All News articles – Page 1351
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Without prejudice
I read Joshua Rozenberg’s 30 August article ‘In good faith’ with interest. The issue of whose rights prevail in the case of conflict is complex. I disagree with his viewpoint though.
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Men in tights
As a history scholar, our new lord chancellor, Christopher Grayling MP, is no doubt looking forward to trying out his costume of wig, robes and tights. However, thanks to the flexibilities of the English constitution, the office of lord chancellor, established in 1066, has been more susceptible to change than ...
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Memory lane
Law Society’s Gazette, 6 September 1972 New courts – cost relevance In an address to the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association in May, the Lord Chancellor said that ‘deplorable from the point of view of the public interest’ though the increase in ...
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International law
Foreign sovereign state - Immunity from suit - Applicant company obtaining foreign judgment against one of Iraq’s government ministries Bank and others: SC (Justices of the Supreme Court, Lords Phillips (president), Clarke, Sumption, Reed, Lady Hale): 17 August 2012 ...
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Help is at hand
Returning after a short period away from the office, I found the inbox filled with invitations to attend courses and join subscription groups offering support to compliance officers for legal practice (COLPs). Timely and worthwhile, no doubt.
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Legislative presumption of shared parenting ‘flawed’
Government plans to introduce a legislative presumption of shared parenting could undermine child welfare and increase the volume of litigation, according to the Law Society. Responding to a Ministry of Justice consultation which closed this week, the Society said the government’s proposal to promote co-operative parenting ...
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A drain on the public purse
Two items in your 5 July issue have prompted me to do what I have never done in the 41 years since I was admitted – write to the Gazette. On page 12 you printed a letter applauding the Supreme Court for applying article 8 of the European Convention on ...
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Delays in the family justice system
How often has it been said that delay is the cancer which eats away at our system of justice? The Civil Procedure Rules were brought in on a tide of enthusiasm to reduce delay. The latest Family Procedure Rules adopt much of the style, form and content of their civil ...
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Law Society warning over 'monopoly' interpreting deals
The Law Society has warned of the ‘inherent risk’ in granting a monopoly contract to a single provider of courtroom interpreting, but said it lacks sufficient evidence to judge whether the contract awarded to Applied Language Solutions caused a ‘major structural problem’. Responding to the justice ...
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Law firms 'cut out' of LPO market
The annual global market in outsourcing legal processes has passed the psychologically important billion-dollar (£630m) mark, a market survey claims this week. The 2012 Global LPO Market Study, published by New York-based consultancy The LPO Program, says legal process outsourcing (LPO) employs some 9,000 people. ...
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Learning curve
Lucinda Moule called for more selection in state education to improve social mobility. She is wrong.
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Changing law firms' culture
Recently, the legal press has been full of reports of firms applying for alternative business structure (ABS) status. Notably, in the last couple of weeks we have learnt that Irwin Mitchell’s application has been granted and that insurance firm Parabis is set for a £50m cash injection after being granted ...
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Call for ‘sanity’ on whiplash as claim numbers fall
Lawyers have called for a rethink on whiplash injury compensation after the government’s own figures showed that the number of claims fell by almost 24,000 last year. Records uncovered by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) showed 547,405 claims for whiplash in 2011/12, compared with ...
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Time to buck trend
Why, since the Law Society’s regulatory function passed to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, should we as a profession (in common with our brethren at the bar) be overseen by so many authoritarian organisations which we are compelled to fund? Surely both the ombudsman and the ...
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Consumers may sue traders before national courts
European Union (EU) consumers may bring proceedings before the courts in their own member state against traders in other member states even if they had visited the trader to conclude the contract, the EU’s top court has ruled. The ruling takes into account a 2002 amendment ...
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BSB chastised over ‘bad’ misconduct findings
The first barrister to set up a legal disciplinary practice has overturned her convictions for breaching Bar Standards Board codes on conducting litigation in a public access case. Portia O’Connor (pictured) set up Pegasus Legal Research in 2010. In May 2011 she was convicted by ...
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Automatic fines ‘top of shopping list’ for SRA
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will call on the government for permission to impose on-the-spot fines for firms that fail to comply with regulatory deadlines. Hundreds of firms are thought to have failed to submit nominations for compliance officers more than a month after a deadline ...
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Grey area
Talk about one-track minds. Of the 178 entries to our competition to name next summer’s legal bestseller, no fewer than 41 were variations on Fifty Shades of Grey. ‘Sorry, you will get that a lot,’ Sarah Taylor observed correctly on her submission Fifty Shades of Gray’s Inn. Bob Sage suggested ...
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Oligarch case whets appetite for more
A leading City lawyer says he would welcome more foreign litigation coming to London after the conclusion of a high-profile case involving two Russian oligarchs. The High Court last week found that exiled Russian Boris Berezovsky (pictured) had no claim to the business interests of Roman ...