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Third-party harassment
In March, the coalition referred to the current rules protecting employees from harassment by third parties as ‘unworkable’ and announced that it will be consulting on their removal from the Equality Act 2010.
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This Life goes on
It all seems a world away now, but the mores of lawyers depicted in the 1990s TV drama This Life are still current. At least according to a survey commissioned to plug the series’ return to UK TV. The survey of 2,000 white-collar professionals found ...
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Lawyer independence is a strong foundation
Lawyer independence - both of the individual lawyer as practitioner, and the regulation of lawyers collectively - has never been consigned to the wings in all the time I have been qualified. But now it has grabbed the microphone to sing. Regrettably, it is a shaky version of that old ...
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Jackson keeps a firm hand on the tiller
Last Monday, a group of leading experts in civil justice - many of them solicitors - gathered for a comprehensive discussion on some of the crucial detail concerning the rules required to implement Lord Justice Jackson’s radical reform of civil litigation costs. With the reforms ...
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Guarded welcome for family justice review
Lawyers and judges have welcomed proposals to end the ‘culture of delay’ in the family justice system, published in the Family Justice Review’s final report. One of the key recommendations of the review panel, chaired by David Norgrove, is to set a statutory six-month limit on ...
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‘Whole generation’ of lawyers could disappear post-LASPO
Government proposals to slash legal aid have passed through the Commons, amid suggestions the legislation will wipe out specialist lawyers. The bill will now move to the Lords, following a heated debate during which opposition MPs also rejected the suggestion that lawyers are only interested in self-preservation. ...
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Credit where it’s due
Down here in West Sussex they don’t do rioting, but if they did I am confident that the criminal defence fraternity would have stepped into the breach and ensured representation for all those who needed it. And not just because they did need it, but because that would be the ...
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Court workers opposed to extended opening hours
The union representing court workers has voiced opposition to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke’s wish to extend opening hours. Clarke told the House of Commons home affairs committee last week that the government is considering more evening sittings, following the extension of court hours to deal ...
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The Co-operative to offer family law service
The Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) is to offer a family law service spearheaded by leading family lawyers from London firm TV Edwards in the first move by a high street brand into the sector. Christina Blacklaws (pictured), Law Society council member for child care and ...
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Company
Administration order - Administrator - Costs of administration Re Nortel GMBH (in administration) and other companies; Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) and other companies: Court of Appeal, Civil Division (Lords Justice Laws, Lloyd and Rimer): 14 October ...
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Clarification
Two articles appeared in the 6 and 13 October 2011 editions of the Gazette, which contained a number of assertions concerning the arrangements employed by Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance plc (‘RSA’) for recovery of charges relating to repair of motor vehicles from other insurers.
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Defence lawyers should be praised for handling riot cases
by Julian Young, a solicitor-advocate and senior partner of Julian Young & Co in London In August we saw the worst outbreak of violence and civil disorder in London and other major cities for many years. It came as a surprise to everyone who had to ...
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Blacklaws joins Co-operative in family law coup
The Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) is to offer a family law service spearheaded by leading family lawyers from London firm TV Edwards in the first move by a high street brand into the sector, the Gazette can reveal. Christina Blacklaws, Law Society council member for child care and TV Edwards ...
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Law firm wins ‘freedom’ battle over non-panel rates
A London law firm has won a High Court battle against three legal expenses insurers in a judgment that may have significant ramifications for claimant lawyers acting for clients with legal expenses insurance (LEI) when the firm is not on the insurer’s panel. Webster Dixon won ...
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Scott Baker review lacks vital ingredient that would have served it best - humanity
As one of the ‘NatWest Three’, I have first-hand experience of the workings and impact of the Extradition Act, to which Joshua Rozenberg refers.
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Legal aid cuts 'threat' to domestic violence victims
Cuts to legal aid will create a further barrier for women trying to leave violent relationships and could lead to more deaths, the Women’s Institute has warned. The institute published a report, Legal Aid is a Lifeline, this week as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment ...