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Terror debate
It is surely not for senior members of the judiciary 'to engage in a serious and considered debate about how best legally to confront terrorism' (see Joshua Rozenberg, [2008] Gazette, 15 May, 14).
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Deals of the week
Green deal: City firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert advised Dutch banking and insurance services provider SNS REAAL, UK investment and financial services group Alliance Trust Plc and the Universities Superannuation Scheme, which provides pensions to academic staff, on their investment in Climate Change ...
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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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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 ...