All News articles – Page 1684
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Memory lane
The Gazette looks into the expense rates for city lawyers during the early 90's. Also, in a 1954 edition, new phone technology is advertised that 'everyone in your business needs'. ...
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Spare us the jobsworths
In these changing times, I have accepted with equanimity the need to be searched on entering court buildings, notwithstanding that I am known in my local magistrates’ court, where I have been practising for over 30 years.
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Time-wasting job
Re: ‘Woolf lambasts failures in CPR’ (see [2009] Gazette, 22 October, 1). I have steered clear of litigation for most of my 40 years in practice, but I did advise one party on the pension aspects of a financial settlement following divorce.
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Market guru predicts transatlantic merger could spark more tie-ups
The anticipated transatlantic merger between City firm Lovells and US firm Hogan & Hartson will spark a rash of copycat mergers in the next 12 months, a leading market commentator has predicted. After speaking to a number of large firms considering similar moves, leading consultant Alan ...
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Not going private
Further to your article ‘Land Registry slashes one in five jobs’, published online on 22 October, I am writing to correct one of your points. You said: ‘Offices in Peterborough, Portsmouth, Croydon, Stevenage and Tunbridge Wells will close and other changes will affect staff in Plymouth and London ahead ...
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Freedom at a premium?
Paul Asplin, chief executive of DAS, extols the virtues of legal expenses insurance in his letter of 22 October. The impression is conveyed of a super-efficient system delivering cost-effective justice with the interests of the client being paramount and that to sacrifice freedom of choice is a price worth ...
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Preaching to the flock
Sheep are, according to John Campbell QC, president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, ‘a good example for the modern mediator, since they think for themselves as well as their flock’. Introducing former lord chief justice Lord Woolf at the institute’s annual mediation symposium, the president, who grew up on ...
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Public unable to name a single law firm, research shows
More than 60% of the public cannot name a single law firm, according to research seen by the Gazette this week, even though 78% have used a solicitor before. However, more than half of those questioned said they would be happy to buy legal services ...
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Family law
Ancillary relief – Divorce petitions – Enforcement M v M: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Thorpe, Wall, Mr Justice Coleridge): 21 October 2009 The appellant husband (H) appealed against ...
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Employment
Criminal Records Bureau – Data protection – Principles - Duration (1) Chief Constable of Humberside (2) Chief Constable of Staffordshire (3) Chief Constable of Northumbria (4) Chief Constable of West Midlands (5) Chief Constable of Greater Manchester (appellants) v ...
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Dubious principles
In the first of this year’s BBC Reith lectures, Professor Michael Sandel spoke of ‘a new citizenship’; a politics oriented less to the pursuit of individual self interest and more to the pursuit of the common good. He criticised the policies of the last 30 years as ‘a heady, reckless ...
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Firms settle trademark dispute
Nottingham firm Paragon Law has forced West Bromwich and Peterborough firm Paragon Solicitors to change its name and pay legal costs after a trade mark dispute. Paragon Solicitors has now changed its name to H&V Solicitors and paid £20,000 to Paragon Law in costs. The Paragon ...
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Superlawyer saves the day
Clients may have a habit of thinking their business must be dealt with as a matter of life and death but, just occasionally, they do have a point. A client dinner attended by quick-thinking solicitor Richard Taylor, an intellectual property partner at DLA Piper, is a prime example of how ...
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Course fees too low
Your opinion column about rising university costs being a hindrance to ‘poor’ students misses the point. The price set for law degrees and the LPC is determined not just by providers but also those buying courses.
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Does a recent decision mean some people will never escape past convictions?
Imagine the scene, you are 18 years old, you have rather unwisely been a bit rowdy after sampling your first shandy and the overworked police officer has arrested you for a breach of the peace. You are not judged to be a serious threat to society and are bound over ...
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Government retreats on plans for contingency fees
The government last week withdrew plans to create a legislative framework for contingency fees in contentious work. Amendments proposed for the Coroners & Justice Bill aimed to regulate so-called damages-based agreements (DBAs) used in tribunals – which are deemed non-contentious – and also allow the justice ...
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Exposing the pretence of clothing property with the value of goodwill
Goodwill is produced by, and only by, people and not by things they use in business, but confusion reigns. The purpose of this article is to expose the pretence of clothing real property, land, with the value of goodwill, which is a species of personal property.
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Exposing the pretence of clothing real property, land, with the value of goodwill
Goodwill is produced by, and only by, people and not by things they use in business, but confusion reigns. The purpose of this article is to expose the pretence of clothing real property, land, with the value of goodwill, which is a species of personal property.
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My experience as a conveyancing client
They say moving home is one of the most stressful things you can do in life. Having just moved house myself, I can understand why. But it did at least provide me with a useful insight into the conveyancing process from a client’s perspective. And I’m afraid the news isn’t ...
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Law China delegation to promote UK entrants
China offers business opportunities for UK law firms of all sizes, not just the magic circle, the Law Society’s head of international told the Gazette this week as a Chancery Lane delegation visits the country on a joint mission with the Bar Council. Representatives of the ...