All News articles – Page 1548
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Look who’s talking
I was astonished to read the comments of Sadiq Khan MP, shadow justice secretary, in which he described the government’s proposed legal aid cuts as ‘irresponsible and inequitable’. I have no recollection of Mr Khan expressing his concerns about the cuts introduced by his own ...
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Stick to the law
With the Jackson Review demonstrates once again is that members of the judiciary should never be asked to advise on anything to do with costs or funding. Judges notoriously know nothing about either. Eminent though he is as a lawyer, it is apparent from Lord Justice ...
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Stick to the law
What the Jackson Review demonstrates once again is that members of the judiciary should never be asked to advise on anything to do with costs or funding. Judges notoriously know nothing about either. Eminent though he is as a lawyer, it is apparent from ...
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Memory Lane
Law Society’s Gazette, February, 1971 The Law Society should start a racing car club I have felt for some time that we solicitors are very often far too apologetic about ...
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Landlord and tenant
Civil procedure - Housing - Local government - Demoted tenancies Manchester City Council v Pinnock (No.2): SC (Lord Phillips (president), Lord Hope (deputy president), Lord Rodger, Walker, Lady Hale, Brown, Lord Mance, Lord Neuberger, Lord Collins (Justices of the ...
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Study to examine oversupply of LPC graduates
An in-depth study into education and training within the profession will address the current ‘mismatch’ between the number of Legal Practice Course graduates and training contracts, and will assess the role of paralegals, the Legal Services Board has said.
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A week to, erm, forget...
The last week has doubtless been a tiring one for legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly (pictured), as he prepares to wade his way through the hefty 5,000 responses the Ministry of Justice received to its legal aid consultation. This must surely be the only explanation ...
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Employment
Education - Local government - Addition of parties - Boards of governors Jones v Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justices Carnwath, Elias, Pitchford): 9 February 2011 ...
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Justice system delays endemic, research shows
Law Society research submitted to the government last week has identified a ‘lack of communication’ pervading the justice system that is causing delays throughout the process. The survey of 245 individuals in the justice system, including 172 defence solicitors and 55 prosecutors, showed that respondents attributed ...
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Defining the scope of witness immunity
The rule of witness immunity was set out by Lord Hutton in Darker v Chief Constable of the West Midlands [2001] 1 AC 435, a case which concerned police malpractice. Lord Hutton held: ‘The rule that a party has immunity in respect of what he ...
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HM Courts must do more to recoup uncollected fines and penalties
Tory MP Kris Hopkins asked justice minister Jonathan Djanogly a very good question last week: ‘What progress has [your] department made in recouping outstanding financial penalties that remain uncollected by HM Courts Service?' Answer came there none.
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Cuts cost money
Many of the Law Society’s suggestions would not achieve savings, but create further cost, something we all need to avoid. The suggestion that prosecutors should meet the cost of acquittals, instead of central funds, simply passes cost from one area of public expenditure to another ...
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Filing complaints
I recently had the misfortune to have dealings with the supreme legal quango, the Legal Ombudsman. What is so concerning about this organisation’s approach to handling complaints is how it applies one rule for us and a different rule for itself. Rather than, for example, ...
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Complaints clinic: Legal Ombudsman
A new monthly column featuring practical advice and case studies from chief ombudsman Adam Sampson and his team At last, just before Christmas, the Legal Ombudsman cranked properly into business. ...
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Civil procedure
Costs - Construction disputes - Mediation - Part 36 offers Rolf v De Guerin: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justices Rix, Elias, Tomlinson): 9 February 2011 The appellant (R) appealed against ...
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One in two children in care 'don't trust the courts'
Half of the children in care do not trust the court to make the right decision about their lives, according to a report by Children’s Rights director Roger Morgan, published by Ofsted. Of 58 children interviewed, 50% thought courts never or do not usually make the ...
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File blunders spark Legal Services Commission payment chaos
The Legal Services Commission is experiencing ‘significant delays’ in processing payments to firms after administrative blunders affected thousands of criminal case files, the Gazette has learned. Payment problems have occurred in relation to 4,000 files which were not allocated the necessary reference by HM Courts Service ...
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Bridging the cultural gap between lawyers and clients
My business partner Tania Jeffery and I recently opened a new practice in Hampshire and our mission statement echoes the points raised by Law Society president Linda Lee in her article ‘Listening to our customers'.
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Government's proposals for student immigration based on unreliable stats
by Nichola Carter, partner at Penningtons The government is currently reviewing around 30,000 responses to its consultation on international student migration, which closed on 31 January. It will shortly announce a raft of new policy measures in this area aimed at substantially reducing student immigration and ...