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Environment
Planning – Authorisations – Inspectors – Waste disposal Berry & Marshall (Bolton Wood) Ltd (claimant) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (defendant) and (1) Environment Agency (2) Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council (interested parties): QBD (Admin) ...
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Double take
The picture on page 12 of the 23 September Gazette also adorns the front cover of August’s journal of the Law Society of Scotland. Apparently, September’s vexed-looking figure is no longer concerned about the Cadder effect (so called because of a Scots case to do with a suspect’s access to ...
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More general counsel facing regulatory investigations
UK general counsel have reported a huge increase in the number of regulatory investigations initiated against them, according to research by the London office of US firm Fulbright & Jaworski. The firm’s Litigation Trends survey of 128 UK in-house lawyers across a range of sectors found ...
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Herts firm to sue over conveyancing panel removal
A Hertfordshire firm that was removed from the Santander and Lloyds Banking Group conveyancing panels is seeking support to take legal action against the lenders, the Gazette has learned. Paul Judkins, a partner at Judkins, with offices in Hertford and Cheshunt, is seeking advice from counsel ...
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The training contract lottery
By Carly Moore-Martin, law graduate ‘How do I find a training contract?’ ‘Well, a good academic record is essential, as is attention to detail and communication skills. Show your commitment to a career in law, and that you have a life outside law. Be personable.’
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MoJ confirms quango cull
The Ministry of Justice has today confirmed that the Youth Justice Board and two court rules committees are among the legal quangos to be abolished as part of a drive to cut costs and ‘reinvigorate public trust’ in democracy. The bodies to be scrapped include: the ...
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Forced mediation 'may not serve interests of children'
Family solicitors have warned that government plans to divert private law disputes over children away from the courts and towards mediation may not lead to child-focused outcomes. One of the options being considered by the government’s family justice review is to make mediation compulsory in ...
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Chancery Lane publishes Jackson review response
The Law Society today warned against piecemeal implementation of Lord Justice Jackson’s proposals on civil litigation costs, telling the government that this could be ‘very damaging’ to access to justice. Jackson himself has said that his reforms will not succeed unless they are implemented as a whole.
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Stock market jitters hit equity capital markets teams
A year of failed and suspended stock market listings has hit the fortunes of equity capital markets (ECM) teams across the City, senior corporate finance lawyers said this week. A far higher than average number of unfinished initial public offerings (IPOs) has dampened fee income, damaged ...
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From social media to business tool
These days it is not a question of whether or not we should embrace technological changes and emerging social media but more a question of how do we keep up with the waves of changes and innovations? If we don’t keep on top of these things and make the most ...
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Lawyers must protect vulnerable from effect of budget cuts – Djanogly
Lawyers and the legal system will need to find efficiencies and new ways of working to protect the vulnerable from the effects of budget cuts, legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly told the Gazette this week. He said: ‘Our priority is not what lawyers do, or ...
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Bubble rap?
With George Osborne poised to apply a Swan Vesta to the bonfire of the quangos, was it wise of the Legal Ombudsman to be so free with the fizz at its Birmingham launch party last week? After all, champagne was banned at the Conservative Party conference, under way at the ...
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Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly on pro bono and the Big Society
While prime minister David Cameron’s idea of the ‘Big Society’ has left many people unclear as to what their own role or contribution to it could be, for lawyers the answer looks fairly simple: pro bono work can use lawyers’ skills, knowledge and professional standing to meet unmet need. The ...
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Venue hire, Liverpool FC, banking, and sukuk issue
Venue hire: Sports law firm Couchmans advised Barclays on becoming the official retail bank at London’s O2 Arena. Fair Kop: US firm Shearman & Sterling advised New England Sports Ventures, which ...
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A-Z of billing
Obiter is only too familiar with the concept of being a little short of cash towards the end of the month, and is therefore pleased to pass on a billing tip from 360 Legal Group’s annual conference. Mike Segall, managing director of Money ...
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Firms may have folded to avoid high cost of PII premiums
A leading market expert has estimated that up to 175 firms closed their doors ahead of this month’s professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal deadline rather than face the high cost of premiums, while a handful of firms are believed to be trading illegally because they cannot afford cover.
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Local authorities and surveillance
For the first time in its history, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has published a ruling concerning a local authority’s use of surveillance powers under part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).
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Banks to seek assurances from LLPs
The era of banks making unsecured credit freely available to firms may come to an end as banks review the risk profile of practices that have converted to LLP status, it was suggested last week. Chris Marston, head of professional practices at Lloyds TSB, told delegates ...
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Higher education review may put off aspiring law graduates
Who’d want to be approaching adulthood today without a private income? Jobs are scarce; wages are stagnant or falling; affordable housing remains way out of reach; and cheap and secure pension schemes that do not rely on the lottery of investment returns are an endangered species. ...