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Cloud computing: an ethical challenge for lawyers
The European Commission is consulting widely on cloud computing. In brief, for newcomers to the topic, cloud computing is the storage of data on servers outside your personal ownership. There are mega-providers out there who will store your data for a fee which is cheaper ...
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Sky News: riot sentences strengthen case for cameras in court
The head of Sky News has made a renewed appeal for court proceedings to be televised in the light of the August riots. John Ryley has written to justice secretary Kenneth Clarke calling for an end to the ban on television cameras entering the courtroom.
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Labour tables amendments to legal aid and costs reforms
Opponents to government strategy for civil litigation and legal aid reform have launched a multi-pronged ‘victim-centric’ attack on the proposals. Labour MPs have tabled a series of amendments to the coalition government’s planned changes under the umbrella of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders ...
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SRA has '50 in-depth discussions’ with potential ABS applicants
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has had 'in-depth discussions’ with 50 firms and businesses looking at becoming alternative business structures, its chief executive Anthony Townsend told the Gazette last week. He also confirmed that the SRA hopes to be able to license ABSs 'at the turn of ...
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Solicitors voice concerns over reduction in LSC helpline hours
The reduced operating hours of the Legal Services Commission’s telephone helpline is hampering cases, the Gazette has been told. Lawyers from around the country have contacted the Gazette reporting that the LSC’s decision to cut the operation of its telephone helpline to four hours a day ...
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Society will fight slander claim brought by site owner
The Law Society will seek to strike out a claim for slander being sought against chief executive Desmond Hudson by the owner of the Solicitors from Hell website, it said today. Site owner Rick Kordowski has filed a claim in the High Court in relation to ...
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Abbey Protection to exploit Legal Services Act
Insurance firm Abbey Protection has indicated it will take full advantage of the future deregulation of legal services. The firm, which announced its financial results this week, saw post-tax profits increase by 10% to £3.8m in the first half of 2011 – of which £1.2m was ...
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Terminal verbosity
Obiter was amused by a discussion posted on the Gazette’s LinkedIn group by solicitor David Lewis, entitled ‘What annoys me about other lawyers’. Lewis bemoans his peers’ verbosity, writing ‘pursuant to’ or ‘under the provisions of’ instead of ‘under’, and ‘in respect of’ instead of ‘for’. ...
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Sentencing
Imprisonment - Length of sentence - Possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence R v Weaver: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Justice Laws, Mr Justice Openshaw and Mr Justice Hickinbottom (judgment delivered extempore): 5 August 2011 ...
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Law Society runs SafetyNet PII scheme
The Law Society has revealed that it will again offer help for firms having difficulty in securing professional indemnity insurance. The SafetyNet scheme will assist law firms trying to avoid entering the assigned risks pool or help those who want to leave it. ...
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'Maturity' is key when sentencing young people
Courts should pay more attention to a young person’s ‘maturity’ and less to their age when making sentencing decisions, a report by two criminal justice groups has recommended. A research paper by the Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance and the Criminal Justice Alliance has called on ...
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Personal injury
Damages - Pain, suffering and loss of amenities - Liability admitted - Assessment of damages Whiten (by his litigation friend, Nowell) v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust: QBD (Mr Justice Swift): 5 August 2011 ...
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Immigration
Asylum seeker - Removal from United Kingdom to state of which person not national or citizen R (on the application of Elayathamby): Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London) (Mr Justice Sales): 11 August 2011 ...