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    Firms call off Anglo-Scottish merger

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    An Anglo-Scottish merger between firms Bircham Dyson Bell and Dundas & Wilson has been ruled out. In a joint statement today, the firms said exploratory discussions to create a practice with combined revenues of £100m had not been successful. Donald Shaw, ...

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    Clarke to consult on competitive tendering

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    The justice secretary has confirmed that the government will publish a consultation on the introduction of competitive tendering for criminal defence services this year. In a letter to the Bar Council chair Peter Lodder QC, Kenneth Clarke sets out the government’s intention to press ahead with ...

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    CPS to go paperless by April, says Starmer

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    The Director of Public Prosecutions has committed to making the Crown Prosecution Service entirely digital by April 2012. Keir Starmer QC told a Law Society seminar that the criminal justice system needs to move away from a paper-based system and transform the way criminal cases are ...

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    Advocacy assurance scheme put on hold for a month

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    The launch of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) has been delayed and the consultation on its design extended, the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG) announced today. The JAG, set up with representatives of the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and ILEX Professional Services ...

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    Tax

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    European Union - Meaning of taxable person Slaby v Minister Finansow; Kuc and another v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Warszawie: Court of Justice of the European Union (Second Chamber) (Judges Cunha Rodrigues (President of the Chamber), Arabadjiev (Rapporteur), Lohmus, ...

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    Tax

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Corporation tax - Taxpayer company claiming deduction in respect of loan relationship debit MJP Media Services Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners: Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (Mr Justice Arnold): 2 September 2011 ...

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    Tap on the shoulder

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    We note with interest the article on judicial appointments, including the list of forthcoming vacancies and the statement by the chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission that his job is to make the process of selecting judges transparent and fair, so that the very best person is appointed to the ...

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    Tap on the shoulder

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    We note with interest the article on judicial appointments, including the list of forthcoming vacancies and the statement by the chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission that his job is to make the process of selecting judges transparent and fair, so that the very best person is appointed to the ...

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    Tap on the shoulder

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    We note with interest the article on judicial appointments, including the list of forthcoming vacancies and the statement by the chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission that his job is to make the process of selecting judges transparent and fair, so that the very best person is appointed to the ...

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    Tap on the shoulder

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    We note with interest the article on judicial appointments, including the list of forthcoming vacancies and the statement by the chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission that his job is to make the process of selecting judges transparent and fair, so that the very best person is appointed to the ...

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    Tap on the shoulder

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    We note with interest the article on judicial appointments, including the list of forthcoming vacancies and the statement by the chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission that his job is to make the process of selecting judges transparent and fair, so that the very best person is appointed to the ...

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    Tap on the shoulder

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    We note with interest the article on judicial appointments, including the list of forthcoming vacancies and the statement by the chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission that his job is to make the process of selecting judges transparent and fair, so that the very best person is appointed to the ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm R v James: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Keith, Mr Justice Nicol): 22 September 2011 ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Hudson: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 21 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Custodial sentence - Sexual assault R v Borrill: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 21 September 2011

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Davies: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 20 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Imprisonment - Length of sentence R v Flanders: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Keith, Mr Justice Nicol): 20 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal ...

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    Sentencing

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Dangerous offenders - Life imprisonment R v Brown: Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Eady, Mr Justice Macduff): 23 September 2011 The Court of Appeal, Criminal ...

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    Probate

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Will - Deceased leaving majority of estate to sons - Daughter contesting validity of will Ahluwalia v Singh and others: ChD (Mark Cawson QC sitting as a High Court judge): 6 September 2011 ...

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    Turner prize

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    His photograph made him ‘look like an undertaker’, but otherwise employment lawyer Gordon Turner (pictured) was happy with the critique of his firm’s new website. He had set Obiter and others a challenge. For every typo or error we found on the new website, he ...