All News articles – Page 1396
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Criminal law
Suicide - Liability for complicity in another's suicide R (on the application of Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice; R (on the application of AM) v Director of Public Prosecutions and others: QBD (Admin) (Lord Justice Toulson, Mr Justice ...
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Independence day?
Obiter is a big fan of things Welsh, especially Brains bitter and the Super Furry Animals. So we shall be sad if this fine nation decides it can dole out justice better on its own and creates a separate legal jurisdiction (not half as sad as whoever gets the job ...
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Mediation deflation?
Is the government really serious about mediation? As one of the largest family law practices in Bristol, we have encouraged the use of mediation and collaborative law wherever possible. One of the unexpected consequences of the abolition of legal aid for family law from April 2013 is that the use ...
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Dr, Do Little?
The similarities between employment law and Doctor Dolittle are of course striking. Both are a little eccentric among their peers and have at times struggled to be recognised fully. Sometimes they are assisted by monkeys and of course neither can sing. But perhaps most notable of all may be their ...
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Intellectual Property
European Union – Patent Eli Lilly and Co v Human Genome Sciences Inc: Chancery Division, Patents Court: 3 August 2012 The Chancery Division, Patents Court, refused the claimant's application for ...
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Investment
Dealing in securities – Defendants issuing guaranteed notes – Claimants investing Azevedo and Alvarez v Imcopa Importacao, Exportaacao e Industria de Oleos Ltda and other companies: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court: 30 May 2012 ...
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LIP service to justice
‘Jennifer Garcia stood alone before a judge with a stack of legal papers in her hands, answering questions about her personal life.’ So opens an article on NBCNews.com about the increasing number of litigants in person in the US, and the plight of a 23-year-old mother ...
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Lawyer search website ready to launch
A website that introduces clients to solicitors and public access barristers along the lines of services set up to source tradespeople is ready to go live this autumn. MrLawyer.co.uk is the brainchild of London barrister Jasvir Degun (pictured, right) and two of his friends, property ...
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Magistrates
Jurisdiction - Laying of information Media Protection Services Ltd v Crawford and another: QBD (Admin) (Lord Justice Stanley Burnton and Mr Justice Kenneth Parker): 16 August 2012 The respondents were ...
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Medical treatment
There is no evidence whatsoever that the availability of conditional fee agreements (CFAs) is a factor behind the increase of claims for medical blunders (‘Doctors blame "no-win, no-fee" for rise in legal actions’).
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Networking order
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is holding a conference on 27-28 September in London for regulators from around the world (well, chiefly from the common law world judging from the last programme I saw). It covers many important topics, with an A-list roster of speakers. Its goal is to share best ...
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PI pressure
I read that a GP was recently found to have unreasonably induced a patient to accept a cosmetic procedure by offering a discount if it was booked with two other patients. This and other failings led the General Medical Council (GMC) to impose 10 conditions on his registration.
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Restrictive preventions
Alasdair Lewis, director of legal services at the Land Registry, is imprecise when he states in his letter from July that 'earlier this year [the Land Registry] launched a restriction aimed at owners who do not live at the registered property which has proved extremely popular with our customers’.
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Social security
Income support – Jobseeker's allowance – Claimants claiming allowance R (on the application of Reilly and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London): 6 August 2012 ...
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Shipping
Charterparty – Arbitration Global Maritime Investments Ltd v STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd; Global Maritime Investments Ltd v Navios International Inc; Navios International Inc v Sangamon Transportation Group: Queen's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Christopher Clarke): 8 August ...
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Title teaser
I rather liked the proposal of Sandie Graff that solicitors should have ‘SSC’ after their names. This would be highly appropriate and would give the profession a bit of a boost as most practitioners one speaks to appear thoroughly fed up. Why ...
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Fee-earners shed at Addleshaw Goddard
National firm Addleshaw Goddard has made 24 fee-earners redundant following a two-month consultation. Jobs will be affected at the firm's three UK offices – in London, Leeds and Manchester - and in Singapore.
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Money launderers set sights on new targets, Chancery Lane warns
The Law Society has warned litigation practices that money launderers are targeting matrimonial law and debt recovery. Guidance to help firms avoid being the victim of fraudsters has been reissued by Chancery Lane.