Last 3 months headlines – Page 2803

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Ancillary relief revisited -- the implications of the costs provisions in the new ancillary relief regime

2000-03-09T00:00:00Z
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We'll be back -- mental health practice Mackintosh Duncan last month failed in its challenge to green form contracting -- why the firm will not give up

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Inflexible attitudes -- employers that impose rigid working policies face being brought to task by solicitors who invoke sex discrimination laws and part-time work regulations

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Safe as houses -- major law firms are investing large sums in bulk conveyancing operations that will provide buyers with a quicker service -- and turn in a tidy profit for law firms

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Family law -- appeals: new rules -- costs limitations on legal aid certificates

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- data protection up to date -- the effects of the Data Protection Act 1998, which came into force on 1 March

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Time for change -- Robert Sayer wants radical reform of the Society's Council to make it more representative of the profession -- and he thinks the President needs to be elected to a two-year term in

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Trustee Delegation Act 1999 -- a summary of the provisions of the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 which came into force on 1 March

2000-03-02T00:00:00Z
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Shimpan victims need inquiry -- the publicity surrounding Harold Shipman's murder convictions would have forced a judge to dismiss any new case -- but justice demands that further allegations are give

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Migratory instinct -- Government pressure, low levels of pay, and the activities of an unscrupulous minority of solicitors are driving immigration lawyers to abandon legal aid work

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Horror stories -- acting for notorious criminals often means dealing with press hysteria and disgust from the public

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Employment law -- part-time work; increase in limits

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- children and capital -- the prospects of obtaining capital provision for children in family proceedings

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Change of policy -- the proposed arrangements for professional indemnity insurance, which will be put before the Law Society's Council for a decision in April

2000-02-24T00:00:00Z
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Success of conditional fees -- the Law Society remains unhappy about the abrupt withdrawal of legal aid for personal injury cases, but it wants conditional fee agreements to succeed

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Test of character -- a week after the government announced fu ll implementation of the Defamation Act 1996, we look at a series of efforts aimed at updating what has long been seen as an archaic syste

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Stop the local rot -- private practice pay and opportunities are bleeding local authorities dry of legal talent, but, the best value regime will offer council solicitors a brighter future

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Benchmarks -- ask the judges -- a panel of district judges answers your questions on civil procedure matters

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Powers of attorney -- powers of attorney by joint proprietors following the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 -- Land Registry requirements

2000-02-17T00:00:00Z
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Judging the issue -- a judicial appointments commission would help end the obsession with oral advocacy and open up the bench to all suitably qualified applicants

2000-02-10T00:00:00Z

Last 3 months headlines – Page 2803

Ancillary relief revisited -- the implications of the costs provisions in the new ancillary relief regime

We'll be back -- mental health practice Mackintosh Duncan last month failed in its challenge to green form contracting -- why the firm will not give up

Inflexible attitudes -- employers that impose rigid working policies face being brought to task by solicitors who invoke sex discrimination laws and part-time work regulations

Safe as houses -- major law firms are investing large sums in bulk conveyancing operations that will provide buyers with a quicker service -- and turn in a tidy profit for law firms

Family law -- appeals: new rules -- costs limitations on legal aid certificates

Benchmarks -- data protection up to date -- the effects of the Data Protection Act 1998, which came into force on 1 March

Time for change -- Robert Sayer wants radical reform of the Society's Council to make it more representative of the profession -- and he thinks the President needs to be elected to a two-year term in

Trustee Delegation Act 1999 -- a summary of the provisions of the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 which came into force on 1 March

Shimpan victims need inquiry -- the publicity surrounding Harold Shipman's murder convictions would have forced a judge to dismiss any new case -- but justice demands that further allegations are give

Migratory instinct -- Government pressure, low levels of pay, and the activities of an unscrupulous minority of solicitors are driving immigration lawyers to abandon legal aid work

Horror stories -- acting for notorious criminals often means dealing with press hysteria and disgust from the public

Employment law -- part-time work; increase in limits

Benchmarks -- children and capital -- the prospects of obtaining capital provision for children in family proceedings

Change of policy -- the proposed arrangements for professional indemnity insurance, which will be put before the Law Society's Council for a decision in April

Success of conditional fees -- the Law Society remains unhappy about the abrupt withdrawal of legal aid for personal injury cases, but it wants conditional fee agreements to succeed

Test of character -- a week after the government announced fu ll implementation of the Defamation Act 1996, we look at a series of efforts aimed at updating what has long been seen as an archaic syste

Stop the local rot -- private practice pay and opportunities are bleeding local authorities dry of legal talent, but, the best value regime will offer council solicitors a brighter future

Benchmarks -- ask the judges -- a panel of district judges answers your questions on civil procedure matters

Powers of attorney -- powers of attorney by joint proprietors following the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 -- Land Registry requirements

Judging the issue -- a judicial appointments commission would help end the obsession with oral advocacy and open up the bench to all suitably qualified applicants

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