All articles by Michael Cross – Page 110
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OpinionExorcise these phantom companies
A register of beneficial ownership won’t be perfect but is an idea whose time has come.
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NewsSaga Law aims at ‘gap in the market’
Joint venture between Saga and Parabis Law to begin trading next year.
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NewsCosts reform ‘will encourage “have a go” libel culture’
Proposals to protect claimants’ costs could have devastating effect on small publishers, media law firm says.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The Blunders of our Governments
These respected authors confirm what Westminster watchers have suspected for a while – that recent UK governments have been particularly prone to policy blunders.
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Beneficial register criticised by Law Society
David Cameron announced the creation of a central register of company beneficial ownership last week.
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NewsNo date yet for company ownership register
Business secretary reveals more details of the planned beneficial ownership register.
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NewsCameras arrive in Court of Appeal
From tomorrow, footage of judges and lawyers will be available for broadcast from the Court of Appeal.
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OpinionState your identity
The government’s approach to electronic proofs of identity will have implications for solicitors in the near future.
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NewsTroubled Midlands firm goes under
Administrators say Hacking Ashton is in liquidation following a creditors’ meeting on Friday.
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Anglo Scottish merger runs in to trouble
Kennedys and Simpson & Marwick say the announced merger will not happen on projected completion date.
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OpinionOf nipples and nooses
Facebook is quite free to set its owns rules about what can and can’t be published.
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NewsLawyers asked for opinions on EU rights
The European Union’s framework of fundamental rights is to come under scrutiny as part of the government’s examination of the relationship between the UK and the EU.
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LPA electronic signature proposals criticised
A document published last week for consultation proposes offering an all-electronic process.
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Full court listings could be online by April
At present, most court lists are distributed externally only to established newspapers under the so-called ‘press protocol’.
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OpinionProtest on the high seas
Sometimes we have to ask if activists cross the line when it comes to their methods of protest.
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NewsDWF and HCR announce investments
Harrison Clark Rickerbys and DWF make strategic announcements in the clinical negligence and major injury sectors.
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NewsBSB hits back in row over costs of challenge to QASA
The bar’s regulator describes as ‘grossly inaccurate’ claims that it is prepared to spend up to £500,000 fighting a judicial review of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates.
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NewsUS insurance giant buys ABS
Manchester firm Lewis Hymanson Small is to have its second change of ownership this year.
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OpinionOpen sesame
Now is a great moment to push for data about crime and justice to be published online.
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OpinionSomeone had blunder'd
Has this government learned from the policy blunders of its predecessors? Don’t hold much hope.