrimonial lawyer, and we bumped into one of her clients ...
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LSB sets out rules for regulators
The Legal Services Board (LSB) today laid down its framework of internal governance requirements for legal regulators. The LSB said that it has provided legal regulators with a clear set of criteria to ensure that regulation is carried out independently of professional interests. The new rules ...
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Family judges must speak out, says Wall
The judiciary must ‘come off the bench’ and speak out about the ‘parlous state of family law in 2009’, Lord Justice Wall has said. Speaking at the Association of Lawyers for Children conference, the Court of Appeal judge said ‘the time has come when the historical ...
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Expert evidence - revisions to the rules have stood the test of time
Expert evidence was one of the most controversial issues in Lord Woolf’s civil justice inquiry in the 1990s.
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Any claim to stamp duty land tax on goodwill should be appealed
Goodwill is produced by, and only by, people and not by things they use in business, but confusion reigns. The purpose of this article is to expose the pretence of clothing real property, land, with the value of goodwill, which is a species of personal property.
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Arbitration
Arbitral tribunals – Beneficial ownership – Islamic law – Real property Bhatti v Bhatti: Ch D (Sir Edward Evans-Lombe): 26 November 2009 The executor applied for summary judgment on ...
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Personal injury
Delay – Discretion – Limitation periods – Road traffic accidents McDonnell and anor v David Walker (executor of the estate of Richard Walker, deceased): CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Waller (vice-president), Rimer, Sir Paul Kennedy): 24 November 2009 ...
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Freedom of information – update on recent FoI cases
The recent controversy over bonuses paid to civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence highlights the public interest in salaries and bonuses of public sector officials.
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Strictly confidential
It is well known that the post-Christmas period is peak time for divorce lawyers, with a dangerous cocktail of too much booze, too many in-laws and too much time with each other combining to put many a marriage on the rocks.