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    Privacy and Mrs Murray

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    'The law should indeed protect children from intrusive media attention.'

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    Law reports

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    INSOLVENCY Creditors - interpretation - medium-term notes - priority of payment to senior creditors - interpretation of clause in trust deed - indenture - security trust deed ...

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    Law reports

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    INSOLVENCY Creditors - interpretation - medium-term notes - priority of payment to senior creditors - interpretation of clause in trust deed - indenture - security trust deed ...

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    The world policeman

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    The long arm of United States law is longer than one might think, says Duncan Aldred 'The Americans are coming!' ...

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    The long and short of disclosure

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    Case management is key to the appropriate level of disclosure under the Civil Procedure Rules, says Julie Exton In Nichia ...

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    Notices

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    Solicitors Benevolent Association The charity trustees of the Solicitors Benevolent Association (SBA), registered charity number 208878, have reviewed the charity's governing document in accordance with Charity Commission guidance. ...

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    Metropolitan Police documentation charges

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Charges for the provision by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) of copy documentation in civil proceedings have been reviewed for 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009.

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    Magic circle firm Linklaters promotes 28 to the partnership

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    PRIVATE PRACTICE Partners Kicking off in London, US firm McDermott Will & Emery recruits John P Cogan Jr as partner and head of global projects and infrastructure, based in ...

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    Cross-border arbitration shown to have teeth

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    SURVEY: awards honoured in vast majority of cases

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    Family law solicitors 'will gain' from fee changes

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    The legal aid minister has claimed that family law solicitors will benefit from fee changes that will see barristers' rates cut, in an interview with the Gazette.

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    Senior judge set to review costs system

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    The Master of the Rolls is to appoint a senior judge to conduct a root-and-branch review of the costs system, the Gazette has learned.

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    LawWorks chief awarded CBE

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Paul Newdick, a partner at Clyde & Co and chairman of LawWorks, has received a CBE for services to pro bono legal services in the latest Queen's birthday honours.

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    Report reveals Society job cuts

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    The Law Society shed the equivalent of 51 full-time posts last year in its quest to become a 'lean, fit organisation', chief executive Des Hudson revealed this week.

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    Firms face £10,000 fine for unregistered foreign staff

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    EMPLOYMENT: only one legal practice signed up with agency

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    Building bridges

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Lawyers fear the law commission's drive to step outside the courts in housing disputes will undermine the justice system, reports Grania Langdon-Down Aproposal by the Law Commission that a significant number of housing disputes should be transferred from county courts to tribunals prompted such hostility from ...

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    Anything you can do...

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Obiter hears tell of yet more fast women in the legal profession.

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    Knowledge is power

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    As expert witnesses feature in an increasing number of disputes, Polly Botsford assesses how their influence is growing as the volume of work expands

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    BSB complaints system streamlined

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Barristers will be able to opt to have allegations of professional misconduct handled without a formal hearing under a new streamlined complaints system to be introduced by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). The move is just one of the changes to be made to the bar's complaints and ...

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    Marriage vetting plan criticised

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    British Muslim lawyers have criticised plans to vet marriages between UK nationals and overseas partners for signs of coercion as misguided and overly intrusive. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) claimed last week that more than 70% of marriages between UK citizens and nationals from the Asian sub-continent ...

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    Lawyers attack accounting exemption for foreign LLPs

    2008-06-19T00:00:00Z

    TRADING: 'obvious unfairness' on financial statements Leading lawyers have criticised the government's decision not to force overseas limited liability ...