All articles by Michael Cross – Page 99
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OpinionHuman rights defenders should defend TTIP too
Free trade gives ruling elites a stake in the rule of law.
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OpinionWhen a fund united the profession
A 1919 list of contributors show solicitors putting their hands into their pockets to commemorate the fallen.
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NewsMPs say need for investor-dispute provisions not proven
Committee bemoans lack of hard evidence on transatlantic trade deal.
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NewsGoogle fails in bid to stop privacy actions
Appeal judgment clarifies law on misuse of private information and on damages in absence of pecuniary loss.
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Bar ponders new limits on ‘cab rank’ rule
Regulator considers excluding solicitors deemed to be a ‘credit risk’.
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Opinion70 years without the ‘Wizard’
In 1945 the passing of David Lloyd George, the only solicitor to become prime minister, was marked with purple prose.
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NewsLords lambast UK’s ‘unilateralist’ approach to EU treaty opt-in
Government's interpretation of justice opt-in is legally unsustainable, committee reports.
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NewsPolitically correct judges on ‘expansionist binge’, says thinktank
Barrister says critics of human rights laws should take aim at domestic judges rather than Strasbourg.
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NewsTunis attack victim was retired solicitor
Tributes paid to Sally Adey, retired solicitor and wife of Shakespeares partner.
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NewsGovernment promises response on pre-charge bail
Home affairs select committee calls for time limits and anonymity for sex-case suspects.
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OpinionTaxing budget for solicitors
Government legislates in haste to close tax loopholes. But history suggests this is unwise.
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NewsStrict liability offence for offshore tax evasion
Chief secretary to Treasury says ‘enablers’ will face same penalties as evaders – and be publicly named.
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NewsBudget 2015: new penalties for professionals assisting tax evasion
Chancellor’s budget speech also confirms government pressing ahead with anti-avoidance measures, including ‘Google tax’.
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NewsSociety condemns new tax avoidance penalties
Tax law committee says it has ‘fundamental misgivings’ about proposals on ‘serial users of tax avoidance schemes’.
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NewsGrayling backs Leveson proposals
Lord chancellor ‘keen to make rapid progress’ on criminal justice efficiency.
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NewsEU influences ‘two-thirds of UK law’ – business group
Campaigners for reform claim calculation shows definitive figure.
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NewsTop QC defends ‘vital role’ of UK Human Rights Act
Dinah Rose QC cautions the Conservative party against its plan to replace the act with a ‘British bill of rights’.
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NewsSummit: client communications ‘routinely intercepted’
Government snooping threatening the most cherished of human rights.
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OpinionAt Waterloo, the Code Napoleon didn’t surrender
Boney’s gay justice minister deserves to be better known in the common law world.