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CCBE ready to establish rule-of-law foundation
COUNCIL OF BARS AND LAW SOCIETIES OF EUROPE: ASSEMBLY The first Europe-wide foundation dedicated to protecting the rule of law across member states looks set to be established by the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), it emerged during last weekend's bi-annual general ...
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'European lawyer'
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has voted to develop a code of common professional standards to define the role of the 'European lawyer' across all member states. Peter Koves, president of the CCBE, told delegates his 'vision of the European lawyer' was not ...
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'Charge terror suspects with minor offences,' says peer
CUSTODY: call for shift to 'normal judicial process' The government should consider charging terror suspects with minor offences and deny ...
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Discrimination claim
The senior partner at one of London's most ethnically diverse law firms, Dean & Dean, has accused the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) of racial and religious discrimination.
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More support needed for disabled students
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should take a more active role in supporting disabled law students, the new chairman of the Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD), David Merkel, told the Gazette this week.
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Fraud 'sea change'
Two men have been jailed for insurance fraud in a case that personal injury lawyers say highlights a 'sea change hardening' in the courts' attitude towards scammers.
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Solicitors to pay £150 fee
COMPENSATION FUND: Law Society Council votes against SRA's preferred charge
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Scotland votes for open market
After several years of prevarication, the Law Society of Scotland has voted by a large majority - 801 to 132 - to open up the country's legal services market to competition.
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Bhangra beat
By day, he is a serious-minded, sharp-suited commercial litigator, by night he is one of the hottest acts on the Bhangra music scene.
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Birds of a feather
Wicked whisperings at the Sole Practitioners Group's annual shindig in sunny Brighton last weekend. Obiter hears merry delegates had a chortle on discovering that conference speaker Bob Heslett, the Deputy Vice President of the Law Society, had a bird in his room. One wag joked he was feathering his nest ...
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Naked launch
Did you hear about the new networking referral service 'lunched' this week? It aims, according to the press release, to help smaller firms 'specialing' in particular areas of law. The author whimsically swaps between lower and upper case for the first letter of the client's name, and confuses the reader ...
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Brand on the run
Brand on the run: there is one thing Obiter likes more than a good rebranding - and that's a bad rebranding. Many a branding consultancy has paid for Caribbean holidays for all its staff thanks to a law firm crossing the threshold.
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Ethical footprint
Law firms may have lagged behind their clients int recognising the importance of corporate social responsibility, but that is changing fast. Philip Hoult reports
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Second city?
There is a lot more to Manchester than united, city and coronation street. This thriving metropolis now claims to host England's biggest legal market outside London.
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Bush voices regret for macho rhetoric in run-up to Iraq war
To some it may come as too little too late. But setting out on his final trip to Europe as president, George Bush has expressed regret that his rhetoric in the run-up to the war in Iraq may have created the impression that he was a warmonger. ...
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Legal Complaints Service slams 'unjustified' fine
The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) has hit back at the decision to fine the Law Society £275,000 for failing to deliver an adequate complaints-handling plan for 2008/09, branding it ‘completely unjustified’. Zahida Manzoor, the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner, said: ‘It is with regret that I have ...
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'European lawyer' code wins approval
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) has voted to develop a code of common professional standards to define the role of the ‘European lawyer’ across all member states. Peter Koves, president of the CCBE, told delegates his ‘vision of the European lawyer’ ...
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More support needed for disabled students
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) should take a more active role in supporting disabled law students, the new chairman of the Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD), David Merkel, told the Gazette this week. ‘There appears to be a "ping pong" game between the SRA [now ...