All articles by Maria Shahid – Page 3

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    Firms must rethink how to tap into energy boom

    2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Flashpoints in the international energy industry, from oil drilling in the Arctic to gas field disputes in the eastern Mediterranean, will mean big opportunities for law firms – if they are prepared to reassess how they practise, according to City consultants. A report published last week ...

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    ECJ blocks Hungarian retirement law

    2012-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The Hungarian government’s widely criticised attempt to cull the country’s judiciary by lowering the retirement age of judges to 62 has run foul of the European Court of Justice. The court ruled this week that the changes constituted unjustified discrimination.

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    Company service business takes ABS route

    2012-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Legal Clarity, a Birmingham-based business offering drafting and company secretarial services to ‘accountants, solicitors and entrepreneurs’, is one of the latest batch of organisations to win approval as an alternative business structure (ABS). It said registration, which became effective on 1 November, would allow ...

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    Hot property?

    2012-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Last week brought the gloomy news that the country has slid back into recession. The much feared double dip was to a large extent blamed on the contraction in the construction sector. It would seem that tricky times are ahead for real estate lawyers, but far from tightening their belts, ...