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Lawyers left with egg on their faces
As a hard-pressed legal aid family lawyer, I was in desperate need of comfort food recently. So I popped out for a chocolate cream egg, which cost 46p. I was shocked by the price but, revived by the rush of sugar, I had a quick look at my ‘At A ...
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We must embrace international talent in order to remain a global legal hub
If English law sits at the centre of international business, international business remains central to the strength of the English and Welsh legal sector. Our legal sector remains pre-eminent across the globe, thanks to the traditions and the talent of our law and our lawyers. ...
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Employment
Disciplinary procedures – Doctors – Gross misconduct – Unfair dismissal Sameer Sarkar v West London Mental Health NHS Trust: CA (Civ Div) (Lords Justice Mummery, Richards, Rimer): 19 March 2010 ...
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Hour of need
The Gazette reported last week that executive law firm members of environmental group the Legal Sector Alliance all pledged to participate in an ‘Earth hour’ event last weekend, switching off their lights for an hour from 8.30pm on Saturday 27 March. Firms involved include magic circle players Allen & Overy; ...
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Landlord and tenant
Animals – Housing – Human rights – Nuisance Dee Thomas-Ashley v Drum Housing Association Ltd: CA (Civ Div) (Sir Andrew Morritt (chancellor), Lord Justice Thomas, Sir Scott Baker): 17 March 2010 ...
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Principles-based regulation must not mean ‘regulation-lite’
A regulator cannot expect to be liked. Perhaps the best it can hope for is to be grudgingly respected. To that end the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s bold shift to outcome-focused and entity-based regulation has to be welcomed by solicitors.
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Negligence
Child sexual abuse – Clergy – Duty of care – Vicarious liability MAGA (by his litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v Trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church: CA (Civ Div) (Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master ...
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SRA issues advice on Quinn administration
The Solicitors Regulation Authority today advised 2,911 law firms to sit tight and take no action after Irish insurer Quinn Insurance, which provides their solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII), was forced into administration yesterday.
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Lawyers warning over family experts fee cuts
Slashing the fees of social work experts will put vulnerable children at risk and increase delays in the family court, their representative groups have warned. From October 2010, the Ministry of Justice will reduce by around 50% the fees paid to social workers who give independent ...
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Quinn Insurance in administration
Irish insurer Quinn Insurance, a major underwriter of solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies in the UK, has today fallen into administration. In a statement, the Irish Financial Regulator said that it has directed Quinn to cease writing new business in the UK. The statement said ...
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Technology does not mean the dumbing down of professional services
I occasionally hear lawyers bemoan the dumbing down of professional services, particularly where commoditisation is concerned.
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New higher rights qualification approved
New regulations that provide a single route for solicitors to qualify to appear in the higher courts come into effect this week, on 1 April. The Ministry of Justice has approved the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s new system, which will see one route to qualification through an ...
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Legal challenge threat to RTA process
A collective of personal injury solicitors is planning a legal challenge against the Ministry of Justice over its new road traffic accident (RTA) claims process, the Gazette had learned. The Accident Compensation Solicitors Group (ACSG) claims that fixed costs under the new process ‘have not been ...
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Why you should be interested in World Intellectual Property Day
The World lntellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a UN agency dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system. Based in Geneva, WIPO has a mandate to promote the protection of worldwide IP through cooperation among states and collaboration with other international organisations.
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D-I-V-O-R-C-E, EU style
The new justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, took to the stage this week as the country-and-western singer, Tammy Wynette. With big blonde wig and microphone, she belted out her hit from the 1960s, D-I-V-O-R-C-E. Although the member states in the audience had dressed in their Stetsons, string ties, and snakeskin boots, ...
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The legal aid status quo could not continue
Since 2005 when the then lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, commissioned Lord Carter to undertake a review into the future procurement of legal aid, major change has been on the cards.
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Pitch writing: because it’s worth it
Ask 100 lawyers why they entered the profession and my guess is that few would answer that it was because they wanted to write pitch documents.
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‘Tesco law juggernaut halted’ in Scotland
Scottish solicitors opposed to the introduction of alternative business structures yesterday hailed the ‘halting of the Tesco law juggernaut’ north of the border, following a heated debate over the future of the nation’s legal profession. At a special meeting held in Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium, the ...
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O2 slams letters sent out by lawyers to alleged internet file-sharers
Mobile phone company O2 has waded into the row over controversial letters sent by lawyers to alleged internet file-sharers. O2 broadband customers are among the thousands who have received letters from London firm ACS Law, which acts on behalf of DigiProtect, an anti-piracy firm, and ...
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Data page for March 2010
The data page is the financial rates and data compiled for the Law Society Gazette by MoneyFacts group, the UK's largest supplier of savings and mortgage data. Downloads Download the ...