All News articles – Page 1478
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Employment
Employer’s duty to consult - Failure to consult union - Affected employee seeking protective award against employer Independent Insurance Co Ltd (in provisional liquidation) v Aspinall and another: EAT (Judge Serota QC, Mr D Bleiman, Mr J R Rivers): ...
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Employment
Determination whether dismissal fair or unfair - Dismissal for misconduct - Employee failing to follow instruction and being dismissed Oudahar v Esporta Group Ltd: EAT (Judge Richardson, Mr D Evans, Mr B Warman): 22 July 2011 ...
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Shaggy dog stories
Helen Mahy, group company secretary and general counsel at the National Grid, has another string to her bow. She writes children’s stories that feature the adventures of Basil, a black and white spaniel. Basil is based on Mahy’s own dog of the same name and ...
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Distorted portrayal
The Gazette report of my speech last week to the Westminster Legal Policy Forum was a distorted portrayal of the views I expressed. I was not referring to ‘ABS licensing’ as a shambles, and nor were my remarks directed specifically at the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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Discrimination
Social security - Services for sick and disabled persons - Assessment of needs of sick and disabled persons JG and MB v Lancashire County Council: Administrative Court (Manchester) (Mr Justice Kenneth Parker): 2 September 2011 ...
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Criminal procedure
Unsafe conviction - Bias - Defendant appearing before Crown court - Recorder criticising defence statement R v Malcolm: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Lord Justice Hooper, Mr Justice Blair): 1 September 2011 ...
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A costly word
All firms must by 6 October alter their paper and all else to state ‘authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority’, we are reminded by Charles Plant in the Gazette of 8 September. How many hours did this decision consume? How many hours will be ...
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Santander makes Conveyancing Quality Scheme mandatory
Santander has become the first lender to make membership of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme mandatory for firms applying to be on its conveyancing panel. The bank reopened its panel to new members in August, with the introduction of a £199 application fee. A Santander spokesman confirmed that CQS ...
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Unless orders - securing a party’s compliance
Unless orders (otherwise known as Hadkinson orders) were established in Hadkinson v Hadkinson [1952] P 285, CA. Although still relatively uncommon, there has been a series of reported cases where the power has been used by the courts over the last few years. It is an approach to be used ...
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Clarke to promote UK legal services
Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke was preparing to update City lawyers on the government’s blueprint for promoting UK legal services abroad as the Gazette went to press. He was expected to reiterate the government’s opposition to European contract law harmonisation and reassure foreign markets that alternative ...
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LSC chief’s exit worries lawyer groups
Lawyers have paid tribute to departing Legal Services Commission (LSC) chief executive Carolyn Downs, following the announcement that she is leaving to take up a senior role in local government. Downs took over as chief executive of the LSC in March 2010 on secondment from the ...
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Chancery Lane strikes new deal for cheaper indemnity insurance
Firms with Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) and Lexcel accreditation will be able to take advantage of reduced professional indemnity insurance premiums, following a deal agreed between the Law Society and broker Hera Indemnity. Law Society chief executive Des Hudson said: ‘There has been anecdotal evidence that Lexcel can reduce ...
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Vickers review puts lawyers centre stage
Banks’ legal and compliance departments are expected to grow with the implementation of reforms recommended this week by the Independent Commission on Banking, chaired by Sir John Vickers (pictured). The centre of power for corporate counsel will be located firmly on the retail side and ...
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Caught out
Cricketing solicitor Pete Dodd has been back in touch to say that he was not, as he had thought, the only member of the profession to play in the British team in the Lawyers Cricket World Cup in Barbados. Andrew Bretherton, a partner at Edwin ...
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Duty of candour plans 'watered down'
The government proposes to introduce a duty of candour as part of its health reforms, requiring hospitals to tell patients when they have made mistakes - a move that follows a long campaign by Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) and other patient safety bodies. While the plans are welcome and ...
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David Cameron’s comments on human rights were prejudiced
In the modern world, the domestic and the international become entwined. News of David Cameron’s assault on the Human Rights Act in the aftermath of the riots was noted around the globe. The Tehran Times quoted the prime minister as saying that ‘human rights and health and safety can interfere ...
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Commons rejects Brussels proposal for EU-wide rights for suspects
MPs have voted against a proposal to safeguard the rights of suspects detained at police stations across Europe to have access to lawyer. Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke tabled a motion last week recommending that the UK should not opt into a draft European Union directive that ...
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Straw in line of fire over referral fee bill
Lawyers and medical experts have hit back at Jack Straw over comments he made yesterday while seeking to persuade MPs to criminalise PI referral fees. The former justice secretary introduced a ten-minute rule bill outlining proposals to make offering referral fees for victims’ details a criminal ...
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Bid to exempt Trafigura-type claims from reform fails
Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs have rejected an amendment to legislation that would exempt claims brought by foreigners against UK multinationals from civil litigation reforms. The Public Bill Committee debated the amendment to the Legal Aid, Punishment of Offenders and Sentencing Bill, tabled by Labour ...