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Human rights
Inhuman or degrading treatment - Expulsion - Whether convention rights would be violated Sufi and another v United Kingdom: European Court of Human Rights, Judge Garlicki (president), Judges Bratza, Mijovic, Jebens, Hirvela, Bianku and De Gaetano, and F Araci ...
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Has the once weak SRA morphed into the Incredible Hulk?
Are we seeing some sort of metamorphosis over at the SRA? This week saw the kind of rhetoric that will put the frighteners on any law firm veering dangerously close to the red. The language used on a report into outstanding premiums ...
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New Law Society president sets out his stall
Improving the Law Society’s relationship with the in-house sector and ensuring the success of the Conveyancing Quality Scheme will be two key areas of focus for the Society’s new president in the year ahead, he told the Gazette this week. John Wotton (pictured), who takes over ...
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Tenancy deposits
Readers of the Gazette will be familiar with tenancy deposits. In a nutshell, parliament sought to establish schemes to protect tenants’ deposits (incorporating alternative dispute resolution for resolving disputes) and punish any landlord who failed to comply with his duty to protect the deposit within ...
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Family courts expect more litigants in person
Family courts will need to be better prepared to deal with litigants in person following the government’s legal aid reforms, MPs warned in a report published today. The report, from the Justice Committee, on the interim recommendations of the Family Justice Review, said an increase in ...
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MoJ in line of fire over interpreters contract
The Ministry of Justice could face a legal challenge to its new cost-cutting arrangements for the provision of interpretation and translation services across the justice sector.
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LSB launches investigation to consider regulation of will-writing and probate
The Legal Services Board is to launch a formal investigation that will consider regulation of will-writing, following a recommendation from its consumer watchdog. The regulatory overseer stressed, however, that ‘a monopoly for solicitors is not the answer’. In its second major piece ...
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Security concerns
I have been appearing in our local magistrates’ court for over 32 years. I have recently had problems with a rather officious security officer. The other day I went to speak to the prosecutor in the Crown Prosecution room. ...
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Firms urged to donate unused client funds
Law firms are being urged by two of the country’s top legal figures to donate funds being held for untraceable clients or beneficiaries to support advice centres. More than 7,000 law firms will receive letters in the coming days signed by attorney general Dominic Grieve and ...
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Magic circle firms post solid results
Three magic circle firms have posted steady but unremarkable financial results as testing market conditions continue to prevail. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Allen & Overy all released figures for the 2010/11 financial year. At Freshfields, revenue fell marginally on the previous year, with profits per equity partner down by ...
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Cheats sometimes prosper
One of my favourite jokes is about the two men who went for a job interview. Set a test, each scored nine out of 10 and the man who was not selected complained. ‘It’s simple,’ the manager explained. ‘You each ...
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‘City firms don’t need capital’ - CLLS chair
The new chair of the City of London Law Society wants to see more lawyers in positions of power and influence, he said this week. Alasdair Douglas, speaking in his first major interview since taking over the role last month, told the Gazette he is determined ...
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Cold calling
Over recent months, we have received information from clients that they have been contacted by companies via their mobile phone, indicating that they are currently pursuing a claim. The company is offering to settle their claim, typically for £3,750. These existing ...
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Cafcass problem
Your report of Anthony Douglas’ comments on A County Council v K and others [2011] EWHC 1672 underlines the view held by many children panel solicitors that he is too fond of putting a gloss on any criticism of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). ...
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Snooze button
Manchester firm Ralli has been boasting about its role in developing the ‘Snoozebox’, a ‘portable event hotel’ which was launched at the Silverstone British Grand Prix last weekend. Ralli took care of the legal work for the project, which can squeeze in up to 400 ...
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Clean bill of health
It seems to me that the judgment in Key v Key [2010] EWHC 408 Ch is open to criticism, because the judge did not apparently consider it in any way significant, or even relevant, that the testator’s experienced solicitor (whatever else his shortcomings) believed that the testator had capacity. ...
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Beating the beancounters
Possibly more used to battling with creditors, Chris Keane, an associate in the insolvency and restructuring department of Squire Sanders Hammonds in Leeds, is organising a ‘white collar boxing’ event on 22 September in aid of Martin House Children’s Hospice. The event will see the ...