All articles by Michael Cross – Page 83
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NewsGovernment seeks views on press legal costs regime
Culture secretary says time is right to consider ‘incentive’ provisions of Crime and Courts Act.
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NewsLegal privilege safeguard strengthened in snooping bill
Law Society welcomes last-minute amendments to Investigatory Powers Bill.
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OpinionHeathrow runway litigation: brace for impact
Further rounds of legal challenges to airport expansion will bring the law into disrepute.
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Heathrow Airport expansion faces multiple legal challenges
Government hopes for a ‘national policy statement’ fast-track likely to be confounded, planning expert says.
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NewsSociety condemns penalties for 'enablers' of disallowed tax schemes
HMRC proposals could breach three articles of human rights convention, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsTax advice penalties 'threaten human rights'
Institute lambasts HMRC proposal to penalise advisers of defeated avoidance schemes.
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UK judges better paid and more male than Europe norm
Among 47 nations surveyed, the UK was fifth from bottom in the proportion of female professional judges.
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NewsChancery Lane event remembers Casement
President of Immigration & Asylum Chamber to speak at event marking 100 years since human rights pioneer’s execution.
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NewsLSB outrage over IBA claim it is government-controlled
Chief executive says super-regulator takes decisions ‘without fear or favour from government’.
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NewsIBA 2016: call for action over 'long arm' of US law
US's attitude to extra-territorial jurisdiction criticised in Washington.
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NewsIBA 2016: Stock market listing comes at a price
Australian experience shows niche firms to have best record of share flotations.
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NewsIBA conference: as it happened
Read Michael Cross’s dispatches from the International Bar Association conference in Washington.
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NewsIBA 2016: legal independence in E&W under attack
Political attacks on lawyers and regulators answerable to government – two of the warning signs highlighted in major report.
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NewsIBA 2016: TTIP ‘promotes rule of law’
US government in last-ditch efforts to save controversial free-trade treaties.
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NewsIBA 2016: ‘EU the sick man of Europe’
Former foreign secretary attacks ‘unhelpful belligerency’ in Brussels law following the Brexit vote.
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NewsIBA 2016: Lawyers must rebuild trust - Lagarde
International Monetary Fund chief warns of corruption fuelling mistrust in institutions.
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NewsIBA 2016: Robots aren't taking over – yet
A packed session heard about huge strides in law firms’ use of artificial intelligence.
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NewsIBA 2016: English law will thrive after Brexit, says Bourns
Law Society accompanies more than 70 firms in Washington DC to fly the flag for UK law.
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NewsSociety: fixed costs ‘totally inappropriate’ for high-value cases
Chancery Lane promises robust response to government’s ‘transforming justice’ proposals.
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NewsTransforming justice: digital courts get green light in £1bn initiative
Online revolution will 'deliver a justice system that works for everyone', says Truss.