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How legal authors can make it into print
Hundreds of law books (and an increasing number of ebooks) are published every year on every legal topic; whether student books, handbooks, or ‘black letter’ law books. All of these books/ebooks started out as nothing more than ideas, either in the head of the author ...
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European arrest warrant needs reform
I read with interest Joshua Rozenberg’s recent column on the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ call for reform of the European arrest warrant.
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Arbitration
Award - Enforcement - Action to enforce award Sovarex SA v Romero Alvarez SA [2011] All ER (D) 225 (Jun), [2011] EWHC 1661 (Comm) The claimant company allegedly contracted with ...
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Arbitration
Interim injunction - Power of court - Whether anti-suit injunction should be granted Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc and other companies: Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mrs Justice Gloster): 28 June 2011 ...
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Further restrictions to reduce annual net migration
Following changes to the Immigration Rules implemented on 6 April, including the execution of an annual cap of 20,700 migrants to work in skilled professions under Tier 2 (General) of the points-based system (PBS), the government continues to identify further restrictions to achieve its stated aim of reducing annual net ...
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All together now
The proposed decimation of legal aid is scandalous for a number of obvious reasons. I suggest that the legal profession indicates its outrage by refusing to act for the government or any MP voting in favour of the changes. Instead, ...
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Legal aid delay
Not only are we threatened with massive legal aid cuts, but the Legal Services Commission seems to be becoming slower at processing work. On 8 June, I exercised devolved powers to grant emergency legal aid to a client in connection with an appeal against a ...
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LSC warned ministers on legal aid cuts
The Legal Services Commission warned ministers before publication of the legal aid reform bill that proposed fee cuts could result in ‘market failure’. In a letter sent to the lord chancellor in February, LSC chair Sir Bill Callaghan (pictured) advised the government that the ‘scale and ...
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The Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocacy is robust
Good-quality advocacy is essential to protect the public and deliver fair results in the criminal justice system. Last month the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and ILEX Professional Standards (IPS), came a step closer to radically overhauling the quality assurance of criminal ...
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Most solicitors will support panel’s call for will-writing to be made a reserved activity
Fledgling watchdog the Legal Services Consumer Panel has hitherto manifested a laissez-faire attitude to the post-Legal Services Act market - most notably perhaps by declining the opportunity to call for a ban on referral fees. So its pronouncements today on will-writing go against the grain. ...
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How could activities at News International be treated as something separate from its BSkyB bid?
by Sarah Davis, group commercial legal director at Guardian Media Group Never mind a week; a day is a long time in the politics of media regulation.
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Act on referral fees
In recent times three core institutions of society have been rocked by crises. In 2007, the banking system came to the brink of collapse. In 2009, parliament was shaken to its foundations when countless members were shown to have falsified expenses. ...
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Class of '61
James Morton’s column, in which he recalled his time as a student at the College of Law in Lancaster Gate, brought back a few memories for David Miller, consultant at Kidd Rapinet in London, who was one of Morton’s contemporaries at the college. Miller writes: ...
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Practising fee to fall 23%
The Law Society Council today approved a reduction in the individual practising certificate fee for next year of 23%, reflecting the ‘reduced funding requirement’ of the Law Society Group. The individual PC fee will drop from £428 to £328 to reflect the £94.8m net funding ...
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Society given only 15 minutes for legal aid evidence
The Law Society, Bar Council and other representative groups were granted only 15 minutes each to give evidence to the cross-party committee scrutinising the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill this week, fuelling concerns that the government is seeking to rush through the changes. ...
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Mid-market firms review strategy ahead of alternative business structures
More than a third of mid-market law firms have changed their business strategies in the last year in response to the Legal Services Act. A survey of 101 firms, commissioned by legal information provider Lexis Nexis, also found that a further quarter will alter their structure ...
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ABS timetable in danger of slipping
The Solicitors Regulation Authority may not be ready to license alternative business structures from the target date of 6 October. SRA chairman Charles Plant told the regulator’s monthly board meeting today that the authority’s preparations for the change remain on schedule. ...
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Professional indemnity choices
Indemnity - like Christmas - comes just once a year, which is a relief in many ways. And like Christmas we face it with good intentions to plan ahead and get everything ready on time. However well prepared we mean to be, somehow time catches ...
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Allen & Overy investigates allegations that it was tricked
Magic circle firm Allen & Overy has said it is ‘looking into’ the allegation made yesterday that it was tricked into handing over details relating to former prime minister Gordon Brown to a conman. An article in today’s Guardian newspaper claims that that lawyers at Allen ...
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IAS blames legal aid cuts for its collapse
The Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) has asked clients not to attempt to visit its offices and has blamed government legal aid cuts for going into administration. IAS, the UK’s largest provider of publicly funded immigration and asylum legal advice, went into administration over the weekend. ...