All News articles – Page 171
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NewsThe worst judge of a bad bunch?
It is fun to rank bad judges. Was Goddard worse than Stevenson? Was Darling worse than Montagu? Was Jeffries the worst of all? And then there was the infamous 19th-century judge Henry Hawkins.
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NewsBitcoin judge airs his own 'Satoshi' theory
Blockchain is a doddle compared with some of the quotidien caseload of an IP judge.
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NewsMidas Touch in Oldham
Respect and felicitations to Touch Solicitors, which topped the charts in this year’s annual Will Aid charity will-writing campaign.
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NewsMoJ 'troublingly slow' to future-proof legal aid sector
Report identifies several shortcomings in Ministry of Justice and Legal Aid Agency's approach to ensuring people can access justice and sector remains sustainable.
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NewsMan fails to end French civil partnership in England
’Clear difference’ in legal approaches between the two countries fails to persuade judge that France is not the right forum.
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NewsBitcoin money launderer sentenced to 80 months in prison
Attempts to buy multi-million-pound property in London were thwarted by Mishcon de Reya’s ‘know your client’ questions.
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NewsTax specialist Malachy Cornwell-Kelly remembered
Practitioner’s career spanned the City, Law Society, parliamentary ombudsman and Tynwald.
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NewsElection ‘wash-up’ latest: Leasehold reform bill set to pass
Legislation to reform leasehold system likely to go through - but select committees abort inquiries into probate, the county court, and home buying and selling.
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NewsRefusenik solicitor cannot be forced to attend Post Office Inquiry
Former GC Jane MacLeod has provided written statement but will not travel to UK to give oral evidence.
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NewsCity firm apologises to court for compromising witness evidence
Pennington Manches Cooper ’proposed amendments to experts’ statement it was not permitted to make’.
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NewsPaula Vennells: I didn’t want my lawyer to sacrifice her integrity
Former chief executive ‘genuinely very sorry’ for remark about general counsel.
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NewsCrown court backlog target 'no longer achievable', says public spending watchdog
National Audit Office says MoJ needs to work closely with other parts of criminal justice system to understand bigger picture.
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NewsNew chief executive for Legal Services Board
Craig Westwood is currently director of policy and comms at the Electoral Commission.
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NewsSeabed where Bibby Stockholm moored is not 'land', court rules
Local mayor fails with claim arguing controversial barge should be subject to planning permission.
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NewsGeneral election ‘wash-up’: legislation mired in uncertainty
Other important business affecting lawyers also up in the air - as the Law Society concedes legal aid reform set to be 'kicked into the long grass'.
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NewsFormer solicitor Soophia Khan returns to prison for contempt
No ‘stay of execution’ in long-running legal battle with SRA over missing documents, Court of Appeal rules.
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NewsMemory lane
A call for voluntary HIPs and a constitutional balancing act: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsPost Office live: Vennells faces questions on lawyer integrity and PR spin
Former chief executive from 2012 to 2019 makes her second appearance before the public inquiry, with questions about her top lawyers set to feature.
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NewsMy lawyers didn’t show me key reports, Vennells tells inquiry
Former chief executive also claims to have not known for five years about prosecutions.
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NewsMighty Quinn winning the ‘war’
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan hikes its newly qualified solicitor wedge to a purse-purpling £180,000.