All articles by Michael Cross – Page 102
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OpinionLet’s not preserve Land Registry in aspic
Withdrawal of cack-handed sell-off plan should not close all options for reform.
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NewsGovernment still mulling Land Registry sale
Plan to create a 'service delivery company' shelved after overwhelming opposition in a consultation.
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NewsRecord £1m fine is new blow to Land Registry
Agency penalised for engaging interim finance director off-payroll.
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FeatureRecord of extraordinary service
About 6,000 solicitors joined the forces in the Great War. Each has a story to tell.
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ProfileLaw's own war poet
Among the solicitors who served in the Great War was one who made a name as a poet.
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NewsSociety urges pause in Land Registry plans
Legislation should be halted until future of the body is decided, Law Society says.
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NewsInternet giants ‘should pay for data protection’
Information commissioner says ‘polluter pays’ principle could help fill the gap if his office is no longer able to fund itself through registration fees.
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NewsSociety names IT partner for online conveyancing
Joint venture to create system to speed up conveyancing process.
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OpinionIn search of the Inns of Court trenches
A Chilterns common still bears scars of what lawyers did in the Great War.
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NewsNew European data protection law ‘on track’
UK certain to lose fight on form of new instrument, conference hears.
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NewsMinisters ‘shelve Land Registry sell-off’
Press reports say that the industry secretary has cancelled plans to turn the bulk of Land Registry into a commercial venture.
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NewsGrenadian wins LPC fight despite murder conviction
Selwyn Strachan had been sentenced to death in 1983 after a widely criticised trial.
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NewsRegistry presses on with land charges takeover
Changes to go ahead despite 95% opposition in consultation.
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NewsParliament to probe manorial rights
MPs to act after spate of applications to claim ancient rights to property.
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OpinionCharge of the land brigade
Land Registry has bent slightly to critics, but questions remain over its future.
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NewsBan lawyers giving tax advice, Tory MP urges
Amendment would make it a summary offence to propose an arrangement ‘which meets the definition of tax abuse’.
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NewsHuzar solicitor clashes with aviation regulator over Jet2 case
Civil Aviation Authority ‘wrong’ to say Court of Appeal decision does not apply to old claims.
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OpinionGrayling should embrace the fourth revolution
The lord chancellor’s Public Defender Service strategy illustrates the tendency of the state to grow, no matter what.
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NewsLand Registry shake-up to go ahead
Registry to take over local land charges and assume wider roles in run-up to part-privatisation.
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NewsGoogle bows to European court decision
Privacy specialists say web giant’s ‘right to be forgotten’ policy is a positive step.