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Why the legal profession needs an effective opposition
Politics is a brutal business. One day it is all red boxes, Newsnight, and Yes Minister. The next, no one recognises you. This may seem an odd time to consider the position of the Labour party, particularly as we gear up for a major debate on the future of legal ...
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Electoral process
Election rules – Freedom of expression – Proportionality Robert Elwyn James Watkins v Philip James Woolas EWHC 2702 (QB) DC (Mr Justice Teare, Mr Justice Griffith Williams): 5 November 2010 ...
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Suitability of personal protective equipment
I have previously written that ‘suitability’ under the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992 is a question of fact, but in terms of these regulations and their application in the context of health and safety, it must be interpreted in the widest sense. One has to look at the risk of ...
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Real estate litigation to rise
Next year will see a ‘significant’ rise in litigation within the real estate market, providing more work for some lawyers but putting others at risk of legal action, according to research by City firm Hogan Lovells seen by the Gazette. A survey of 160 senior executives ...
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A fairer test for students
The online news item ‘Research reveals widening social divide in the profession’ stated that more than one in seven lawyers went to a private school, despite just one in 50 of the population receiving private education. This comes as no surprise.
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Have a gander
In Bury St Edmunds, local firm Gross & Co has graciously given up its front window to advertise this year’s Theatre Royal Christmas pantomime production of Mother Goose. The firm’s window displays have been catching the eye on Guildhall Street for many years, but Gross is particularly proud of this ...
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Why Young is wrong on health and safety
Lord Young has resigned from his post as adviser to the prime minister following his ill-conceived statement that ‘the vast majority of people in the country today... have never had it so good ever since this... so-called recession started’. Of course, Lord Young has also ...
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India will liberalise ‘in time’
The Law Society remains optimistic that sustained trade negotiations with the Indian government will eventually open the country’s legal market to English law firms, its vice-president John Wotton said this week. Wotton’s comments came after Veerappa Moily, Indian government minister for law and justice, told the ...
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Internet ‘threat’ to jury system
Misuse of the internet by jurors is posing a threat to the integrity of the jury system, the lord chief justice warned last week. In a lecture to the Judicial Studies Board in Belfast, Lord Judge suggested jurors could be found in contempt of court ...
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Memory lane
Law Society’s Gazette, November 1970 Letters to the editor More militancy please!It was reported on 9 ...
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Real property
Landlord and tenant – Common parts – Caretaker’s flat – Leases Earl Cadogan & Anor v Panagopoulos & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 1259: CA (Civ Div) (Sir Andrew Morritt (chancellor), Lords Justices Carnwath, Hughes): 11 November 2010 ...
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Rain of terror
A new front has been opened in the ongoing battle between solicitors and overzealous court security staff. Not only are lawyers routinely having digital recording devices and telephones removed from their person – with the ‘Brixton Three’ even finding themselves arrested last month for storing dictation machines and memory sticks ...
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Right to seek redress under threat
The coming months provide a tremendous opportunity to argue for a system that respects and preserves access to justice for injured persons. The Consumer Justice Alliance is ready to engage with the government and make this argument loud and clear.
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Stubble trouble
A group of men brandishing razor blades used to mean that someone was about to demand your wallet. But these days it merely signals the return of the month of ‘Movember’, when offices across the country are filled with comically moustachioed men growing facial hair in support of men’s health ...
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The EU may have something to say about any coalition attempts to cut legal aid
Viviane Reding is a tough cookie. Now EU commissioner for justice, freedom and security, she previously saw off the mobile phone companies and reduced their charges. France is smarting under the lash of her comparison of its Roma policy with that of Hitler’s Germany. And now she threatens to get ...
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Herbert Smith to open document centre in Belfast
City firm Herbert Smith has announced it is to open an office in Belfast next year. The new branch will focus on reviewing and analysing the large volumes of documents found in major contentious work, notably in litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations. ...
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Counting the cost of the Big Society
'Big Society is a great idea, but it doesn't come for free,' says Citizen Advice Bureau manager Pi Townsend. The funding squeeze could mean a stark choice, she tells me, between paying utility bills at the CAB's three premises in Tunbridge Wells, or paring services to the bone at a ...
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Discrimination claims carry extra risks in law firms
Discrimination claims can be as devastating for employers as they are for employees. They divert attention from core business priorities, disturb working relationships and cost a great deal. All employers share this joy but for a solicitors’ practice there is the further jeopardy created by the regulatory regime of the ...
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Rapid population growth will fuel demand for legal services
Emerging global economies will fuel a massive demand for legal services by 2030 and provide opportunities for UK law firms, according the Law Society. The Society said firms must respond to that increased demand, or miss out on vital opportunities. It said ...
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Trial judges should put questions to jurors, says Lord Justice Moses
Judges should present a list of questions to jurors in criminal trials to guide them in reaching a verdict, a senior judge suggested yesterday. Lord Justice Moses said the move, which was recommended in Lord Justice Auld’s 2001 review of the criminal courts, would reduce the ...