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Five national firms to offer advice to 48 local authorities
Five national law firms have been selected to provide legal advice to 48 local authorities in the East Midlands under the EM LawShare consortium umbrella. Anthony Collins, Browne Jacobson, DLA Piper, Freeth Cartwright and Weightmans will offer legal advice on 13 areas of law including ...
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Coping with bad publicity
The ongoing debate about complaints and dissatisfied clients raises the issue of bad publicity and how to deal with it. Given that there are a number of websites that collect complaints and achieve Google rankings, is there anything a firm can do?
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MPs attack ‘lax’ Legal Services Commission
The Public Accounts Committee has today lambasted the Legal Services Commission for its handling of legal aid funds. Committee chairman Edward Leigh MP said financial controls at the LSC were ‘lax’, noting that ‘it does not know enough about the costs and profitability of firms to ...
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Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendations should be implemented speedily
‘Access to Justice entails that those with meritorious claims (whether or not ultimately successful) are able to bring those claims before the courts for judicial resolution or post-issue settlement, as the case may be. It also entails that those with meritorious defences (whether or not ultimately successful) are able to ...
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Lawyers and Iraq – living with the consequences
There has been no bigger topic during the last week than the consequences of the Iraq war on the image of the legal profession. We have witnessed a succession of lawyers giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, and we have been presented with different models, as follows:
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Why burnt-out lawyers are bad for business
Tough times call for tough measures, and there is no doubt that firms have had to bite the bullet last year, letting go of large numbers of staff in the hardest hit areas such as property and corporate. The fall-off in work made redundancy programmes inevitable.
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Shoosmiths launches Access Legal consumer brand
National firm Shoosmiths launched a new brand for its consumer legal services today in a bid to put its stamp on the ‘fragmented’ post-Clementi landscape. Access Legal will deliver legal services to the firm’s consumer clients in the areas of conveyancing, employment law, legal disputes, medical negligence, motoring, personal injury ...
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Most consumers think all will writers are solicitors
Some 67% of consumers wrongly believe that all will writers are solicitors, research has shown. A survey of more than 1,000 people revealed that 82% assumed that training and qualifications are required before someone can become a will writer. More than ...
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Over and out
Genghis Khan, the Gobi Desert and yaks are all most of us know about Mongolia. But an intrepid lawyer from Kent and Sussex firm ASB Law, legal executive Laura Over, will soon be an expert on the place. Over and her friend Paul Evans are driving the 10,000 miles from ...
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Letter of the law
Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, but it has its place nevertheless. And we are pleased to see that solicitors are not so dessicated as to spurn the chance to employ a little acerbic humour in their client letters when the chance presents itself. ...
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Memory lane
Law Society’s Gazette, January 1970 The Piccadilly Ball, 1969The festive spirit (was) with us once more, even percolating ...
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Personal injury
Breach of duty of care – Contributory negligence – Driving – Police officers Michael H v Thames Valley Police: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Justice Pill, Lady Justice Arden, Lady Justice Smith): 14 January 2010 ...
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Human rights
Delay – Detention – Parole – Prisoners’ rights Ian Gray v (1) Secretary of State for Justice (2) Parole Board: QBD (Admin) (Mr Justice Burnett): 11 January 2010 The claimant ...
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Top US firms plan London push
Top US firms are planning to expand in London in 2010, with trainee, associate and partner positions expected to be up for grabs over the course of the year. White & Case will bring in between 25 and 30 new associates in London this year, London ...
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Jackson’s final report has sent shockwaves through the industry
The weekend after Lord Justice Jackson published his final report on civil litigation costs, says Simon Gibbs, would have seen many of those working in the costs industry updating their CVs.
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Unlevel playing field
Lord Justice Jackson is to be applauded for bringing forward proposals which will so clearly reduce the cost of litigation by providing a cap on success fees, non-recoverability of after-the-event insurance premiums, and fixed fees across the fast-track.
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Web entrepreneurs entitled to target serial litigants
Early day motions (EDMs), formal motions submitted in principle for debate in the House of Commons, can sometimes lack gravity as well as credibility. MPs have in the past seen fit to spend your money extolling the virtues of Dolly Parton’s oeuvre and the quality of Stornoway’s black pudding. Not ...
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Plumbing depths
In the months since Home Information Packs (HIPs) were introduced, we at the Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors have seen and are still seeing alarmingly poor quality in all aspects of building work which requires notification.
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Vietnamese lawyer escapes death sentence
A Vietnamese lawyer who acts as a consultant for a magic circle firm has been found guilty of activities aimed at ending communist rule, but his death sentence has been commuted to five years’ imprisonment. Le Cong Dinh was charged with activities including posting articles ...