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Criminal procedure
Acquittals - Double jeopardy - Fresh evidence - Murder R v Dobson: CA (Crim Div) (Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Mrs Justice Rafferty, Mr Justice Holroyde): 18 May 2011 The ...
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Russian lawyers denied visas for Society human rights event
Twelve lawyers from Russia were denied visas to attend a three-day Law Society human rights training course in London last month. The Russian lawyer who co-ordinated the visas, which would have enabled the lawyers to receive training on the rule of law, described the decision not ...
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Law firms running out of time, warns Mayson
Time is running out for law firms that have not yet considered the changes they should make to compete with new entrants to the legal market, a leading commentator has suggested. Speaking at the Law Society’s Law Management Section conference, Stephen Mayson, director of the Legal ...
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Sparkes will fly
A Portsmouth solicitor is set to do a parachute jump next month to raise funds for Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, where his friend, legal executive Kristy Richardson (pictured, jumping herself some years ago), is on the waiting list for a heart and lung transplant. Tim ...
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Local government
Housing - Intentional homelessness - Priority needs - Temporary accommodation Oxford City Council v Darren Bull: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Pill, Jackson, Tomlinson): 18 May 2011 The appellant local ...
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Human rights
Police - Declarations of incompatibility - DNA samples - Fingerprints R (on the application of GC) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: R (on the application of C) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: SC (Justices of ...
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Insolvency remuneration
In recent years, there has been a good deal of concern as the result of a fairly general perception that costs in insolvency cases have reached an unacceptably high level.’ So said Mr Justice Ferris in Mirror Group plc v Maxwell and others (No 2) ...
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Landlord and tenant
Disrepair - Landlords’ duties - Repair covenants - Residential tenancies Tanya Grand v Param Gill: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Thomas, Lloyd, Rimer): 19 May 2011 The appellant tenant (T) ...
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Landlord and tenant
Assured shorthold tenancies - Notice - Possession - Prescribed forms Jasbir Kaur Kahlon v Andrew Isherwood: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justices Rix, Stanley Burnton, Patten): 19 May 2011 The appellant ...
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Memory Lane
Law Society’s Gazette, June 1971 ‘House Style’ for a Law Office by A. G. McBain and Jean Field Notes for those taking up ...
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Loadsa law
Judges often complain about the number of new laws being churned out these days, and figures compiled by legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell show why. In 2010, 14 new laws were passed for every working day, more than in any other year. ...
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Norton Rose in overseas mergers
City firm Norton Rose was this week expected to confirm mergers with firms in South Africa and Canada. The enlarged group will rank among the top-10 legal practices in the world by headcount when it completes a link-up with Canada’s Ogilvy Renault and Deneys Reitz in ...
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Parity proposal
I would say to Ilex president Mr McGrady (‘Ilex chief in parity plea’) that if he wants parity, he and his members should try and qualify as solicitors. Barry Brooks, Brooks & Co, Fetcham, Surrey
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Firms without CQS quality mark ‘risk being left behind’ - Society
As firms begin thinking about renewing their professional indemnity insurance, the Law Society has warned conveyancing solicitors to ignore its new Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) ‘at their risk’. Since the application process launched in January, almost 1000 firms have applied and 202 have ...
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Law firms maintain staff bonus levels
Some 91% of law firm bonus schemes have remained unchanged over the last 12 months, but personal injury firms are expected to buck this trend by reducing bonuses next year, a survey of 400 regional law firms by recruitment consultancy BCL Legal has found. Other key ...
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Personal injury claims costs to rise despite reforms
Costs faced by the personal injury insurance industry are likely to rise despite government reforms of the system, according to a report by market analysts Datamonitor. The report found that insurers have little faith that litigation changes will see solicitors lower their fees. ...
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Use of a limited liability partnership as a fund vehicle
Recently clients asked me to consider using an LLP as an onshore vehicle for pooling funds for investment purposes. Perhaps I missed some research but I was unable to find any sensible writings on the use of an LLP for such a purpose. ...
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Claimants will miss out through CFA reforms, research suggests
Campaign groups have pleaded with the government to climb down over ‘no fee, no fee’ changes after publishing new research. A survey of recent claimants using the conditional fee arrangement (CFA) found that more half of respondents had an income below the national average of £25,000. ...
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Law Society to intervene in Prudential privilege appeal
The Law Society has been granted permission to intervene in Prudential’s appeal to the Supreme Court to extend legal professional privilege (LPP) to accountants and others. LPP currently only applies to certain communications between lawyers and their clients, conferring absolute confidentiality so ...
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PC fee expected to fall in 2011/12
Law firms and solicitors could see their regulatory fees slashed by almost a fifth this year. However, there is likely to be an increase in contributions to the compensation fund. Under SRA plans to be put before its board tomorrow, the individual ...