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Write clearer judgments, Neuberger urges judges
Judgments must be clearer and more concise if the public is to retain confidence in the justice system, according to president of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger. In the annual Bailii lecture this week, Neuberger said the increasing appearance of the self-represented litigant has accelerated the ...
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Society welcomes College of Law metamorphosis
Leading legal figures have welcomed the metamorphosis of private equity-owned College of Law into Britain’s first for-profit university. The college announced yesterday that ministers had granted it permission to be known as The University of Law.
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Access denied
Is the deskilling and downgrading of our legal system a threat to democracy itself? The question is posed in a week that has seen another full-frontal assault on the fundamental right of citizens to hold the powerful to account: restricting access to judicial reviews.
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Silverbeck to double workforce following acquisition
National firm Silverbeck Rymer has announced plans to more than double its size over the next year. The personal injury firm, bought by listed brand extension company Quindell Portfolio for £19.3m in January, will recruit 300 people to add to its current staff of 250. Around ...
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Grayling ponders legal aid ban over prisoner votes
Prisoners may be refused legal aid to sue the government if parliament decides to defy the European Court of Human Rights over voting rights, the justice secretary said today. In a debate following a statement announcing a draft bill on the issue, Chris Grayling said ...
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Care parents tested for alcohol
Parents with alcohol problems involved in care proceedings may be fitted with ankle bracelets that continuously monitor their drinking following a trial that began this week at a London family court. The SCRAMx continuous alcohol monitoring device tests for alcohol secretions on the skin ...
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The Legal Services Commission should not punish all expert witnesses
As a delegate to the recent Bond Solon Expert Witness Conference, I was concerned to hear Lord Justice Goldring use the device of the ‘very concerning rumour’ he had heard, to warn expert witnesses of ‘fee padding’. Put bluntly, apparently some expert witnesses are fraudulently increasing the hours worked per ...
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Asia: following the money
For those corporate lawyers wanting to take on a challenge, a move to Asia might be just the ticket. Where law firms in the UK and Europe are struggling to find new work and grow revenues, Asia’s economies are booming, and the demand for legal services in areas such as ...
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Solicitors miss a beat
A rum lot, the new police and crime commissioners elected on record low turnouts last week. In terms of diversity of race and gender they make the senior judiciary look positively heterogeneous; but at least there is some variety in professional qualifications for the new post.
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The right judgment call
I do not agree that the judgment in Petrodel v Prest is a ‘cheat’s charter’. The judgment, although by a majority, is a refreshing example of the application of the rule of law and the correct statutory interpretation of section 24(1)(a) of MCA 1973. May it long continue.
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The challenges of establishing a separate Welsh legal jurisdiction
by Theo Huckle QC, counsel general for Wales, Welsh Government Since 1998, devolution in Wales has evolved progressively. The changes have been dynamic and extensive.
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Chancery Lane signs Korea concord
Closer links between the jurisdictions of Korea, and England and Wales will follow the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Law Society’s president Lucy Scott-Moncrieff and the president of the Korean Bar Association Dr Young-Moo Shin in Seoul last week. The move follows ...
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Judges’ pension cut threat to City's dispute resolution status
Reform of the judicial pension scheme will threaten the UK’s position as a centre for high-quality dispute resolution, a City lobby group warned this week. TheCityUK, which promotes London around the world, said including the judiciary in a one-size-fits-all plan for civil service pensions would have ...
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Private contribution
Another article in the Gazette about the reduction in pro bono work by solicitors. It is a sad indictment of the profession that, at a time when legal aid and funding for voluntary sector advice agencies are being slashed, denying access to justice to vast numbers, some firms feel justified ...
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High Court judge to visit law firms
The only solicitor High Court judge is to visit legal firms to find out why the number of solicitors applying for judicial appointment is so ‘disappointingly low’, in a bid to improve diversity. Mr Justice Hickinbottom, who is also joint senior liaison judge for diversity, will ...
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Existing sanctions sufficient for disclosure failures, judges rule
Senior judges today rejected the creation of additional sanctions for disclosure failures against either the prosecution or defence in criminal cases. A review of sanctions, requested by former lord chancellor Kenneth Clarke and carried out by Lord Justice Gross and Lord Justice Treacy, instead advocates updates ...
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Discrimination
Sex discrimination – Discrimination on ground of sexual orientation Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) v Charity Commission for England and Wales: Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber): 2 November 2012 ...
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European Union
Value added tax – Refund of tax – Latvian tax authority declining to refund Mednis SIA v Valsts ienemumu dienests: Court of Justice of the European Union (Third Chamber) (Judges Lenaerts (Rapporteur acting as President)), Juhasz, Arestis, von Danwitz ...
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Everybody needs good neighbours
London is a melting pot all right, and no one knows that better than Solicitors Regulation Authority board member Sara Nathan. The one-time editor of Channel 4 News, who is an observant Jew, knows the value of neighbourliness in a city where – as archetypal Londoner and Madness frontman Suggs ...