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Mediators win, win
Suzanne Lowe is right. Clients appreciate a swift and cheaper resolution of their dispute, in a process in which they are not just involved, but in command. I recall how delighted a middle-aged professional man was to have his fee claim entirely agreed and concluded within ...
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Payback time
Talking of legal aid, firms that have been waiting months for their money may have found a notice posted on the Legal Services Commission’s website a tad galling. It concerns the timely payment of expert witnesses. Some experts, it would seem, are a bit miffed ...
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Paying the price
I read in the press last week that two politicians, Ed Miliband and Grant Shapps, want the ‘something for nothing’ culture in this country to end. As a duty solicitor, I wholeheartedly agree, but sadly politicians in the Ministry of Justice do not. From Monday 3 ...
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Turner prize
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 ...
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Sentencing
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
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
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
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
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
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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Tap on the shoulder
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
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
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
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
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
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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Chancery Lane launches action over committal fee reforms
The Law Society has launched a legal challenge against the government over criminal legal aid fees. Chancery Lane has sent a letter before action to the Ministry of Justice over its decision to abolish the committal fee in either way cases in publicly funded criminal ...