All articles by Michael Cross – Page 105
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NewsIn-house headcount soaring, says recruiter
Legal departments increase to an average of 16 lawyers, up from 12 in 2013, according to a recruiter’s research.
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OpinionPassports, please: diplomatically declaring war
Are we commemorating the centenary of something that never formally occurred?
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Firearms among Law Commission topics
Wills and the law in Wales also among nine topics picked for the next programme of work by the commission.
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OpinionClass of August 1914
The fates of gentlemen admitted as solicitors 100 years ago make fascinating reading.
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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’.