All articles by Michael Cross – Page 111
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Opinion1215 And All That: a case for exceptionalism
An unashamedly whiggish history of English legal exceptionalism scores a topical point.
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NewsGoogle privacy case can be heard in UK, High Court rules
Internet giant fails to have claim declared out of jurisdiction.
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OpinionYou’re welcome to read my driving record
A new government website will tell insurers about our penalty points. Should we be allowed to look up other drivers’ records freely?
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Coroners’ death warnings go online
Public will have access to 600 'preventing future deaths' reports a year.
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NewsLabour recruits Starmer to advise on ‘victims’ law’
Keir Starmer QC to chair victims' taskforce
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NewsSociety joins criticism of LLP tax plans
Concern at ‘unfeasibly tight deadline’ for plan to tax some LLP members as employees.
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NewsMcNally replaced in surprise justice reshuffle
Simon Hughes appointed justice minister to replace veteran Lord McNally.
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NewsReview: chancery modernisation held back by IT
Lord Justice Briggs' final report says the Chancery Division is the worst served by computers of any court in the UK.
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NewsPartners to be hit by LLP tax changes
Draft finance bill sets out proposals for identifying ‘salaried members’ of LLPs.
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Anglo-Scottish merger called off
Kennedys and Simpson & Marwick say they no longer intend to join forces.
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NewsSuspension ordered for ‘win at all costs’ Times solicitor
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rules that Alastair Brett knowingly allowed a court to be misled.
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NewsChancellor confirms LLP tax clampdown
Measures to prevent the abuse of partnership status to avoid tax are to go ahead, the autumn statement reveals.
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Opinion
Big brother’s little helpers
The UK and US are far from alone in getting businesses to do their snooping dirty work.
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NewsGrieve blasts European Commission
Attorney general accuses the commission of being a ‘repeat offender’ in exceeding its legal powers.
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OpinionReding should watch her spin
The commissioner's office is misrepresenting the scale of public enthusiasm for a European area of justice.
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NewsIndependent Scotland would have its own supreme court
Law Society of Scotland says questions on constitution and currency remain following the independence white paper.
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NewsConflicted firms ‘unable to act against banks’
Businesses being ‘driven into bankruptcy’ by RBS are unable to fight back through the courts, Tomlinson report finds.
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NewsMemory lane
President Kennedy ensured that internatonal conflicts were resolved in accordance with the rule of law.