All News articles – Page 1340
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Society council should reflect profession’s diversity
By Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, president of the Law Society I introduced a debate at the 6 February Law Society Council meeting on how the council can better represent the profession.
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Criminal law
Perverting course of justice – Third party being subject to restraint order R v Kenny: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: 30 January 2013 The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division ...
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US eases curbs on foreign in-house lawyers
Foreign-qualified lawyers are to be allowed to work as in-house counsel at US companies in all 50 states for the first time, the American Bar Association (ABA) has resolved.
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Wales to decide on legal jurisdiction
Wales first minister Carwyn Jones (pictured) is today set to reveal whether he backs a separate legal jurisdiction for the country. His long-awaited response to last year’s consultation is expected to recommend a separation of powers. A move towards a Welsh jurisdiction has been widely predicted ...
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No new money for defence in Green’s digital justice plan
Overlooked defence lawyers are central to criminal justice reform but will get no funding to help them engage in digital working, the justice minister said yesterday as he outlined plans to overhaul a system beset by ‘unforgivable’ delays. Damian Green (pictured) told an event organised by ...
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Defining domicile
There has been much discussion in the press regarding the introduction of a statutory test for residence. The test is welcome and should provide a greater degree of certainty for clients in the context of their UK tax status. It should however be remembered that residence is not the only ...
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Website delays
With a growing percentage of new enquiries arriving via solicitors’ websites these days, online is undoubtedly a law firm’s most valuable marketing tool.
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Iron Duke says thanks
More exhibits for Obiter’s collection of long-established firms. In its 227th year is Stratford-upon-Avon firm Lodders Solicitors, which opened for business in 1786 in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. In 1834, according to partner Alastair Frew, the firm received a letter of thanks from the Duke of Wellington, ...
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Employment
'Worker' – Part-time workers O'Brien v Ministry of Justice (Council of Immigration Judges intervening): Supreme Court: 6 February 2013 The Supreme Court held that the claimant, a retired part-time recorder, ...
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Ministers tight-lipped on EU opt-out
The home secretary and lord chancellor were tight-lipped this week on details of the government’s plan to opt out of more than 130 EU crime and justice measures. In evidence to a Lords committee, Theresa May said the government had indicated its ‘direction of travel’, signalling its intention to exercise ...
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Find-A-Lawyer, EU-style
The European budget discussions which ended just over a week ago might have left you puzzled as to whether EU funds impact lawyers. Do you benefit, and if so how? Here is a little insight into how a tiny part of the cash has been used to help the legal ...
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LETR report not expected until May
Publication of the final Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) report, originally due at the end of last year, is now not expected until May, the Gazette has learned. The LETR report, commissioned by the Bar Standards Board, ILEX Professional Standards and the Solicitors Regulation ...
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Fears grow for missing Syrian lawyer
Fears are mounting for Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Matouk, who has been held incommunicado at an unknown location since his arrest last October, an independent human rights organisation has told the Gazette.
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No mean feet
The high-end firms and corporate counsel who rely on slices of Barclays’ £100m annual legal spend will be poring over the bank’s strategic review, published last week. Obiter’s message is: put down the 103-page report, cast your eyes away from the PowerPoint graphs and read the code with us. ...
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Firms warming to outcomes-focused regulation, says the SRA
Firms believe outcomes-focused regulation (OFR) ‘costs too much money and takes too much time’ – but they are warming to it, the Solicitors Regulation Authority reports today. A survey of 1,000 firms on the impact of the first year of OFR shows that half of respondents ...
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Freedom of information
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI) does not just require public authorities to disclose information they hold but also information that is held on their behalf (section 3(2)). Local authorities are increasingly outsourcing management of services to the private sector. Such arrangements are often scrutinised by interested parties making ...
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Lawyers slam Theresa May’s ‘populism’ on immigration
Immigration lawyers have rejected Theresa May’s ‘populist’ assertion that judges are misinterpreting the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and wrongfully allowing overseas offenders to escape deportation. The home secretary (pictured) has claimed that the courts are wilfully going against parliament’s wishes by refusing to ...
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Impact of wellbeing on performance
Two phenomena are affecting the legal world; productivity and talent retention. The Gazette has widely reported on increasing cost-pressures for high street firms (practising certificate price rises, cuts to public funding for legal aid), as well as talent retention (both lawyers and support staff) in firms both large and small.