All articles by Michael Cross – Page 75
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FeatureGDPR: down to the wire
Law Society event hears there is no tick-box route to compliance with the new data protection regime – and 25 May will be the start, not the end of the process.
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NewsBoth sides claim victory in surveillance law challenge
Home Office ordered to amend part of 'snoopers charter' - but says it was doing so anyway.
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NewsTreasury finds £20m for legal services - so long as they're digital
Government dangles money for artificial intelligence in 'next generation services'.
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NewsGoodbye Sue, Grabbit & Runne? Defamation cases at new low
Courts in England and Wales heard 49 cases last year, with celebrities making more use of privacy actions.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Lloyd George: Statesman or Scoundrel
Lloyd George: Statesman or Scoundrel Richard Wilkinson £25, I.B. Tauris Only one solicitor has ever become prime minister of the UK. You can find his portrait in the lobby of the Law Society’s HQ in Chancery Lane – so long as you take a sharp left at ...
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NewsGDPR warning over boilerplate policy
The Law Society has published a checklist for firms in the latest instalment of advice on compliance with GDPR.
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Opinion
Useless meeting? Just walk out
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's approach to productivity may be worth emulating.
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NewsNo need to regulate robots say peers
Lords inquiry hears widely differing opinions on whether new laws are required to control artificial intelligence.
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NewsGoogle must delete links in 'right to be forgotten' case
Identities of claimants 'NT 1’ and ‘NT 2’ remain protected by court order.
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NewsJustice en danger! Black-robed protestors fill Paris streets
Organisers say more than 5,000 lawyers marched in protest at government reform plans
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NewsBullish Bakers reports London profits up 92%
Highest paid member of global firm drew £2.58m in 2017, LLP results reveal.
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NewsAlarm at mass jailing of Turkish lawyers
Five professional associations, including the Law Society, have stepped up international pressure over what they say is the arbitrary arrest, detention and wrongful prosecution of lawyers in Turkey. In an open letter to the Turkish president, they call attention to reports that at least 580 lawyers have been arrested, 1,539 ...
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NewsDead justice! French lawyers plan national action
Profession announces national demonstration against reforms.
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NewsSRA offers accused solicitor £7,500 for tribunal representation
Alexis Maitland Hudson warned that hearing will go ahead with or without closing statement.
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NewsTurkey's arrested lawyers: 103 jailed for long sentences
New figures reveal scale of clamp down on legal profession following failed coup.
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NewsWales bill set to overhaul legislation
A legal obligation on Welsh governments to draft legislation in a radically different way to England could be passed as early next year.
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Opinion
No cause for AI alarmism
Unfounded fears over homicidal robots must not be allowed to stifle innovation.
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NewsLegal ranking business sold for undisclosed sum
Private equity investor cites multiple opportunities for ‘enhanced digital offering’.
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NewsDraft bill takes Wales towards distinct legal system
Measure would organise law into comprehensive codes according to subject area, and 'facilitate use of the law in Welsh'.
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NewsCodification bill would make Welsh law ‘accessible’
Wales would become the first part of the UK to have a codified corpus of law under proposals to be discussed by the Welsh government this week.